This week’s blog introduces our readers to another historically rich sonidera scene in northeastern Mexico. Following a previous post on Monterrey’s sonidera history, guest blogger Daniela Hernández Ruiz now takes us to Saltillo, home of Sonido Radio Pirata and the birthplace of cumbia wepa. by Daniela Hernández Ruiz “El Gallinero” is the name César and Napoleón […]
Las tecnologías callejeras sonoras (SST) suelen ser empresas familiares, donde la música y la tecnología, el conocimiento y el capital cultural se transmiten de generación en generación. Esto es especialmente cierto en México, donde unas pocas familias prominentes —a menudo denominadas dinastías— han moldeado y continúan influyendo en la cultura sonidera a nivel local o […]
by Yasodari Sánchez Zavala My uncle Raúl was older, he started with orchestral music, danzón, mambo, cha-cha… He first started with that music and then my dad added another rhythm, cumbia, and that’s when everyone started dancing, the rhythm started to change from tropical to Colombian, the two of them were old school sonideros, but […]
The global scope of our project allows us to compare different types of sonic street technologies and their scenes. This week’s blog reports on the ongoing SST Mexico research, mapping out the current spread of reggae sound systems in in Mexico City and its relationship with the pre-existing sonidera scene. This home-grown Mexican sonic street […]
The first 2024 blog provides the opportunity to reflect on last year’s achievements and challenges. Starting out on the SST project four years ago we were most familiar with reggae sound systems, based on team members’ research knowledge and experience as owners and MCs. We were only dimly aware of other types of sound system. Now, […]
La diáspora tecnológica de la TSM a menudo se superpone con las trayectorias migratorias, generalmente del Sur Global al Norte. Este movimiento diaspórico da forma no sólo a las identidades individuales y colectivas, sino también a la música, los modelos de negocio y la misma tecnología. El sentido de pertenencia, la nostalgia, el desplazamiento y […]
The technological diaspora of SST often overlaps with migration trajectories, from the Global South to the Global North and back. This diasporic movement shapes not only individual and collective identities but also music, business models, and the technology itself. The sense of belonging, nostalgia, displacement and the various affective bonds that inform migrant communities’ life […]
La cultura sonidera es particularmente fuerte en la Ciudad de México, donde la cantidad de practicantes activos, simpatizantes y fieles seguidores es verdaderamente sorprendente. Esto ha inspirado a académicos, fotógrafos (consulte este blog anterior), así como a cineastas independientes que han documentado esta escena SST increíblemente animada. Entre ellos, la cineasta Joyce García, cuya película […]
Sonidero culture is particularly strong in Mexico City, where the amount of active practitioners, supporters and loyal followers is truly surprising. This has inspired scholars, photographers (see this previous blog) as well as independent film makers who have documented this incredibly lively SST scene. Among them, filmmaker Joyce Garcia, whose film Yo No Soy Guapo […]
On December 8, 2022 I had the opportunity to accompany the Sonic Street Technologies team to the 4S annual conference in Cholula, Mexico. This occasion felt special not only because it was the first time that I would be able to present my research to a wider audience, but also because I would do so […]
This blog is the final iteration a series of soundwalk ethnographies aimed at verifying the resilience of the sonidero culture during Covid-19 restrictions. Young researcher Linette Rivera guides us through the streets of Mexico City again, this time in the district of Tepito in October 2021, where the people have designed a strategy to defeat […]
El proyecto SST está interesado en documentar el impacto que tuvo la pandemia en la actividad de las tecnologías de los sonidos de las calles en todo el mundo, tanto en el sentido positivo como en el negativo. La prohibición de sesiones y el aumento de la represión policial son unos de los resultados negativos […]
The SST project is keen to document the impact that the pandemic had on the activity of sonic street technologies worldwide, in both bad and good ways. The ban on sessions and the increased police repression are among the most common negative outcomes experienced by all SST scenes at different latitudes.
SST se alegra en dar la bienvenida a una nueva bloguera invitada de la Ciudad de México. La joven investigadora Linette Rivera nos lleva a través de un paseo sonoro por dos cunas de la cultura sonidera en la Ciudad de México, el Mercado Jamaica y el Mercado Sonora, para comprobar si los sonideros funcionaban […]
SST is pleased to welcome a new guest blogger from Mexico City. Young researcher Linette Rivera takes us through a sound walk across two cradles of the sonidero culture in Mexico City, Mercado Jamaica and Mercado Sonora, to check out whether the sonideros were playing out despite Covid19-related restrictions. — The sonideros parties in […]
