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Tech, Sound, Power: Sounds Systems and Dub
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Tech, Sound, Power: Sounds Systems and Dub

Julian Henriques on Jamaican sound system power

This is a talk and sonic lecture, not a performance set. The focus is on sound system practice, dub studio technique, echo, bass, and the way engineers and producers repurpose technology in Jamaican music culture.

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Julian Henriques is an academic researcher and writer known for work on the Jamaican sound system and dub. Le Guess Who? frames the session around sound system as instrument, bass as physical force, and technology as social power in Afrodiasporic practice.

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