In 1955, Duke Vin, a sharply dressed and entrepreneurial British Rail employee in west London, who had arrived from Kingston, Jamaica just a year earlier, built his first sound system. It was a ...

Sound System pioneer Daddy Vego arrived from Jamaica in 1956 and will be honoured as Notting Hill Carnival weekend begins SOUNDSYSTEM PIONEER: Barrington Von Adams – better known as “Daddy Vego” - ...

From the sound system scene in the ’80s to the rise of UK Drill in the ’10s UK rap and have had a long journey. Here is a brief, but in-depth guide. It’s a complicated affair attempting to record the ...

Ever since Duke Vin introduced Britain to the first homegrown sound system in 1955, sound system culture has played an integral part in British music. From dub and dancehall to trip-hop, jungle and ...

Kenny Monrose does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Jah Shaka, a hugely important figure in the history of UK soundsystem culture, has died. As Mixmag reports, Horsepower Productions’ Benny Ill was the first to report Jah Shaka’s death on Twitter. No ...

Sound-system culture in the UK became a refuge for the children of Windrush who were searching for a foothold in an increasingly hostile country. Black people were 15 times more likely to be stopped ...