SOUND SYSTEM CULTURE: HUDDERSFIELD (2014) TRAILER from bada land Watch Video
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Description: Sound system culture emerged in Jamaica in the late 1940s, after entrepreneurs began playing amplified, pre-recorded music in downtown Kingston’s civic halls, and at outdoor spaces called ‘lawns.’ The first sound systems initially consisted of a small gramophone and speakers, playing on a street corner or on private land, to attract business to commercial establishments such as liquor and hardware stores. It soon grew to become an institution in Jamaica, and it remains incredibly important
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