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THE SONAR SYSTEM

This picture book teaches kids the importance of sound system culture

With so much nonsense in the world, it’s vital that we expose impressionable young minds to the important things in life.

The Sonar System is a kids’ picture book set on Tesfa, a faraway planet that revolves around a gigantic speaker instead of a sun. Created by author and illustrator Ras Mykha, who’s also a singer and MC for reggae sound systems like Lion Roots, the book is designed to introduce children to sound system culture and celebrate cultural and ethnic diversity in kids’ literature.

It’s being published alongside a national tour documenting the history of reggae sound systems, which is currently at Bristol’s Colston Hall, and it’s out on July 21. Check out the spreads below and nab an advance copy from One Love Books.

http://www.factmag.com/2015/07/08/sonar-system-picture-book-sound-system-culture/

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Endeavour roars up to sky (by European Space Agency)

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RECYCLED SOUND SYSTEM

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NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL: SOUND SYSTEMS

Sound systems arrived in Britain with the first wave of Jamaican immigration in the 50s and 60s, providing a link to “home” as well as the backdrop and the soundtrack to the social life of black Britain.

But as second and third generation black Britons grew up in the 70s and 80s, sound system culture was remixed as not just reggae, but soul, disco and hip hop found their way on to the sound system turntables and the bass knob was jacked up to 11.

For many, sound systems are a way of life, a heritage and a culture and in this film sound boys old and young, male and female, celebrate the extraordinary story of the sound systems – an analogue force still going strong in a digital age of downloads and live streaming.

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