Sound system directories, archives and plans
The other places worth knowing about, whether you're booking a rig, building one, or researching the history.
Registers, maps and directories
The association for the static sound systems at Notting Hill Carnival, with a page for each member sound.
The official Carnival site lists each static sound system with its history.
An interactive world map of reggae and dub sound systems, where crews add their own pages.
Describes itself as a UK platform, founded in 2022, that connects sound systems with promoters, venues and festivals.
A long-running crowdsourced A–Z of reggae sound systems worldwide, marked by country. The first batch of this register came from its UK entries.
Building a sound system
The best-known DIY speaker plans site, with sub, horn and mid-top designs and a large forum, including a Roots n Culture board.
A community collection of free cabinet plans, including scoops and horn designs.
A list of the makers of the pre-amps used on reggae and dub sound systems.
Archives, research and museums
Photos and stories of London's dub shops, sound systems and operators.
University of Westminster research project on the impact of Jamaican music on Britain.
Heritage Lottery-funded oral history project by Let's Go Yorkshire on Huddersfield's early sound systems.
A Goldsmiths, University of London initiative bringing sound system practitioners and researchers together.
Photographer Alan Lodge's archive of free festivals, travellers and free-party sound systems.
Photos and history of British sound system culture.
Loudspeaker makers with UK sound system roots
Founded in 1992 by Tony Andrews and John Newsham, who had earlier co-founded Turbosound in 1978.
Founded in Poole, Dorset in 2002 by Rog Mogale and Alex Skan. The first club with a Void system was the Tavern in Blackpool.
Loudspeaker maker based in High Wycombe.
Crawley-based event audio-visual company, incorporated in 1986.
Ran a sound, chatted on one or carried the boxes? Add your sound system to the register.