HeyJaredWHAT CAME BEFORE: UPA ARCHIVES
From the 70s Loft Era to the rise of Underground Sound System Culture: The Technical History of NYC Underground Experimentalism. Curated by Raz Mesinai. Powered by the Underground Producers Alliance, LLC
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Beethoven's Bass (opens the original)
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Sub bass frequencies are like ghosts, filling up a space with slow waves, while epic chords and shimmering anthems exist for a different reason, less about being felt, more about being believed; like a motivation speech by Tony Robbins.THE LOW END THEORY OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENAs mentioned in “Wearable Sound Systems”, Beethoven had his own
WEARABLE SOUND SYSTEMS (opens the original)
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WHAT CAME BEFORE AN ORAL HISTORY OF SOUND SYSTEM CULTUREBy Raz Mesinai | UPA <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="374" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$
BOOMBOX: Personal PA (opens the original)
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Boombox: Personal PA<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1459" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!32lc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaw
COVERT SOUND SYSTEMS: Speakers That Listen (opens the original)
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Move Your Body: Music with Instructions (opens the original)
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WHAT CAME BEFOREShareThe foundation of vocal direction in dance music originates in West African performance traditions. These practices were built around a call-and-response framework where a lead performer or master drummer issued vocal or rhythmic phrases to coordinate the physical movements of participants. The master drummer ut
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