Dr. Brian D’Aquino is a researcher, sound system practitioner and music producer from Naples, Italy.

He is a founding member of the Sound System Outernational practice and research group, author of Black Noise: Tecnologie della Diaspora Sonora (2021) and co-editor of the Mobile Music Machines book series (forthcoming).

He has researched sound system cultures in Europe, Jamaica and Colombia as part of the ERC-funded Sonic Street Technologies project (2021–2025). Since 2004, he has run the Bababoom Hi Fi sound system, performing across Europe and beyond and releasing vinyl records through the Bababoom Hi Fi imprint.