Omar Jatta stands like no other for the Afro-diasporic experience in Europe. With roots in Senegal and Gambia, his music acts as a dialogue between his heritage and the lived reality of dealing with social inequality. For over six years, he has proven that German Afro-music is an indispensable platform for socially critical stories. A […]
Ich bin Foudjo DJ und Produzent aus Köln. Musikalisch bewege ich mich zwischen Batida, Deep House UK Funky und Tribal. Mein Sound ist perkussiv, basslastig und geht gerne nach vorne, gleichzeitig spielen Groove und musikalischer Flow für mich eine große Rolle. Meine musikalischen Wurzeln in der DR Kongo sind dabei ein wichtiger Teil meiner Identität […]
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DJ Controller with JULE
From smooth R&B to high-energy Edits, Baile Funk and everything in between — Berlin-based DJ Thaobsy is all about taking the crowd on a journey. What started as a personal passion quickly grew into a love for bringing different sounds, energies and people together. With genre-blending sets and unexpected transitions, Thaobsy moves between smooth grooves […]
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CDJ Players with ADJO (Beginners)
Philadelphia-based DJ Ripley plays street bass sounds from cities all over the world, especially those where immigrants mix music from their hometowns with big bass and drum machines. Rooted in jungle, dancehall, hip-hop, noise and dub, Ripley’s crashed through breakcore into other hybrid /local sounds including azonto, cumbia, bhangra, baile funk, garage, footwork, grime, jersey […]
Aba Shanti-I is a UK sound system operator and dub producer who has been active across the UK and Europe for over 30 years, deeply shaping contemporary dub music and sound system culture. A resident sound system at Notting Hill Carnival since 1993, he was voted No. 1 DJ in the World by DJ Magazine […]
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 […]
A multifaceted, exploratory interdisciplinary artist, music researcher, writer and filmmaker who moves between worlds, with an ability to translate human complexity into compelling narratives. Across all disciplines, Jesse Bernard’s work, always rooted in marginal cultures, takes a storytelling approach imbued with world-building, curiosity, imagination and boundary-pushing. His first book, Escaping Babylon: An Intimate History of […]
AMPLIFY! is a celebration of public resilience and diasporic excellence taking place on October 24 and 25, 2026, at Schauspielhaus Bochum (Germany). Initiated by Cute Community Radio in association with Sound System Outernational (Goldsmiths, University of London) and the Institut für Medienwissenschaft (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), AMPLIFY! unites grassroots community practice, academic research, and institutional art. Through a curated programme of live […]