Julian Henriques: A Caribbean Taste 1 A Caribbean Taste of Technology: Creolization and the Ways of Making of the Dancehall Sound System
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This article takes its name and inspiration from Mad Professor’s album A Caribbean Taste of Technology in response to the theme of this Technosphere issue. This makes a good place to start a discussion of creolization and technology – the dub reggae tracks of this album produced British producer Mad Professor and released in 1985, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewDTHfJqLwI So what I present here is a text and ideas version of the album as it were.
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