Rites of Passage Project Update (March 2022)

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Work has begun on building an authentic sound system!

Loans and donated materials have been gathering at the project base for some months now. An ambitious programme to locate, collect, clean, test, assemble and reconnect is bringing new life to sound system equipment.

These wires, speakers, turntables, cables and vinyls help to recreate a sense of early sound system culture – and what was involved to create, manage, play, transport and maintain a sound worthy of becoming a legend and gathering followers. 

Here’s a quick reminder about enjoying music in a pre-digital, pre-internet, pre-mobile phone era… and please contact us if you have anything to donate/loan or skills and stories to share. 

And we’re still looking for pictures too – mics/ turntables/ speakers/ dubplates/ cassettes/ vinyls/ mixer decks/ wiring up/ equipment being used/ set out or taken down/ being carried/ indoors/ outside, cherished or neglected – we don’t mind!

We’re also building some flat pack versions too! Thanks to the students from Dixons City Academy and other volunteers for their continuing help.

Everyone chipping in together on the sound system build!

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We are a community project conducting our work mainly in the Bradford South area. We work with people that are marginalized, unemployed and groups with similar interests. We have been established since 2014, but recently converted to a CIO.