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The electronics craft in diaspora

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The migration of Jamaican sound-engineering knowledge across the Atlantic, carried by figures such as Prince Philip Smart to New York and by builders like Metro to London, seeding parallel dub-electronics scenes abroad.

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Type: concept
Confidence: Well supported
Era: Open era →

People & rolesTechnology, recording & industryDiaspora & global influence

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Story · Well supportedTubby's school and the UK valve masters

The electronics craft as an apprenticeship, and its journey from Waterhouse to London and New York.