Huddersfield Carnival, England, UK, 1987 | photograph by Tim Smith

Photograph by Laura Levine

Beastie Boys (American hip hop band from New York City, USA, active from 1981 to 2012)

Reggae soundsystem in Notting Hill Carnival, England, UK | photograph by Marcus Riccoboni

Dub/Reggae/Bass soundsystem in Jamaica

James Brown, 1933-2006 (American recording artist and musician)

Say Anything... , film, 1989, USA | directed by Cameron Crowe (starring John Cusack)

JVC RC-550 JW, mono 10" woofer. Also know as "El Diablo" from its red flashing LEDs and powerful sound. Introduced in 1978, considered as the first radio to resemble a true boombox.

JVC RC-550 JW, mono 10" woofer. Also know as "El Diablo". Introduced in 1978.

JVC RC-550 JW, mono 10" woofer. Also know as "El Diablo". Introduced in 1978.

LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James) is James Todd Smith (American rapper and actor, born in 1968)

Madonna, 1982 (2-way/4 speaker, Sanyo M7830) | photograph by Richard Corman

Ghetto-blaster, ca 1980s, New York City, NY, USA.

Sharp VZ-V3: a 12-inch vinyl disk stereo player, standing vertical (Japanese advertisement)

Schoolly D, American rapper from Philadelphia & Grandmaster Flash, one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing | Shot in New York City in 1986 by Dutch filmmaker Bram van Splunteren.

Paul Simonon (bass guitar and vocals) of The Clash, English punk rock band from 1976 to 1986.

Trevor during a huge block party in "Bed Stuy" (Bedford-Stuyvesant), Brooklyn, NYC, USA | photograph by Carlito Brigante

Ghetto blaster, Brixton, UK

DJ Zoki Bejbe (Zoran Ristevski) | Skopje, Macedonia