SCENE

JAPAN SOUND-SYSTEM SCENE

from 1991Yokohama · Tokyo
THE STORY

A sound-system culture, not a local copy of a genre. Mighty Crown took dubplate law to world-clash height.

EXPLORE
SOUND-SYSTEM CULTURETRAVELED WITH THE SOUND · dubplate culture → Yokohama

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Updated 2026-09Ranges kept honest · contested dates marked “c.”