The Dig It Sound System: A pedal-powered mobile DJ booth that has entertained crowds for 30 years
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Summary
Dan Carrier's Dig It Sound System is a unique, pedal-powered mobile sound system built from an old Dutch tricycle and scrap wood, complete with a DJ booth, trailer, and small generator. For three decades, this slow-moving, handcrafted contraption has been entertaining people at parties and protests, embodying a DIY spirit and community engagement. The article reflects on the creator's childhood fascination with go-karts and the evolution of the project as its builder has aged.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledYou are likely to hear it before you see it, but I hope once Dig It has crossed your path, you'll remember it.
The Dig It Sound System is a fully operational, scrap wood-built, tricycle and trailer, pedal-pulled mobile sound system that has been entertaining people for three decades.
As a child I was fascinated with go-karts
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