Yuri Suzuki and Red Stripe Create a New Sound Art Project
The combination of Yuri Suzuki’s eclectic sound creations and Red Stripe’s “Make Something from Nothing” challenge has created a remarkable and unique sound system.
The Red Stripe challenge celebrates the DIY culture of the beer’s Jamaican roots, creating a Jamaican-inspired sound sculpture from the brand’s recycled cans.
Using thousands of Red Stripe beer cans collected at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, Suzuki and several volunteers put together this very unique sound sculpture. It stands 2.5 meters high and uses taped-together beer cans as sound tubes to convey the music. All it needed was the right talent to make use of it.
That’s where DJ Al Fingers and singer/songwriter Gappy Ranks came in. Using this instrument, they put together and performed music that is both undeniably Jamaican and unquestionably modern with dubstep influences. They were not alone in using the sound system, either. At the Village Underground launch night, Ben UFO and MC Chunky were next in line to use the creation.
It’s amazing what can be made out of virtually nothing. Creative talents and a pile of cans and tape turn into a towering sound system. It stands as a testament to the resources that get thrown away every day. … Read more









