International shipping cost and economic disparities made it prohibitive to sell the book Sonidero City to the people who are part of the soundsystem scene. Therefore a copy/bootleg edition of Sonidero City was printed. The book was produced in black and white by a print shop in Mexico City and later distributed to the people appearing in the book in order to be sold as their income at their street market stalls or shops.
Over the course of three years, Swiss photographer Mirjam Wirz visited the living rooms, courtyards and dance events of Mexico City, Monterrey and Barranquilla. The result is her book Sonidero City, a lively visual collection tracing the paths Mexico and Colombia’s sound system culture have forged.