SWrecords and Aphex:Recordings present… Dubstep Sessions Vol 1 “Dubstep is a sound that will literally stop you in your tracks, itfs so powerful and elemental.” Mary Anne Hobbs “The latest development in British dance music… ready to conquer the world” Gervase De Wilde, The Daily Telegraph Dubstep’s roots are a mixture between the UK Garage [...]
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Dubstep Sessions Vol 1 Mix By Hatcha Is EleMENTAL
Featuring: diaspora · dub · dubstep · Hatcha · soundsystem culture · UK
From Dancehalls To Teknivals – A Short History
Musikal Resistance: A Short History (I) This paper was originally presented as an informal talk at the Rebelstar Activist Retreat, Crescent Beach, BC, Canada on November 26th, 2001. Musikal Resistance: A Short History (I) History. Rave Culture began at the juncture of several political social movements. i) Jamaican Dub Soundsystem Culture of the 70s/80s ii) [...]
Featuring: electronic music · history · Jamaican · rave · soundsystem culture · TAZ · UK · US
Dirty Harry, Negusa Negast + Steve Bedlam Forward The Reggae Revolution
Dirty Harry drops some history on us, via the KingBeatSound website. He talks about how he got into soundsystem culture, how Steve Bedlam and Negusa Negast brought the reggae/dancehall/jungle ting to the London party scene and how he established KingBeatSoundsystem in ’99 and found his niche alongside raging teknivals…. DIRTY HISTORY… KINGBEATSOUNDSYSTEM’s owner/ production manager [...]
Featuring: Bedlam Sound · Dirty Harry · history · KingBeat · Negusa Negast · RDK Hi-Fi · soundsystem culture · teknival · UK
Jamaican Diaspora Defined
From Wikipedia’s entry on Jamaican Diaspora : The Jamaican diaspora refers to Jamaicans who are forced or induced to leave their traditional homelands, the dispersal of such Jamaicans, and the ensuing developments in their culture. The Jamaican diaspora exists in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Caribbean islands, but Jamaicans can be found [...]
Featuring: Caribbean · diaspora · emigration · exodus · Jamaican · UK
Afro Punk Reggae Dub From Nigeria, Ghana, Trinidad, UK + St Kitts
Steel An’ Skin re-release of 1979 12″ – ‘Afro Punk Reggae Dub’ does exactly what it says on the tin, and more besides. It’s sheer groove is something to behold – driven by a fugged-out bassline that’s very much rooted in dub but combines with the drums to forge a sound that’s easily as disco [...]
Flowdan Don Deejay
Flowdan (Roll Deep) tunes: Flowdan and Skepta: Flowdan and Trim:
Featuring: current events · deejay · Flowdan · grime · Skepta · soundsystem culture · Trim · UK