Tag: UK
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Dub London – Bassline of a City
Great video about dub experience in London along with Museum of London exhibition (closed September 2021) featuring such items as original Channel One sound stacks.
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On Reggae as true world music
Thirty years after the release of The Harder they Come, the narratives and the images that the movie presented in 1972 remain a central aspect of a broader Jamaican narrative. In the interim, the political scene in Jamaica has experienced volatile and often violent changes. Large multinational corporations like Sony and MCA have replaced the […]
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From Kingston to Camden: Britain’s long lasting affinity for Sound system culture.
Originally posted on hannahlisa.:
Since the birth of subcultures, music has played as much of a role in defining them as the clothes and views people have chosen have. Musical influence was diverse and widespread, sounds from Jamaica and the Caribbean fuelled the all night ska and reggae dances of the 1980’s whilst British bands…