Archiving, curating, re-framing: black British music and/as popular culture

Join Mykaell Riley and Linda Brogan in conversation at The Whitworth, a public talk chaired by David Olusoga, Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. The talk provides a space to reflect on the historical complexity and challenges – practical, ethical, political – involved in the curation and archiving of black British music and […]

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Low End Theories Conference

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Chris Christodoulou will present the paper ‘Rumble in the Jungle: Space, Place, and Uncanny Bass’ at the Low Theories Conference 2023 on Saturday 20th May, 11.30am. Low End Theories: Bass Culture, Sound Systems, & Popular Music is a free online academic conference responding to recent developments in the study of bass culture, sound systems, and popular […]

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The impact and significance of Brian Belle-Fortune’s ‘All Crew Muss Big Up’, Dancecult Conference 2021

Just over twenty years since Brian Belle-Fortune published All Crew Muss Big Up: Journeys Through Jungle Drum & Bass Culture (Deptford Forum Publishing, 1999), drum & bass music remains as vibrant as ever and despite recurring claims over that period about the genre’s demise. Yet, the drum & bass scene and industry has changed in numerous ways […]

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Sidereal Sound, ‘Time Machines’ and ‘Baby Food’: The Recursive Turn in Coil’s Music from the 1990s

Michael Goddard will present the paper  “Sidereal Sound, ‘Time Machines’ and ‘Baby Food’: The Recursive Turn in Coil’s Music from the 1990s”, at the Recursions: Music and Cybernetics conference  in Edinburgh,  24-25th October, 2019. About Recursions: Music and Cybernetics conference: Cybernetic thinking, engineering and pedagogy left indelible marks on the progressive arts and sciences of the late twentieth […]

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Music Migrations: From Stage to Screen

Bringing Britain’s now established Black History Month to Paris, this event is part of a series developed with Professor Martin Evans (University of Sussex) who is currently the lead British expert in the French Migration Museum’s major exhibition Paris-Londres: Music Migrations (1962-1989) at the Palais de la Porte Dorée and Dr Mélanie Torrent (Amiens University) […]

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Bass Culture

Bass Culture Expo 70/50: UK’s largest ever Jamaican music exhibition highlights Windrush generation’s impact on Britain. This is a four-week exhibition exploring the impact of Jamaican and Jamaican-influenced music on British culture. The exhibition is staged by Bass Culture Research, a three-year Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project set up to explore the impact of Jamaican music […]

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