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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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 […]
Julia Toppin’s essay ”Jungle – A Critical Intersectional History’ (2023) is published in Black Music in Britain in the 21st Century (Liverpool University Press, 2023), edited by Monique Charles with Mary Gani. Since the turn of the 21st century, there have been several genres birthed from or nurtured in Black Britain: funky & tribal House, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]