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London in the 1950’s was a cold place in more ways than the obvious.

Or so it appeared if you were one of the thousands of newly arrived Jamaicans. Many were overqualified for their menial jobs. Thousands of others quite simply could not get work. Discrimination and racial tensions culminated in fierce riots in both Nottingham and Notting Hill Gate. It was in this environment that the Jamaican soundmen; Duke Vin and Count Suckle arrived in the UK. They both stowed away on a boat from Kingston and brought with them a sound that was sweeping across the small Caribbean island and would later change the face of music in the UK. This was the sound of ska!

Monday 30 November 2009 (6.30 – 9.30pm)

RMT presents Private Screening @ Bernie Grant Arts Centre

Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Green N15 4RX

(Nearest Tube: Seven Sisters)

DUKE VIN & THE BIRTH OF SKA

(FREE ADMISSION – Registration Essential)

Email: *rmt30november@googlemail.com*

Tel: 07538 650 286 (PLEASE leave your name + contact details)

Interview with the director here.

Trailer here.

cats-can « jonny mugwump.

Me and the Paw feature on Johnny Mugwump’s Exotic Pylon show on Resonance FM this saturday night 9:30-11:00.

Tune in!

Then come down to the Hyperdub bash! Buy me and Johnny beers!

King Midas Sound

An interesting development – some exclusive bits of artwork, linkage and lyrics. Oh and the full text of “Scientist Meets The Ghost Captain”, Kevin Martin’s excellent sleevenotes from the seminal “Macro Dub Infection” compilation.

King Midas Sound perform their London debut at Corsica Studios this Saturday as part of the Hyperdub “5″ event:

London’s outer suburbs have stereotypically been portrayed and understood as safe, boring and an anathema to inspiration, especially against more dynamic, spectacular and multilayered central districts. Yet, London’s suburbia has proved a fertile and innovative seedbed for creativity, particularly in contrast to an increasingly gentrified, generic and bland historic centre. From the literature of Hanif Kureishi, JG Ballard and Zadie Smith to the musical adventures of Siouxsie Sioux, Suburban Base records and Burial, the suburbs have become central to cultural representations and imaginations of contemporary London.

UCL Urban Laboratory – Creative Edge.

Georgina Cook and I are collaborating on a presentation for this event at UCL. We will build on my review of her work here, but our contribution will consist of entirely new material (most of which has been put together by Georgina, I have to stress!)

Also on the bill is a certain Mr Martin Blackdown.

It will be good.

“Please  book early to avoid disappointment.”

This just in from 3:AM Magazine:

16 September 2009
From 7.30pm
Basement, Zebrano 3am Bar, 18 Greek St, London W1
Free

Join us in the dirty beating heart of Soho to celebrate the life and works of legendary music journalist Steven Wells and his Attack! Books.

For one night only, the mayhem is unleashed once more as the whole Attack! Books roster reunites to pay tribute to the man: Mark Manning, Stewart Home, Tony White, Tommy Udo and Stanley Manly.

http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/for-one-night-only/

Thanks to everyone who came down to the Big Chill house, it was a top night and an absolute pleasure to see Droid unleashing a raggatastic selection.

Droid will also be appearing on the Exotic Pylon radio show on Resonance FM tonight (9:30-11pm). Tune in for some exclusive mixage of forthcoming releases.