{"id":830,"date":"2006-07-20T15:50:42","date_gmt":"2006-07-20T14:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/?p=830"},"modified":"2015-07-10T20:53:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T20:53:49","slug":"reggae-and-soundsystem-culture-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/reggae-and-soundsystem-culture-event\/","title":{"rendered":"reggae and soundsystem culture event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-830 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl 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landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/reggae-and-soundsystem-culture-event\/img_2176\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/IMG_2176-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/reggae-and-soundsystem-culture-event\/img_2177\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/IMG_2177-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/IMG_2180-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Some notes off the top of my head about last night. It was a very interesting evening, I thought. The fact that I didn&#8217;t agree with everything which was said in no way detracts from what was a well organised and fascinating event.<\/p>\n<p>The main difference between the panellists seemed to be one of traditionalism (Rodigan and Jazzie B) and progression (Stuart Baker\u00a0from Soul Jazz). I was quite surprised to find myself agreeing with Stuart more than the other two on many points.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the topics which were discussed were: (I can\u2019t remember them all&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;how did you get into reggae?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;is there a soundsystem culture in the UK?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;does the UK industry need a Sean Paul?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;should gun man and other offensive lyrics be banned?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;how is reggae perceived in the media?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jazzie B and Rodigan laid down a lot of history and wisdom which was great to hear. I think perhaps they fell down a bit by constantly referencing the best music of yesteryear in comparison with stuff that is coming out now. Obviously I agree that most modern bashment isn&#8217;t up to much, but I think it&#8217;s easy to view the past with rose-tinted specs and it&#8217;s maybe hard to stay in tune with the times when you&#8217;ve been into something for several decades.<\/p>\n<p>However I do have some sympathy with the ideas of &#8216;graft and craft&#8217; that Jazzie B and Rodigan put forward \u2013 the effort people put into lyrics seems to me to have declined sharply. &#8220;Soundsystems&#8221; now being a box of records rather than an actual system with all the crew and boxes and aggro that goes along with that has meant a loss of commitment. Pirate radio DJs can fling down x-amount of versions and talk nonsense over them instead of actually selecting and educating and entertaining their audience. (Yes, I think everyone in the room was conscious of turning into their parents&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Stuart (Soul Jazz records head honcho) was surprisingly optimistic about current music, whether it be bashment or dubstep or whatever. He freely admitted that he didn&#8217;t have a huge background in the music, and my guess is that this has allowed him to look at everything fresh. He ummed and ahhhed a lot, but what he said was basically spot on in my view.<\/p>\n<p>On the upside, everyone seemed to agree that reggae is now part of the DNA of UK music scene, and that in one sense a battle had been won there. There was general agreement that the future lay not in imitating JA, but in producing our own UK urban rebel music (for want of a better term).<\/p>\n<p>There was also a lot of discussion of radio and other media.<\/p>\n<p>There were no simple conclusions or solutions at the end, which is probably because there aren&#8217;t any.The homophobia issue was touched on, but certainly wasn\u2019t done to death.<\/p>\n<p>The Q+A&#8217;s were great, which is hardly surprising when you looked at the audience. I would say there were about 50 or 60 people in there. About 50-50 black and white. Probably 75% blokes. There was a lot of passion in the room and I think many people were surprised at the turnout and the level of interest shown in the event.<\/p>\n<p>Roll call of the audience (in no particular order):<\/p>\n<p>Dougie Wardrop (Conscious Sounds)<br \/>\nBarry (Reggae on Top)<br \/>\nMarky (RDK Hi-Fi)<br \/>\nMykaell Riley (One of the original members of Steel Pulse)<br \/>\nDr William Henry (aka Leslie Lyrics! Respect due!)<br \/>\nBigfoot (Station FM)<br \/>\nSome of the Channel One Soundsystem crew<br \/>\nSome of the Heatwave crew<br \/>\nVarious people off Dissensus and the Blood&amp;Fire boards<br \/>\nand a rag bag of assorted promoters, writers, artists and fans who all seemed equally interesting and engaged with the discussions<\/p>\n<p>The organisers will be doing another event shortly as part of Black History Month. There is talk of it being at City Hall, with the blessing of the mayor&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>A number of audience members seemed to have projectS on the go which sounded well worth supporting. I&#8217;ll keep people updated if I hear anything. <del>Photos also to follow.<\/del><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some notes off the top of my head about last night. It was a very interesting evening, I thought. The fact that I didn&#8217;t agree with everything which was said in no way detracts from what was a well organised and fascinating event. The main difference between the panellists seemed to be one of traditionalism &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/2006\/07\/reggae-and-soundsystem-culture-event\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;reggae and soundsystem culture event&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reggae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6344,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions\/6344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}