#mykaell Riley

[fromthestacks]

White Riot

[disappointingyet]

Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story

Director Jane Mingay Stars Pauline Black, Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson, Mykaell Riley, Don Letts UK 2024 Language English 1hr 30mins Colour, black & white

Fan? You’ll be happy. Not a fan? Stick around for compelling stuff about race relations in postwar Britain 

I’m not (entirely) stupid: I’m aware that the reason there are quite so many one-artist or one-band music documentaries – other than to fill the schedules of BBC4 and Sky Arts (and whatever their equivalents are in other countries) – is to satisfy fans of those acts. And so in many cases, if you watch these films without being at least mildly obsessive about the band, you should do so with the awareness that you are not the intended audience. Of course, there documentaries that transcend that, because (for instance) the filmmakers capture something out of the ordinary when interviewing the act – eg, Bros: After The Screaming Stops – or sometimes because the story is genuinely riveting – eg, if the subject matter is Fleetwood Mac. But those are rarities. So I know that when I watch these documentaries – and I watch a preposterous number – and judge them on their filmmaking, there’s a degree of perversity. But I’ll keep doing it just the same.

Pauline Black, if you’ve read this far and don’t happen to know, was/is the lead singer of The Selecter. The Selecter were a band on 2 Tone Records, a late 1970s/early 1980s label from Coventry whose bands updated Jamaican music* from the 1960s with a post-punk sensibility. Both the musical elements and the line-up of the bands tended to include black and white culture/people, hence 2 Tone. The Selecter were by personnel, though not necessarily by sound, the blackest of the 2 Tone bands, featuring only one white bloke. And The Selecter (present tense) are a fixture on the heritage pop circuit. 

Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story is an utterly conventional documentary told through talking head interviews, filming with Black in the present day and archive footage. There’s nice use of split screens and the talking head bits are elegantly shot in b&w, but there’s nothing structurally fancy.

Fortunately, the film has a lot going for it. Firstly, Black herself is charismatic and opinionated. Secondly, the pre-fame stuff is really interesting. Thirdly, Black’s moment of fame was fleeting, so you don’t get the deadly stuff about ‘then our next album was a real change of direction.’ A bit of reading after watching this reveals that the re-formed Selecter have released loads of albums but sensibly, the film doesn’t cover them at all. Instead, we spend a lot of time with Black’s experience as a biracial kid adopted by white parents in the very white Essex of the 1950s and ‘60s, and her time as a hippy singer-songwriter (I wasn’t expecting that). I had assumed that because The Selecter were a Coventry band, she must have come from the Midlands, but no, she was there as a student. The film doesn’t remark on the fact that at absolutely no other moment in British cultural history would having moved to Coventry set you up for fame.

Just as fascinating is the immediate post-Selecter period when lots of people felt that Black was a natural star and kept giving her not-quite-right opportunities. 

Wisely, we skip from late 1980s to the present day, with Black touring as The Selecter with two other original members, one of whom, Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson, sadly died during the filming of this documentary.

Assorted experts also testify. There’s a bloke who wrote a book about 2 Tone – he’s very annoying and does the unforgivable thing of using the present tense when describing historical events. Fortunately, there are some reliably good commentators on hand, specifically Don Letts and Mykaell Riley. We get a thankfully short burst of celeb fan Damon Albarn. 

So: did this film tell me stuff I didn’t know beforehand and that I’m glad that I do now? Yes. If you had no previous knowledge of Pauline Black and The Selecter, would watching it leave you with a clear idea of how they slot into British cultural (and to some extent, political) history? I think so. Is there plenty of good archive that helps you understand what Coventry in 1980 looked and sounded like? Again, yes. Is Pauline Black a person who holds your attention when she speaks? Yes. 

Put all that together and I’d say that conventional as it is, this is still a film I’d feel comfortable recommending to the mildly curious rather than just people in Crombie coats and trilbies. 

*A pedant writes: people talk about these as ‘ska bands’ but the songs they covered or used for inspiration included plenty that would be considered rocksteady or early reggae rather than ska. (By the way, if you have seen this film, enjoyed it and are a UK TV license payer, then you might be interested that some of the best archive in it comes from a 1980 BBC Arena programme you can find on the iPlayer) I saw Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story at the 2024 London Film Festival

[vmonteiro23a]

On April 30, 1978: Mykaell Riley, Steel Pulse and RAR founder, Red Saunders, RAR/ANL Carnival 1, Victoria Park, London. Photo by © Syd Shelton.

On April 30, 1978: Mykaell Riley, Steel Pulse and RAR founder, Red Saunders, RAR/ANL Carnival 1, Victoria Park, London. Photo by © Syd Shelton.

[bossesmade]

Remembering the Legends,- Music Therapy Time 2022, Steel Pulse

Remembering the Legends,- Music Therapy Time 2022, Steel Pulse

Steel Pulse are a roots reggae band from the Handsworth area of Birmingham, England. They originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, and were composed of David Hinds (lead vocals, guitar), Basil Gabbidon (lead guitar, vocals), and Ronald McQueen (bass); along with Basil’s brother Colin briefly on drums and Mykaell Riley (vocals, percussion). Steel Pulse were the first non-Jamaican act to…

[popentertainmentmusic]

THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART? (2020)

Featuring Barry Gibb, Peter Brown, Eric Clapton, Vince Melouney, Mark Ronson, Noel Gallagher, Mykaell Riley, Lulu, Nick Jonas, Linda Gibb, Alan Kendall, Yvonne Gibb, Bill Oakes, Dennis Byron, Blue Weaver, Karl Richardson, Chris Martin, Albhy Galuten, Justin Timberlake, Nicky Siano, Charlie Steiner, Vince Lawrence, Dwina Gibb,  and archival footage of Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Hugh Gibb, Barbara Gibb, Robert Stigwood, Arif Mardin, Lindsey Buckingham, Alice Cooper, Mick Fleetwood, Steve Dahl, John Travolta, Ed Sheeran and Andy Gibb.

Directed by Frank Marshall.

Distributed by HBO Documentary Films. 111 minutes. Not Rated.

Screened from the 2020 Philadelphia Film Festival.

Although they don’t always get the respect of say Lennon/McCartney, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon or several others, the Gibb brothers – Barry, Robin and Maurice – should be right up at the top of the list of the great songwriters of the 20th Century. Not only that, they were amazing performers – natural singers with an uncanny sense of harmony. They created some of the most gorgeous ballads of the 1960s and early 1970s before reinventing themselves as a dance band, which led to one of the greatest hot streaks in music history. As pointed out in this film, from 1977 through 1979, it was not unusual to find songs that they either performed or wrote in four of the top five positions of the pop charts.

The songs speak for themselves. “Massachusetts.” “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” “Jive Talkin’.” “Staying Alive.” “Run to Me.” “Too Much Heaven.” “To Love Somebody.” “I Started a Joke.” “How Deep is Your Love?” “Nights on Broadway.” “You Should Be Dancing.” “Lonely Days.” That’s just scratching the surface of the Bee Gees’ hits. Most artists would give anything for half as many songs that became musical standards.

This is at least the third full documentary on The Bee Gees of the new millennium, each one exactly a decade apart. Previously, there was Bee Gees: This Is Where I Came In in 2000, which was released in conjunction with what turned out to be the band’s final original album of the same name. Then, in 2010 they released Bee Gees: In Our Own Time. And now, as timely as the census, we have our 2020 Bee Gees doc, Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.

Unfortunately, since two of the brothers Gibb are now dead (three, if you count youngest brother Andy, who had a very successful solo career), the filmmakers had to use archival interview footage of everyone but Barry (and they even used some older footage of him). I can’t swear to it, because it has been a long time since I saw it, but I am almost certain that the interview footage from Robin and Maurice (and some of Barry, too) was the same footage used in This Is Where I Came In. Not only that, since Maurice died in 2003, I’m almost positive that they previously had resurrected some of this same interview footage from In Our Own Time.

However, there is new interview footage of Barry here, as well as from their producers, musical fans and members of their band, so this is not all just a repeat of previous films.

And, let’s face it, the Bee Gee’s life story and most importantly their music is endlessly entertaining, so if they are going to release a film on it every decade or so, even though the band has not released any new product in about 20 years, I’m on board.

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? actually adds a touch of tragic pathos to the story. Barry Gibb – the oldest of the brothers and probably the most recognizable – is now alone. As he states towards the end of the film, he still misses every single one of them and still feels like they should be performing together, even though they are long gone. Andy died soon after his 30th birthday in 1988, of a heart attack due to a previous drug problem. (He had just been announced as an official member of the Bee Gees soon before his death.) Maurice died in 2003, due to a surprise complication on what was supposed to be a fairly standard surgery. Robin succumbed to cancer in 2012.

The film occasionally plays fast and loose with their history. During Robin’s early 1970s break with his brothers, the film says that the band was completely broken up for a year and a half, but Barry and Maurice released the Bee Gees’ Cucumber Castle album and telefilm as a duo, while Robin tried his hand as a solo artist – which was shown here. (However, the film ignores Barry and Robin’s solo attempts in the mid-80s.)

Also, as far as the disco backlash that finally knocked the band from the top reaches of the charts, the film blames the – granted stupid – novelty song “Disco Duck” for the death of disco. But they forget to acknowledge that song came out a year and a half before Saturday Night Fever – in fact, it was even used mockingly in the film (though not on the soundtrack album) during a scene of middle-aged squares learning how to disco dance.

However, it is nice that as a talking head, house musician Vince Lawrence, who was working as an usher at Chicago’s Comiskey Park on the day of Steve Dahl’s infamous “Disco Demolition” stunt, which did essentially kill disco, called it out for what it was – a racist and homophobic book burning.

However, calling the Bee Gees a disco band would be way, way underestimating them. They were one of the great pop groups of their time, and Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is almost two hours of sheer bliss.

(Ed. Note: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 annual Philadelphia Film Festival has been changed to a virtual festival. All films and Q&As will be available for streaming. You can get information on the festival at their website target="_blank"http://filmadelphia.org/festival/)

Jay S. Jacobs

Copyright ©2020 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: October 28, 2020.

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M1 Summer (2022)

As always, I choose a release and listen to it all [week?] long and choose my favorite song and add it to this compilation. At the end of the semester[s?] it makes a nice little time capsule playlist. I listen to the weekly release on the subway (6 or 5-10) or the bus (64).

1. “Walking in the Rain” by Grace Jones from Nightclubbing (1981)

2. “Summer Skin” by Death Cab for Cutie from Plans (2005)

3. “Domestica” by Björk from Pagan Poetry (2001)

4. “Venus as a Boy (Mykaell Riley Mix)” by Björk from Venus as a Boy (1993)

5. “So Long” by Seba & Lotek from Logical Progression (1996)

6. “GREENFIELD MORNING I PUSHED AN EMPTY BABY CARRIAGE ALL OVER THE CITY” by Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band from Yoko Ono / Plastic Ono Band (1970)

7. “Straight to Hell (Version)” by HTRK from Death Is a Dream (2022)

8. “Baby’s on Fire” by Brian Eno from Here Come the Warm Jets (1974)

9. “Grapeseed (Lusine Remix)” by Mark Slee from Grapeseed (2020)

10. “K56″ by Cranes from Particles & Waves (2004)

[davebuckleslefthand]

Steel Pulse

Reggae band from Birmingham, England

One of Britain's most acclaimed reggae bands,

blending politically conscious roots sounds with

R&B and dance grooves. en.wikipedia.org

Members: Wayne Clarke, Melanie Lynch, David Hinds, 

Donna Sterling, Sidney Mills, Amlak Tafari, Clifford Pusey, Ronald McQueen, Kevin Batchelor, David Elecciri Jr., Errol ReidYaz AlexanderSteve MorrisonJames RenfordKevin BatchelorClark GaytonConrad KellyMicah RobinsonDonna Sterling, Alvin Ewen, (deceased), Jerry Johnson, Steve Nisbett, Mikey Riley, Godfrey Madura, David Hinds, Carlton Bryan, Alphonso Martin, Melanie LynchTraciana GravesMarea WilsonDonovan McKittyClifford "Moonie" Pusey, Selwyn Brown, Basil Gabbidon, Amlak Tafari, Alphonso Martin, Clifford Moonie Pusey, Selwyn Brown, Tyrone Downie, Mykaell RileyMelvin BrownAlvin Ewen, Steve Nisbett, Ronnie McQueen, Sidney Mills, Sylvia Tella, Jimmy Haynes, Colin GabbidonDonovan Shaw

Active from: 1975

Place of origin: England

Genre: Reggae, Roots Reggae, Reggae

[theodennywork]

From the feedback received, I have revisited and redesigned my one of my original initial concepts (top image) into more of a walk through exhibition where the visitors are placed at the centre of the objects and information (bottom image). In the sketch the visitors initially walk into a gradual easing into the exhibition with basic information, this will be lit using red, green and yellow lighting to celebrate the Jamaican culture. Continuing through a house from Handsworth to give the impression of where Steel Pulse all started, moving inside you are then met by the guitar, I originally was going to keep this in the case as the BMAG has done but looking back on my story and message, I explored possibly animating the instrument, beside other loaned instruments of the band, perhaps all practicing or jammin’ out in the living room at the Handsworth house the visitors has just walked through as to compliment each other rather than the house clashing with the rest of the exhibition. Then walking through the rest of the exhibition you come across the interactive projection. I also thought to maybe add a guitar for the children to play on and as they strum a different string a different lyrics appears in the projection, but this is still something I would like to explore.

A key piece of information relaying back to the story and message of community and making change I thought was Red Saunders approaching a reggae band to join forces, this element I will be adding somewhere along side the effigies of Webster and the Nation Front, just emphasising the reason they need to stand up against them and how much more powerful it was they fought together.

Moving on to the corridor before the footage, I decided the place the Ku Klux Klan costume tucked in the corner where it won’t been shown off but still seen, this full context, images of Steel Pulse wearing it on stage followed by a quote of  Mykaell Riley (Co-founder of Steel Pulse) talking about his experiences of wearing this on stage at the RAR carnival. This then directly leads into the band playing on stage with the accompanied footage of the costumes and other bands playing, showing the power of music and community in protest and how it defeated the National Front. 

[soundsystemcultureblog]

PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOPS

The #LetsPlayVinyl exhibition is officially opening on Saturday 14 October 2017 at Attenborough Arts Centre in Leicester where it will remain on show until Friday 24 November 2017.

Accompanying the exhibition is a series of participatory workshops targeting people of all ages as well as a public discussion on Saturday 14 October to launch the show.

Book yourself onto a workshop and receive a complimentary drink on arrival thanks to Vita Coco.

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LET'S BUILD A SOUND SYSTEM

Saturday 14 October, 1-2.30pm

15 years+

FREE

Learn how to construct a speaker box from CNC cut plywood and install a high-quality speaker driver. The design of the speaker is based on the iconic ‘Scoop’ bass bin. The Scoop is a classic design and a favourite among contemporary reggae sound systems.

Using pre-cut wood allows the speakers to be made without the use of power tools, making the activity safe for young people and easy for wood working novices. Building this miniaturised Scoop introduces participants to some of the materials, techniques and concepts used to build a full sized sound system. Led by Jim Frize, the workshop brings families together and engages participants across the generations, while learning the art of speaker building. Each participant gets to build their own functional loudspeaker that they can keep as a memento of the event.

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TALKING SOUND SYSTEMS

Saturday 14 October, 1-2.30pm

FREE

What is the future of sound systems and is vinyl really making a come-back? Join us for a public discussion as we talk about the current generation of UK sound systems with Mykaell Riley, Helene Henry, Paul Huxtable and Vijay Mistry.

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LET'S PLAY VINYL

Saturday 14 October & Sunday 15 October, 3-6pm

15 years+

FREE

DJ 745 kicks off the session with a fine selection of ska, rocksteady, roots and reggae classics from yesteryear followed by an opportunity for visitors to play their own reggae 45s through Heritage HiFi - a vintage-style sound system. The workshop provides an immersive experience which forms an intrinsic part of the reggae sound system tradition.

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LET'S TOAST

Sunday 15 October, 12:30-2pm

15 years+

FREE

Are you an inspiring lyricist, performer or toaster? Toasting is a style of lyrical chanting which in reggae and dancehall music involves a deejay talking over a riddim (rhythm).

Join Dee Bo General and learn how to compose your own lyrics over dub beats!

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KIDS LET'S PLAY VINYL

Tuesday 17 October 2017, 12-1pm & 2-3pm

4 - 13 years

FREE

We all know playing music through your phone just isn’t the same as the physical experience of holding a record in your hands. So bring your family along to this workshop led by Pavan Sembi where you and your children get to operate a 60s Dansette record player and experience music in a tactile and physical way – perhaps for the first time ever!

Then get creative through our fun arts and crafts activities and design and create your own colourful decorations using vinyl records!

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Info: bit.ly/Soundsystem-Exhibition

[notjustoneofyourmanytoys]

Okay under the cut is a list of my open muses and the connections that I can remember for them. Some names may be spelled wrong, I’m sorry, it’s late and my head hurts and ugh. Anyway..

If you’re listed here and don’t want to be, let me know. Alternatively if you’re not listed here and should be? Let me know. Still working on bio pages so I thought it would be easier to have something concrete that I can reference to. Anything that has a ? next to it means I’m not sure if you’re still playing the character cause they weren’t on your page or I’m not sure of the relationship so just let me know please and thank you. This hurt my wrist but it’s so worth it I think?

Adelaide Shepherd:

Oliver Queen (friendship/romantic) - @menxyouxneed​

Rachel (friendship/possible romance) @heavenpetersuniverse​

Adrianna Richards

Cami Fraser (friendship/romantic) - @suckersfxrpain​

Charles Decker (friendship/romantic)  @heavenpetersuniverse​​

Adrien Warren (friendship) @lellaindie​

Hannah Baker (friendship) - @morphingintome​

Archie Edwards (friendship/possible romance) - @suckersfxrpain​

Dion Detroit - (romantic) @genuinesinners​

Aiyla Sharif

Chris Schistad (friendship) - @askchrisschistad​

William Colt - (romantic) @heavenxinxhiding​

Vince Safi - (frenemies) @heavenxinxhiding​

Alexander Montgomery

Annette Montgomery (familial)

Carmilla (familial) - @shespokeinwhispers​

Cordelia and Maria (familial) - @shespokeinwhispers​

Amabella Argent (romantic) @fleche​

Ivy Mae - (friendship/possible romance) @hellboundhexthens​

Andy Welsch

Donnie Welsch (familial)

Lucky DuPont (romantic - use that term LOOSELY HERE) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Archie Tenenbaum (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls​​

Annette Montgomery

Alexander Montgomery (familial)

Jimmy Darling (romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse​

Ross Griffin (romantic/friendship) - @heavenpetersuniverse​

Seth Wosmer (frienship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse​

Julien Blackwood (undetermined/friendship?) - @bannumblood​

Ariel Hamilton

Jake Riley (frienship/possible romance) - @jakerileyapd​

Adrien Warren (romantic) - @lellaindie​

Armani De Luca (romantic/frienship) - @suckersfxrpain

Ruairidh (undetermined) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Sodapop Curtis (romantic/frienship) - @genuinesinners

Brigitte Ainsworth

Raphael Ainsworth (familial) - @heavydiirtysouls​ (NPC)

Max Cooperman (friendship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Clay (romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Fitzy Carlisle (friendship/crush) - @heavydiirtysouls​

July Armstrong (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Miles Russell (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Caren Belle

Tomi and Charlie Jenkins (friendship/possible romance)   - @heavydiirtysouls​

Brandon James (friendship) - @dishominibusque

Caspian Drake

Gabriela Rickards (friendship) - @trxinedtogetalxng

Shea Bartlett (familial/undetermined) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Cat Moon:

Brandon James (romantic) - @dishominibusque

Rhett Bishop (owner) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Rory Monahan (friendship/romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Kit Walker (romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Darren  Jackson

Peter Romancek (frienship/romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Letha and Roman Godfrey (friendship/frenemy)

Thalia Carella (romantic/friendship) - @hugoandthaliacarella

Nixon Rivers (romantic) - @genuinesinners

Allison Thirlwall (romantic) - @dxcoded

Destiny Blake

Luc Joseph (familial/friendship) - @prctticstboy

Reggie (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Chris Schistad (friends with benefits) - @askchrisschistad

Eva Mohn (friends with benefits) - @brckenrecord

Ashwin Sevani (undetermined) - @fairytalesandmythicalcreatures

Camilla Garcia (friendship?) - @dcntletmegetme

Nova Garcia (friendship, sorta)  - @dcntletmegetme

Lulu Johnson (enemy)

Maxim Dürr (friendship/familial)- @heavydiirtysouls​

Donnie Welsch

Lucky DuPont (friend with benefits sorta)  - @heavydiirtysouls​

Sonny O'Grady (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Mickey Slutsky (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Melody Lockwood (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Evie Dixon

Casey Irving (friendship) - @dishominibusque

Brandon James  (friendship) - @dishominibusque​

Rhett Bishop (friendship/romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Evan Buchanen (friendship)

Russell Hayes (friendship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Charlie Hillridge (undetermined/captor) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Felicity Moore

Noel Rosales (romantic/friendship) - @fakedfun

Aren Rosales (romantic/friendship) - @fakedfun​

Tate Langdon (friendship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Franscisco Giovanni

none solid currently

Hanna Timmons

Xandrew Steward (frienship/romantic) - @dishominibusque

Andrew Wilson (romantic) - @emiliewrites

Robyn Christienson (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Harleen Whitmore

Peter Rumancek (frienship) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Roman and Letha Godfrey (frenemy)

Isaac Lahey (friendship) - @fakedfun

Archie Edwards (friendship) - @suckersfxrpain

Brandon James (frenemy) - @dishominibusque

John Jack Daniels (friendship) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Dante (friendship/possible romance) - @hellboundhexthens

Helena Richards

Antonio De Petro (frienship?) - @suckersfxrpain

Jamie Cowell (romantic) - @heartxfmuses

Malik Zeher (partners in crime) - @malik-empire

Jack Ryder (romantic) - @dxcoded

Aya Safi (friendship) - @heavenxinxhiding

Vince Safi (former lovers) -  @heavenxinxhiding

Marco Hammond (romantic) - @heavenxinxhiding

Grayson Rutherford (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls

Joey DuPont

Lucky DuPont (familial) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Ophelia Langdon (frenemies)

Finn Smythe-Donnington (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Charles Decker (romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Katrina Jamison

Alan Mitchell (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Vic Muller (friendship/romantic) - @fakedfun

Cami Fraser (friendship) - @suckersfxrpain

Julian Blackwood (frienship/possible romance) - @bannumblood

Kyle Spencer (friendship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Ophelia Langdon

Andrew Wilson (undetermined) - @emiliewrites

Lucky DuPont (friendship/romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Rowen Quinn (friendship) - @suckersfxrpain

Loki

East Mass (friendship) - @fakedfun

Teddy Kelly - @heavydiirtysouls​

Lulu Johnson:

Max Washington (friendship) - @captainofthecosmos

Luc Joseph (friendship/familial) - @prctticstboy

Maxim Durr (frienship/crush)   - @heavydiirtysouls​

Reggie (friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Destiny Blake (frenemies)

Francisco (romantic) - @faciiile

Marcus Quinn

Lock Camden (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Junhong Choi (romantic) - @holypatronus

Luc Joseph (romantic) - @prctticstboy

Chanel Dawn (friends with benefits) - @dxcoded

Hana (friendship??) - @lykkexliten

Jordan Marshall (romantic) - @suckersfxrpain

Mercy Davenport

Delta Rae (friendship/wifey) - @dishominibusque

Adi Devereaux (friendship?) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Nico Worthington

July Armstrong (romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Fitzy Carlisle (friendship)  - @heavydiirtysouls​

Amabella Argent (romantic) - @fleche

Freddie O’Rourke (friendship/possible romance?) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Penny Fitzgerald

Gryphon Luna (friendship/romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Max Washington (friendship/possible romance?) - @captainofthecosmos

Kit Walker (frienship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Brahms (friendship) - @ppuppetry

Pio Giovanni

None right now

Quinn Danvers

Jem Demholt (friendship/possible romance who knows) - @fakedfun

Joey Wilson (romantic) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Tate Langdon (friendship/fwb?) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Mickey Milkovich (friendship/business partners) - @fakedfun

Romeo Jensen

Jessica Gorman (romantic) - @heartxfmuses

Raven Hartley (romantic/friendship) - @heavenxinxhiding

Sean Madison

Gwen Serens (romantic) - @suckersfxrpain

Isaac Bellamy (romantic)   - @heavydiirtysouls​

Peter Maximoff (friendship/possible romance?) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Emmanuel Salazar (friendship/romantic?) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Tabatha Wilkins

Chris Esmund (friendship/romantic) - @insvnity

Julian Darcy (friendship/crush) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Kyle Spencer (friendship/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Tobias? (romantic) - @fakedfun

Anthony Tankha ? (romantic) - @emiliewrites

Thomas Ford

Alex Briscoe (romantic) - @genuinesinners

Darrah Forrest (romantic) - @mischicfmade

Toni Calloway

James March (partnership/possible romance) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Leo Valentina (friendship/romantic) - @heartxfmuses

Enzo (friendship/hateship/maybe romance) - @fissarsi

Tomi and Charlie Jinks (romance/friendship) - @heavydiirtysouls​

Alex (romance/frienship) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Vince Safi (romance/friendship) - @heavenxinxhiding

Tyson Rogers

Arden (romance) - @heavydiirtysouls

Casey Bullace (friendship/maybe romance?) - @antagonistics

Eva Kennedy (friendship/romance) - @suckersfxrpain

Charlie and Tomi Jinks (romance with Charlie/friendship with Tomi?)  - @heavydiirtysouls​

Angel Garcia (romantic) - @genuinesinners

Jesse Varon (romantic/friendship) - @heavenpetersuniverse

Peter Rumancek ? (friendship/romantic?)   - @heavydiirtysouls​

Ian ? (friendship) - @fakedfun

Victoria Watson

Gryphon Luna (friendship)   - @heavydiirtysouls​

Autumn Jenson (friendship) - @suckersfxrpain

Echo (friendship) - @dishominibusque

Xander Whitman 

Marco Hammond (familial) - @heavenxinxhiding

Micah Marcotte (friendship/romantic) - @heavydiirtysouls

Mykael (friends with benefits) - @universalheaux

Clover Marano (friendship) - @compvlsivelunar

Zane Nicholson

Delta Rae (friendship) - @dishominibusque​ 

Maxim Durr (frienship/maybe romance?) - @heavydiirtysouls

[blackbritishreader]

Project background

Bass Culture is a three-year AHRC-funded exploration of the impact of Jamaican and Jamaican-influenced music on British culture. Covering the period from the mid-1960s to the present day, with a focus on London and a particular interest in the years 1976 – 1981, Bass Culture explores the profound ways in which this island’s music remade popular music in Britain. We look at how fundamental music was in the emergence of multicultural in the British city and the redefinition of the post-colonial nation. The term ‘Bass Culture’ acknowledges both the Caribbean cultural origins of sound system practices and their ongoing role in framing British urban experience across ethnic, local and regional contexts.

This multi-strand research project unites a multi-disciplinary group of scholars, practitioners, researchers and cultural producers who will produce a series of exciting, accessible and innovative outputs including a comprehensive oral history, bespoke website, exhibitions, events and academic publications. Much of this work will be produced in collaboration with community partners and young people. Bass Culture is the first fully-funded academic investigation of the impact of Jamaican music and culture on Britain.

The work is led by PI Mykaell Riley of University of Westminster, alongside academic partners at SOAS, Leicester and Goldsmith’s.

We are seeking 2 individuals to support this project by conducting their own research into relevant material held at Black Cultural Archives. Primarily this will be through a review of music periodicals in the archive: Echoes (formerly Black Echoes) magazine, Straight No Chaser, and Black Music and Jazz Review. The research will also look at related material in the ephemera collection, Len Garrison’ papers and his research in to Reggae music and UK youth identity, as well as relevant material within the new Carl Kirton archive. This research would include but not be limited to identifying musical, cultural, political and or artistic trends during the period covered by the magazines and archive material.

Dates

Placements are for an 8 week period staring 1st Aug 2017, ending 22nd Sept.

You will need to commit to a minimum of 4 hours volunteering each week and be able to access the archive at some point during these hours:

• Tuesdays: 10am-1pm and 1pm-3pm. Kennington (Carl Kirton) archive

Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays: 10am-4pm. BCA, Brixton for other archive collections

Required outputs:

1. Produce a written piece responding to our core research questions – essay, article, personal response

2. Take part in a public sharing / discussion event

3. Be interviewed on film about your research and the experience

4. Produce a personal response of your choice – for example, conduct and record your own oral history interview, writing a poem, mapping a music history walk etc.

Eligibility

These placements are open to people of all ages and backgrounds and do not require an academic or archiving background. Experience of research will be helpful but is not essential. We are looking for a genuine enthusiasm for the subject area and an eye for detail – for ‘knowledgeable amateurs’ excited by the prospect of exploring an under-researched area, able to produce an articulate response to the work and willing to share their findings in written and other ways. You will be supported by the BCA Collections manager and by the academic research team, but will need to be self-motivated and able to work independently.

How to apply

Please send 300 words to archives@bcaheritage.org.uk outlining:

• why you would like to volunteer for this project

• which parts of the Bass Culture research area most interest you

• the skills that you bring

• how you think taking part would benefit you

We will be holding informal interviews on Tuesday 27th of June in the Learning centre at Black Cultural Archives, 1 Windrush Square, Brixton, London, SW2 1EF and you will need to be available on that day to be considered.

Applications must be received by end Tuesday 20th June

[disquenfrance]

björk - venus as a boy (mykaell riley mix)

Big time sensuality, et dame björk secoue ses ailes de fée et fait pleuvoir des sonorités divines, on se love dans ce titre ouaté, et bien confortable, marmotte de l’hiver, j’hiberne sans m’en faire ...

[goodnewsjamaica]

Reggae Bass connects with Windrush in London exhibition

New Post has been published on https://goodnewsjamaica.com/world-view/reggae-bass-connects-with-windrush-in-london-exhibition/

Reggae Bass connects with Windrush in London exhibition

A new exhibition has been mounted at P3 gallery in London highlighting the ways in which Jamaican music helped shape modern Britain.

According to a Jamaica Observer report, Bass Culture 70/50 — a new, four-week exhibition – explores this impact.

On display at Ambika P3 gallery in London, the show marks 70 years since the arrival of Empire Windrush at Tilbury Dock, Essex, and 50 years since the advent of British reggae. The exhibition, which opened on October 25 and run to November 23, feature previously unseen artwork, specially commissioned film, top industry speakers, UK reggae label pop-up showcases, live performances, 10 years of Natty, and over 70 hours of individual testimonies, linking — for the first time — the memories and experiences of black British musicians, industry practitioners, academics and audiences.

The exhibition offered two opportunities to witness two exhibition exclusives. The first, a ‘Rude Boy Catwalk’, invited attendees to come dressed as they were when they first experienced a gig influenced by Jamaican music, be it ska or reggae, jungle or grime. That took place on November 9. The second is a mini film festival that will premiere Bass Culture, a 60-minute documentary mapping the impact of Jamaican music from a youth perspective.

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Bass Culture Research

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 in the UK. The project made headlines last year after issuing The Grime Report, which led to the withdrawal of Form 696 — a controversial risk assessment form criticized for being discriminatory and targeting genres such as grime.

Soundtrack to multiculturalism

Mykaell Riley, principal investigator and director of the Bass Culture Music Unit at the University of Westminster, said “This is the story of the soundtrack to multiculturalism, a hidden history that is still impacting on new music.”

In 1948, hundreds of Caribbean nationals embarked on a journey to the UK, having been invited, to help rebuild Britain post World War II. They arrived on passenger liner Empire Windrush which carried 1027 passengers and two stowaways on the voyage from Jamaica to London. Of this number, 802 passengers gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean, of whom 693 intended to settle in the United Kingdom. This group has become known as the Windrush Generation.

The Windrush Generation shot into the headlines earlier this year after it was made public that a number of individuals belonging to this group were being wrongly detained, denied legal rights, threatened with deportation, and, in some cases, wrongly deported from the UK by the Home Office.

Original Article Found Here

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[blackrockandrollmusic-blog]

If 1977 was the year of the punk rock explosion, it also saw the rise of another musical movement, intimately entwined with punk - a massive eruption in British reggae, which became the black counterpart to the white heat of punk. The Clash played reggae covers and Joe Strummer recounted his experience of reggae all-nighters in White Man in Hammersmith Palais. Rastafarian DJ Don Letts played reggae discs between punk bands at the Roxy. Even Bob Marley - who was living in London at the time - recognised the developments with his 1977 song Punky Reggae Party. But while the Clash and Marley have come to symbolise the link between reggae and punk, the huge growth in homegrown reggae in the wake of punk has become one of the era's lost treasures.

White kids had listened to reggae since the original 1960s skinhead movement embraced the music, but 1977 saw a common bond spring up between the punks and the rastas. Dub producer Adrian Sherwood - a white kid from Slough who fell in love with the "crazy intros" of the records played by his black mate's sister - remembers going round to Johnny Rotten's house and hearing reggae, not Generation X. Sherwood also remembers that the path to reggae enlightenment wasn't necessarily weed: "My Mum, bless her, wasn't the best cook on earth. I'd go round my mates and have fried fish, beans and rice. It was unbelievable." More important, though, was the sense of shared purpose the fans had.

Although punk was fast and guitar-based and reggae slow and bass-heavy, the punk look (spiky hair, leather jackets and combat trousers) wasn't much different to Rastafarian chic (dreadlocks, leather jackets and combat gear). Visually and otherwise, punk and reggae audiences were seen as outcasts.

"The bond was very simple," explains Peter Harris, a British reggae guitarist who played on Punky Reggae Party. "Blacks were getting marginalised." British Irish kids - like Rotten - and black youths were forced together because of signs on pub doorways that read "No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs", which became the title of Rotten's autobiography. "The punks were the same," Harris argues. "They were seen as dregs of society. We were all anti-establishment, so there was a natural synergy between us." [Read More]

[industryinthestreets]

Bass Culture explore Britannia & basslines @ Roundhouse, Wed, 15th

Bass Culture Panel: The Influence of Reggae on British Music Wed 15 Feb / 7pm-9pm £2

Leading figures in the UK reggae scene explore the journey of reggae music from Jamaica to the UK, discussing the influence of the sound and its impact on contemporary British music and culture. Produced in association with Punch Records.

Chair: Mykaell Riley - Steel Pulse/University of Westminster Robbo Ranx – DJ BBC Radio 1xtra (UK) Mikey Dread – Channel One Sound System Curtis Lynch – Producer Lea Anna - Artist

Graphic artist Swifty and journalist Paul Bradshaw will also preview their new exhibition of posters, photographs, art and reggae memorabilia during the panel discussion.

For more info click here