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In this week's podcast Tim and Jeremy begin a multi-show examination of the music of Brazil in the Twentieth Century, starting in part one with the emergence of Samba in the late 1920s, Bossa Nova, and the first shoots of what would become Tropicalia. We hear about the complex and hybrid makeup of the nation, considering its Indigenous, African and European sources, and the role of slavery and colonialism on the vast nation.
Tim and Jeremy talk about how music, and especially Samba, was used to cohere a new idea of Brazilian-ness, mobilised to express and represent a new national identity. We learn about new instruments like the cuica and surdo, and end with the introduction of a titan of Brazilian music, Jorge Ben.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
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Tracklist:
Almirante & o Bando de Tangarás - Na Pavuna
Ary Barosso - Aquarela Do Brasil
Geraldo Pereira - Cabritada Mal Sucedida
João Gilberto - Bim Bom
Luiz Bonfá - Manhã De Carnaval
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema
Bola Sete And His New Brazillian Trio - Soul Samba
Jorge Ben - Más Que Nada
Jorge Ben - Rosa Más Que NadaBooks:
Bryan McCann - Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil
Gilberto Freyre - The Masters and the Slaves -
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In this patrons-only bonus episode, Jeremy and Tim have a conversation about what music has been on their turntables recently. Jeremy brings a pair of Indian compositions from very different ends of the musical spectrum: a steel strung guitar played like a sitar, and one of ten famous 'ragas to a disco beat'. Joining the dots between Indian Classical, '60s American fingerpickers and today, we also hear a new-ish release on show favourite International Anthem from reformed Post-Rocker Jeff Parker, and tuck into some 2010s electronic Afro-Disco from London's Ibibio Sound Machine.Tim shares a number of new discoveries, including the riotous contemporary Ghanian gospel of Alotgté Oho and a deeply psychedelic dancefloor freakout from Nico Gomez. We end with the new release from our friends at Beauty and the Beat, a tried-and-tested remix from our friend Kay Suzuki of some fantastic Guadalupian Gwoka.
This is part of a rough series of more conversational, unplanned episodes reflecting on what's been on our record players recently and what we've been up to that we'll be releasing to patrons to say thank you for your support.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
The tracks discussed are: Jeff Parker - Four Folks
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - Raag Bageshree
Don Cherry - Om Shanti Om
Alogté Oho - Doose Mam
Ibibio Sound Machine - The Talking Fish
Nico Gomez and His Afro Percussion Inc. - Baila Chibiquiban
Charanjit Singh - Raga Bhairav
Gaoulé Mizik - A Ka Titine (Kay Suzuki Gwoka Dub)
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In this patrons-only episode Tim concludes reading from his essay Decolonising Disco—Counterculture, Postindustrial Creativity, the 1970s Dance Floor and Disco, published recently in the collection Global Dance Cultures in the 1970s and 1980s: Disco Heterotopias, edited by Flora Pitrolo and Marko Zubak. Picking up where he left off in part 1, Tim introduces us to Sylvere Lotringer, the French critic who straddled both the worlds of academic Post-Structuralism and the Downtown NYC scene, itself a 'heterotopic' formation (after Foucault). We hear about the hybridity and convergence of the city's overlapping scenes in the early '80s, embodied by musicians like Arthur Russell, before the AIDS and Crack crises, Reaganomics and shifts in the art world caused this exciting collectivism to give way to more individualist modes of creation and production.In the final part of the essay, Tim shows how music from Africa, Latin America and Europe was a central component of what he calls 'Discotheque music' (ie records you would hear on the DJ-led dancefloors) which produced the original disco sound. With reference to SalSoul, Saturday Night Fever, Nigerian disco, contemporary reissue labels and more, Tim makes the case for these non-American, largely non-white musics to be included in an expanded edition of the disco archive. Lots of great musical examples are used in this show to illustrate the essay.
Tracklist:
The B52s - Rock Lobster
The Peech Boys - Don't Make Me Wait
Public Enemy - Public Enemy Number 1
Fela Kuti - Shakara
The Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Djungi
Black Blood - A. I. E. (A Mwana)
Tony Allen with Africa 70 - Afrodisco Beat
Orlando Julius - Disco Hi-Life
King Sunny Adé - 365 is My Number / The Message
N'draman Blintch - Cosmic Sounds
Khalab ft. Tenesha The Wordsmith - Black Noise -
In this week's podcast Jeremy and Tim turn their atteniton to the musical cultures of 1965-1975 on some of the smaller islands of the Caribbean: Trinidad, Guadalupe and Haiti. We hear about Trinidad's particular combination of Afro-diasporic and South Asian populations during Imperial rule, how Calypso mediated the island's relationship to the British Empire, the emergence of the steel pans on the island in the face of persecution, and how American Soul influences gave rise of Soca.
Tim and Jeremy also discuss the archipelago of Guadaloupe - not a country but a department of France - and it's two great Twentieth Century musics, Zouk and Gwaka. They discuss the history of Haiti, from its successful slave revolt to the many political pressures its suffered subsequently, and it's Compas music, along with the particularities of the spiritual practice of Voodoo on the island. Plus, cricket lovely cricket!
Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert are authors, academics, DJs and audiophile dance party organisers. They’ve been friends and collaborators since 1997, teaching together and running parties since 2003. With clubs closed and half their jobs lost to university cuts, they’re inevitably launching a podcast.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
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Tracklist:
Trinidad All-Star Percussion Band - Excerpt from British news reel
Lord Kitchener - London is the Place for Me
Lord Kitchener - Black Power
Lord Kitchener - Victory Calypso
Lord Shorty - Soul Calypso
Lord Shorty - Indrani
Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe - Assez Palé
Exile One - One Favor
Ensemble Aux Calebasses De Nemours Jean Baptiste - Donnez moi La Main
Shleu-Shleu - Ceremonie LoaYou can find friend of the show Cedric Lassonde's compilation of Gwoka Moderne, Lèspri Ka: New Directions in Gwoka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-2010, here: https://timecapsulespace.bandcamp.com/album/l-spri-ka-new-directions-in-gwoka-music-from-guadeloupe-1981-2010
Books:
CLR James - The Black Jacobins -
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In this patrons-only episode Tim reads from his essay Decolonising Disco—Counterculture, Postindustrial Creativity, the 1970s Dance Floor and Disco, published recently in the collection Global Dance Cultures in the 1970s and 1980s : Disco Heterotopias, edited by Flora Pitrolo and Marko Zubak. Drawing together arguments from all three of Tim's books covering the party culture of the 1970s and early 1980s, the piece re-historises the so-called 'genre wars' of Disco, Punk and Hip Hop / Rap to better represent the fluidity between these scenes and musics as part of a city-wide music culture.Tim continues to assert this radical creative potential of the post-Fordist conjuncture in '70s music culture, and concludes by asking: what happened to the influence of music from the Global South on Disco; how did Disco go from the fringes of US culture to becoming a colonializing force itself; and how might we begin decolonialising Disco?
We've split the essay into two halves, with part two to follow in a fortnight.
Edited and produced by Matt Huxley.Tune in, turn on, get down!
Tracklist:
Cristina - Disco Clone
The Salsoul Orchestra - You're Just The Right Size
The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
Booker T and the MG's - Melting Pot
James Brown - Give It Or Turn It Loose
Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
The New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
Books:Tim Lawrence - Love Saves The Day: A History of American Dance Culture, 1970-1979
Tim Lawrence - Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983
Tim Lawrence - Hold on to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992
David Harvey - A Brief History of Neoliberalism
Anthony Haden-Guest - The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night
Simon Reynolds - Rip It Up and Start Again
Nelson George - The Death of Rhythm and Blues -
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In this patrons-only episode, Jeremy and Tim conclude their mini-series ‘Heavy Dub Theory’ (for now). They talk about the work of the French radical philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, introducing three of their key concepts: the molar and the molecular; deterritorialisation and deterritorialisation; and the refrain. We then hear how these philosophical analytical ideas can be applied to Dub.Later in the episode we consider the changing role of the producer in Dub and the ways in which this problematised authorship; contrast dub riddims with NYC remix culture, and finally ask whether dub and reggae can be thought of as truly psychedelic musics.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
Tracklist:
Sound Dimension - Real Rock
Bounty Killer - Roots, Reality and Culture
Modern Romance - Salsa Rappsody (Dub Discomix)
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry - Bed Jamming
Disco Dub Band - For the Love of Money -
In this week's episode Jeremy and Tim travel to New Years Day 1959 as Che Guevara's forces defeat Batista to complete the Cuban Revolution. We hear about the military embargo imposed by the USA on their island neighbour, its impact on life for musicians on both sides of the border, and is resonances with American foreign policy in Latin America more broadly.
Tim and Jeremy also consider the nationalisation of the Cuban record industry, the pros and cons of state sponsorship on music creation, and how Communists across the world have addressed the problem of vernacular popular music's status within the culture industry. Plus, the Cha Cha Cha source of a foundational piece of Garage Rock, the Bay of Pigs, and why cymbals were banned for being 'too jazzy'.Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert are authors, academics, DJs and audiophile dance party organisers. They’ve been friends and collaborators since 1997, teaching together and running parties since 2003. With clubs closed and half their jobs lost to university cuts, they’re inevitably launching a podcast.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
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Tracklist:
Cuarteto D' Aida - Yo Si Tumbo Caña
The Kings Men - Louie Louie
René Touzet - El Loco Cha Cha Cha
Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna - The Man I Love
Irakere - Bacalao Con Pan
Grupo De Experimentación Sonora Del ICAIC - Granma
Los Van Van - Chirrin, ChirranBooks:
Timothy Brennan - Secular Devotion: Afro-Latin Music and Imperial Jazz
Ned Sublette - Cuba and its Music -
In this week's episode we move away from Jamaica across the Caribbean Sea to Cuba. To explain the theological precursors to modern Cuba, Jeremy and Tim start with the history of slavery on the island and the influences of Congolese and Uruban religious and musical practices the trafficked people brought with them. We hear about pantheism, master drummers and a musical culture centered around danced devotional rituals where percussion was key.
Later in the show we cover Batista's brutal takeover of the island, the emerging links between Cuban and New York musicians, Rhumba, and the phenomenal popularity of Mambo. Join us next week, where revolution's in the air.Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert are authors, academics, DJs and audiophile dance party organisers. They’ve been friends and collaborators since 1997, teaching together and running parties since 2003. With clubs closed and half their jobs lost to university cuts, they’re inevitably launching a podcast.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
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Tracklist:Grupo Oba-Ilú - Oshún
Conjunto Kubavana de Alberto Ruiz - Rumba en el Patio
Afro-Cubans - Sopa de Pichon
Afro-Cubans - Tanga
Dizzy Gillespie & Chano Pozo - Manteca
Perez Prado - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
Tito Puente - Night Ritual
Rolando Aguiló - Descarga RojaBooks:
Ned Sublette - Cuba and its Music
Timothy Brennan - Secular Devotion: Afro-Latin Music and Imperial Jazz -
This is an excerpt of a full length episode currently only available to patrons. To become a patron and support what we're doing from £3 per month, head to www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod.
In this patrons-only episode, Tim and Jeremy continue their deep exploration of the aesthetics of dub. We begin with a history of MCing, toasting and chatting in Jamaican music, taking in famed MCs like U-Roy alongside NYC contemporaries like DJ Kool Herc. This opens up a conversation about spontaneity, improvisation and liveness that problematises received ideas about ownership, authorship, and the musical work itself.Via a brief refresher on Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Jeremy and Tim explore the tensions between the musical performance and its recording, the power of repetition, and why dub's self-conscious experimentation with studio production makes it the most innovative medium of twentieth century music. We also get a healthy dose of Hauntology, '90s electronica and Socrates to complete the picture.
We'll be back in a fortnight with the next iteration of Heavy Dub Theory.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
Tracklist:
Sir Lord Comic And His Cowboys - Ska-Ing West
Sir Lord Comic - Jack Of My Trade
U-Roy - Dynamic Fashion Way
U-Roy - Wake The Town
Bedouin Ascent - Broadway Boogie Woogie
Rhythm & Sound - Music Hit You
Mad Professor - Ragga Doll
Omni Trio - Half CutBooks:
Jeff Chang - Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
Lloyd Bradley - Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music
Jacques Derrida - Spectres of Marx -
LITM returns with the second half of our examination of the life and work of Bob Marley and the Wailers. Jeremy and Tim pick up the story in 1973, with the release of Burnin', the band's split, and the launch of Marley in the rock star mode. A discussion on the strange case of Eric Clapton's cover of I Shot the Sheriff follows, along with Marley's first international smash, No Woman, No Cry.
Tim and Jeremy proceed to the release of Exodus in 1977 - also the year of an assassination attempt on Marley - and dig into the politics of a turbulant late '70s Jamaica, the Socialist PM Michael Manley, and the complexities of Marley's own political appeal to love and peace in the face of extreme political violence. The episode concludes with the singer's cancer diagnosis, a late return to explicit radical anti-colonialism, and eventual death in 1981, with time given to parsing his singular posthumous legacy.
Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert are authors, academics, DJs and audiophile dance party organisers. They’ve been friends and collaborators since 1997, teaching together and running parties since 2003. With clubs closed and half their jobs lost to university cuts, they’re inevitably launching a podcast.Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
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Bob Marley & the Wailers - Burnin' and Lootin'
Bob Marley & the Wailers - I Shot the Sheriff
Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff
Bob Marley & the Wailers - No Woman, No Cry
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Exodus
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Waiting in Vain
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Redemption SongBooks:
Lloyd Bradley - Bass Culture: When Reggae was King
Dick Hebdidge - Subcultures -
Unlocked - for a number of personal reasons, we've been unable to record the episode on Bob Marley and the Wailers. In its stead, we've taken this opportunity to unlocked both parts of our interview with Daphne A. Brooks, previously only available to patrons. Become a patron from £3pcm to access much more of this material at www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. We'll be back to pick up with Afro-Psychedelia very soon.
In this episode Daphne talks with Tim and Jeremy about the writers, practitioners and 'organic intellectuals' who have created a new discourse around Black female sound, taking in figures such as the writer and collector of field recordings Zora Neale Hurston, the writer, journalist and singer Pauline Hopkins, and the writer and playwright Lorraine Hansberry. They dig into what it means to hold precious these forgotten figures, affectionate writing praxis, and the relationship between curatorial or archival work and contemporary music making. In part 2, coming in a fortnight, we will hear about some of the contemporary artists featured in the book, including Janelle Monáe and Beyonce.
Daphne A. Brooks is William R. Kenan, Jr. professor of African American studies, American Studies, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Music at Yale University; she is also director of graduate studies.She specializes in African American literary cultural performance studies, especially 19th century and trans-Atlantic culture. She is a rock music lover and has attributed her research interests in black performance to being a fan of rock music since a very young age.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
Tracklist:
Zora Neale Hurston - Wake Up Jacob (trad. recorded 1928 in the field)
Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues
Elvie Thomas & Geeshie Wiley - Over To My House
Elvie Thomas & Gershie Wiley - Last Kind Words BluesBooks:
Daphne A. Brooks - Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound
Daphne A. Brooks - Jeff Buckley’s Grace
Zora Neale Hurston - Their Eyes Were Watching God
Pauline Hopkins - Of One Blood -
Unlocked - for a number of personal reasons, we've been unable to record the episode on Bob Marley and the Wailers. In its stead, we've taken this opportunity to unlocked both parts of our interview with Daphne A. Brooks, previously only available to patrons. Become a patron from £3pcm to access much more of this material. We'll be back to pick up with Afro-Psychedelia very soon.
In this episode we conclude our two-part interview with Black Feminist scholar and music critic Daphne A. Brooks. Following from our previous show, Daphne disucsses some of the contemporary figures in her new book Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound, including Janelle Monáe, who along with the Wonderland Arts Collective engage in an act of intellectual worldbuilding around her music, and the deep archival searching of jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant. With reference to Beyoncé Tim, Jeremy and Daphne consider to what extent we are living through an ascendent period of Black feminist consciousness and discuss the way such Black female megastars are held in cultural production.We also took advantage of speaking with Daphne to ask her about the Harlem Cultural Festival, the so-called 'Black Woodstock' which the excellent new film and firm LITM favourite Summer of Soul documents, as well as to commemorate the recent passing of two titans of Black cultural writing, Greg Tate and bell hooks. We are so grateful to Daphne for being so generous with her time, insight and humour.
Daphne A. Brooks is William R. Kenan, Jr. professor of African American studies, American Studies, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Music at Yale University; she is also director of graduate studies.She specializes in African American literary cultural performance studies, especially 19th century and trans-Atlantic culture. She is a rock music lover and has attributed her research interests in black performance to being a fan of rock music since a very young age.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
Tracklist:
Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel
Cécile McLorin Salvant - Ghost Song
Beyoncé - ***Flawless
Burnt Sugar - Conduction #5
Burnt Sugar - Rock'n'Roll Suicide -
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This is the audio from our recent patrons-only 'Live Conversations' between ourselves and our patrons, which took place over Zoom in March of this year. Tim, Jeremy and our guests discussed the role of the internet in music fandom, the relative importance of mediating figures like critics and DJs, the impact of the net on the record market and its infrastructure, and ask whether DJs can still truly break a record from behind the booth.We also talked about how strongly subcultural affiliation and music are linked in the 2020s, the perils of (sub)genrification, pluralistic listening, and whether dance music culture is - or has ever been - politicised.
We intend to hold these events semi-regularly, so do come along to the next one if you can.
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In this week's episode Tim and Jeremy focus on the early life and work of Bob Marley & The Wailers. They explore the role Marley and the group played in bringing Reggae to the world, with the singer becoming a singular and ubiquitous figure in culture in the process. Beginning with their first Ska singles from the mid-'60s, we hear how the original 1965 recording of One Love articulated a nascent form of philosophical universalism, with love as a political virtue to overcome difference. We also follow Marley on his journey towards Rastafarianism, and reintroduce Island Records' Chris Blackwell to the show.
Tim and Jeremy discuss the powerful, dub-inflected production of the Wailers' second album Soul Rebels, consider the anti-imperialism of rootsyness, and explore the recording and marketing of their follow up, Catch A Fire.
We'll be back in a fortnight with part two of our deep dive on Marley. One Love.
Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert are authors, academics, DJs and audiophile dance party organisers. They’ve been friends and collaborators since 1997, teaching together and running parties since 2003. With clubs closed and half their jobs lost to university cuts, they’re inevitably launching a podcast.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
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Tracklist:
The Wailers - Simmer Down
The Wailers - One Love (1965)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Soul Rebel
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rebel's Hop
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Concrete JungleBooks:
Timothy White - Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley -
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In this patrons-only episode, Jeremy and Tim begin a multi-part exploration of what we're calling Heavy Dub Theory: a deep dive on the aesthetic, musicological and theoretical understandings of dub. We start with a discussion of the materiality of bass as expressed in the concept of Bass Materialism - how bass frequencies behave in space, are felt in our bodies, and how bass music rejected and upset prevailing musical expressions of white heteropatriarchal culture.
We also consider how dub composition is organised around subtraction rather than addition - a fact it shares with the contemporaneous school of Minimalism - and make the case that dub is anti-climactic, anti-telos, and ultimately breaks with traditional musical conceptions of time all together.
We'll be back in a fortnight with the next iteration of Heavy Dub Theory.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
Tracklist:A Tribe Called Quest - Vibes and Stuff
Steve Reich - Come Out
King Tubby & Observer All Stars - Rema Dub
King Tubby & Jacob Miller - City Of The Weakheart Dub
Peter Tosh - Mystic Man
Books:
Paul C. Jasen - The Low End Theory; Bass, Bodies and the Materiality of Sonic Experience
Julian Henriquez - Sonic Bodies
Steve Goodman - Sonic Warfare
Jeremy Gilbert & Ewan Pearson - Discographies
Tricia Rose - Black Noise
Henri Bergson - Matter and Memory -
In this week's episode Jeremy and Tim move through the late 20th century to trace dub's echoing influence on Disco, Post-Punk, early House and the music of the British Rave scene. Dub's aesthetics of space, minimalism, and bass-centric production are revealed on the New York dancefloor through the early remix experiments of Walter Gibbons and the studio work of Francois K, as well as in the punk clubs of London and the after-party living rooms of late '80s ravers.
Tim and Jeremy consider how the Clash came to lean heavily on their fascination with Dub and Rastafarianism; how Reggae as a musical vocabulary was repeatedly drawn on for distinctly Feminist musical projects with explicitly experimental aims; and spend some time discussing one of UK music's most singular figures, Andrew Weatherall.Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert are authors, academics, DJs and audiophile dance party organisers. They’ve been friends and collaborators since 1997, teaching together and running parties since 2003. With clubs closed and half their jobs lost to university cuts, they’re inevitably launching a podcast.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
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Tracklist:
First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder (Walter Gibbons Mix)
Disco Dub Band - For the Love of Money
The Slits - Shoplifting
The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
The Clash - The Magnificent Dance
Vivien Goldman - Launderette
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Chip E - Like This
Sandee - Notice Me (Notice the House Mix)
The Orb - Earth (Gaia)Books:
Vivien Goldman - Revenge of the She-Punks -
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In this patrons-only bonus episode, Jeremy and Tim have a conversation about what music has been on their turntables recently.
In a genre-busting and wide-ranging discussion we consider potential connections between the current wave of excellent ambient psychedelic jazz releases from labels like Chicago's International Anthem with '90s Post Rock and the '70s Minimalism; explore the fresh and surprising offerings of '70s Belgium and the unusually Cuban sounds of '60s Senegal; and consider how Reggae covers of American and British pop songs are expressions of Gilroy's Black Atlantic.Also in this episode we hear a Brazilian Tropicalia tune about the apparent founder of a universal mystic gnostic philosophy, contemplate the religion and theology of Late Antiquity, enjoy an exciting spurt of post-Jungle energy from contemporary London, and end with a playful and trippy dub remix fresh from a party.
This is part of a rough series of more conversational, unplanned episodes reflecting on what's been on our record players recently and what we've been up to that we'll be releasing to patrons to say thank you for your support.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
The tracks discussed are:
Jamie Branch - Birds of Paradise
Placebo - Dag Madam Merci
Prince Buster - A Change is Gonna Come
Idrissa Diop - Caridad
Jorge Ben - Hermes Trismegisto Escrreveu
The Tornadoes & Tyra Hammond - You Got Me Thinking
Parris and Call Super - Poison Pudding
Desmond Chambers - Haly Gully (Toby Tobias Version) -
In this week's episode Tim and Jeremy dive headlong into Dub. They discuss the changing meaning of the term, the difficulties in charting the history of the music, and explore the work of two of the pioneers of the sound, Lee 'Scratch' Perry and King Tubby. Jeremy and Tim discuss the sonic properties of dub, including the innovative use of reverb and delay, as well as the distinctive vocal practice of toasting and the starring role performed by the bass in this new musical form.
Tim and Jeremy also talk about why the innovations of Dub took place in Jamaica, the importance of addition and subtraction to the dub producers, and the persistent dialectic between seriousness and playfulness out of which so much Dub emerges. In this spirit, we also hope you enjoy the special LITM theme music version. Back in a fortnight with more - stay dubwise.
Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert are authors, academics, DJs and audiophile dance party organisers. They’ve been friends and collaborators since 1997, teaching together and running parties since 2003. With clubs closed and half their jobs lost to university cuts, they’re inevitably launching a podcast.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
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Become a patron from just £3 per month by visiting www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePodTracklist:
Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High The Moon
Richie Havens - Indian Rope Man
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - Indian Rope Man
Bob Marley & the Wailers - African Herbsman
Lee 'Scratch' Perry - African Herbsman (Dub Version)
King Tubby & Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown
Junior Byles - Curly Locks
Augustus Pablo - Curly Dub
Sir Gibbs - People Grudgeful
The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
Joe Gibbs - Satta Amasa Gana Version
King Tubby - Weeping DubBooks:
Michael Veal - Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae -
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Continuing our ongoing patrons-only reading series, Tim picks up where he left off in his 2004 book 'Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture 1970-1979'. I'm sure you'll all have heard him reference the book the show, and many of you will have read it, so here we present a reading series of the book to compliment the Love is the Message project.
In Chapter 1 part 3, we hear about the original parties thrown by David Mancuso in his home at 647 Broadway. Tim describes the make up of the crowd, the lengths David went in preparing for the party, his innovations in décor, and the freedom people found dancing there.
Thank you for your continued support of the show - we couldn't do it without you.
Expect to hear much more from the book in the coming months, as well as more patrons-only content and a new series of the main show.
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In this week's episode Jeremy and Tim focus on the birth of Reggae in Jamaica. Beginning with the island's first popular music, Ska, we hear how the music of Alton Ellis and Desmond Decker transformed into Rocksteady, with it's slower pulse, rootsy feel and serious lyrical turn. Set against the backdrop of Kingston's high crime rate and Rudeboy culture, Tim and Jeremy recount how this music took on the feeling of suffering and anguish many Jamaicans experienced in their lives. We hear how these musicians began to look less to America for their musical inspirations than to the island's Mento folk traditions as the Reggae sound began to crystalize in the late '60s.
Also in this episode, we are introduced to the pioneering producer and performer Lee 'Scratch' Perry (more from him next episode), explore the emerging link between Reggae music and Michael Manley's socialist People's National Party, and consider the problematic gender and sexual politics of a genre so focused on emancipation and liberation. Join us next time as we dive deep into Dub...
Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert are authors, academics, DJs and audiophile dance party organisers. They’ve been friends and collaborators since 1997, teaching together and running parties since 2003. With clubs closed and half their jobs lost to university cuts, they’re inevitably launching a podcast.
Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.
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Tracklist:Alton Ellis and the Flames - Girl I Have Got A Date
Alton Ellis - Rock Steady
Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites
Lee 'Scratch' Perry - People Funny Boy
Junior Byles - Beat Down Babylon
The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
Marcia Griffiths - The First Cut is the Deepest
Books:
Lloyd Bradley - Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King - Show more
