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Love Music Hate Racism
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Love Music Hate Racism is a music-oriented campaign based in Britain. The campaign involves concerts aimed at spreading an anti-racist message and it follows in the tradition of the 1970s Rock Against Racism campaign. LMHR was set up in 2002 in response to the increase in support for the far right. The first big LMHR concert was a festival in Manchester’s Platt Fields Park, headlined by Doves, in October 2007, popularity for the group dramatically increased following a big campaign in the music magazine, NME. In December 2007, the announced that it would mark the 30th anniversary of the RAR/ANL carnival. Love Music Hate Racism website LMHR Carnival 08 LMHR Carnival 09
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Bow, London
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Bow is a district in the East End of London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is built-up and mostly residential, and 4.6 miles east of Charing Cross, the area was formerly known as Stratford, and Bow is an abbreviation of the medieval name Stratford-atte-Bow, in which Bow refers to a bridge built in the early 12th century. Bow is adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and a section of the district is part of the park, Old Ford, and with it Fish Island, are usually taken to be part of Bow, but Bromley-by-Bow immediately to the south, is a separate locality. These distinctions have their roots in historic parish boundaries, stratforde was first recorded as a settlement in 1177, the name derived from its Old English meaning of paved way to a ford. The paved way is likely to refer to the presence of a causeway across the marshes. Land and Abbey Mill were given to Barking Abbey for maintenance of the bridge and this endowment was later administered by Stratford Langthorne Abbey. By 1549, this route had become known as The Kings Way and this has since been expanded to a four-lane road. In 1311 Bow remained a village, often cut off from St Dunstans. Permission was given to build a chapel of ease to allow the residents a place to worship. The land was granted by Edward III, on the Kings highway, in 1719, the parish became independent of Stepney and St Mary Stratford Bow consecrated. The parish included the Old Ford area, which has also known as North Bow. Located at 117 Bow Common Lane, E3 the church building by Frederick Arthur Walters opened in 1894, the parish is home to the Vietnamese chaplaincy in the Archdiocese of Westminster. Located at 179 Bow Road, E3, the building by Gilbert Blount opened in 1870. Formerly the parish was run by a community of Dominican nuns, a convent of Benedictine nuns was established at the nearby Priory of St Leonards, in modern Bromley-by-Bow. Ful weel she soong the service dyvyne, Entuned in hir nose ful semely, And frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly, After the scole of stratford atte bowe, For frenssh of parys was to hire unknowe. This was a reference to the Prioress having learned the distinctive Anglo-Norman dialect of French. French still had the cachet of being the language of the royal court, Fairfield Road commemorates the Green Goose fair, held there on the Thursday after Pentecost. A Green Goose was a young or mid-summer goose, and a term for a cuckold or a low woman
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Grime (music genre)
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Grime is a genre of music that emerged in East London in the early 2000s. It developed out of earlier UK electronic music styles, including UK garage and jungle, and also influence from Jamaican dancehall, ragga. The style is typified by rapid, syncopated breakbeats, generally around 130 or 140 bpm, rapping is also a significant element of the style, and lyrics often revolve around gritty depictions of urban life. Other prominent artists include Ghetts, Jme, Skepta, Stormzy, prominent grime crews include Boy Better Know, Newham Generals, Roll Deep, and Ruff Sqwad. In the mid 2010s, grime began to receive attention in North America. Grime emerged in the early 2000s in Londons East-end and it has origins tied with UK pirate radio stations such as Rinse FM, Deja Vu FM, Freeze 92.7 and Raw Mission. This indicated the movement of UK garage away from its house influences towards darker themes, among the first tracks to be labelled grime as a genre in itself were Eskimo, Ice Rink and Igloo by Wiley, Pulse X by Musical Mob and Creeper by Danny Weed. Dizzee Rascal garnered widespread acclaim and commercial success with Boy in da Corner winning the 2003 Mercury Music Prize. Grime has since received exposure from television stations including Channel U, Logan Samas show on London radio station Kiss FM, Grime is not an offshoot of early electronic music, but rather a subgenre that draws from a wide variety of influences. The genre’s popularity grew exponentially in the United Kingdom, as people across the musical spectrum appreciated Grime’s eclectic mix of instrumentation. This hybridization united many different music scenes, allowing for it to spread in the same word-of-mouth and mixtape-based style as hip-hop and it also paved the way for more electronic music artists to incorporate stronger African and Caribbean influences in the future. Grime never received the same attention worldwide that it did in the UK, much like many other less mainstream forms of British electronic music, its main scene and fan base remained in the United Kingdom. From 2013 onwards producers started to create what they called instrumental grime and they battled in so-called war dubs, in April 2014, Meridian Dan reached #13 in the UK Singles Charts with his single German Whip featuring Big H and Jme. Two months after that, Skepta reached #21 in the UK Singles Chart with his single Thats Not Me featuring his brother Jme. Two months later, Lethal Bizzle released the single Rari WorkOut featuring Jme and Tempa T, as of 2015, Lethal Bizzle has four of the highest charting grime songs to date. In February 2016, Ministry of Sound and DJ Maximum released a compilation entitled Grime Time. In May 2016, Skeptas fourth studio album, Konnichiwa, entered the UK Albums Chart at number two, the album explored grimes relationship with the United States, and features appearances from ASAP Mob members Young Lord and ASAP Nast as well as production and vocals from Pharrell Williams. The album was awarded the 2016 Mercury Prize, in February 2017, Stormzys album Gang Signs & Prayer, was the first grime album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart
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British hip hop
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British hip hop is a genre of music, and a culture that covers a variety of styles of hip hop music made in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is generally classified as one of a number of styles of urban music, UK rap has also been heavily influenced by US hip-hop. British hip hop, particularly that originating from London, was superseded by grime, however, after a post-millennium boom period. In 2003, The Times described British hip hops broad-ranging approach, following an initial flurry of interest from major record labels in the 1980s, by the early 1990s the scene had moved underground after record companies pulled back. In the mid-1990s hip hop in the UK started to experiment and diversify — often mutating into different genres entirely, such as trip hop, knowledge, was Englands first documented rapper. Unlike in the US, the British hip hop scene was cross-racial from the beginning and this is due to the fact that various ethnic groups in Britain tend to not live in segregated areas, even in areas with a high percentage of non-white individuals. These places allow youth to share an interchange with one another including musical genres such as hip hop. Cross pollination through migrating West Indians helped develop a community interested in the music, the integration of sound systems represent a distinct British Caribbean influence. Sound systems allowed for powerful syncopated bass runs and the ability to bring sound to different venues creating a club culture. Releases were still few and far between, and the scene remained predominantly underground, mainstream radio did play British hip hop on occasion, and instrumental in giving the scene wider recognition were DJs such as Dave Pearce, Tim Westwood, and John Peel. The most direct influence was, however, on Graffiti painted in London Underground trains, Kinetic Effect hit the scene in the early 1980s and was part of the rap outfit 2 the Top as D-Koy. In 1981, he teamed with Insane Macbeth to record Borderin Insanity, which was released in 1993, in 1995, Kinetic Effect recorded Man Bites Dog/The Effect of Fear Their song The Rhythm I Give ‘Em, made the UK Top 10 Hip Hop chart. Other notable rappers of this era include London Rhyme Syndicate, Cash Crew, Shogun MC, Hijack, MC Untouchable, the first UK record label devoted to releasing UK hip hop acts was founded in 1986. Simon Harris Music of Life label was home to rapper Derek B — the first UK rapper to chart success. Building on Derek Bs success, Music of Life went on to sign such as Hijack. Their Hard as Hell series mixed homegrown talent like Thrashpack and the She Rockers with US artists such as Professor Griff, Music of Life was swiftly followed by other labels such as Mango Records and Kold Sweat. Another successful British hip-hop artist that emerged from Music of Life was Asher D, caveman and Outlaw Posse developed a jazz influenced style, whilst MC MellO mixed jazz and hardcore. Other acts and styles developed from the hip hop scene, resulting in new genres to describe them — for example Massive Attack with trip hop, or Galliano Us3 and Urban Species with acid jazz
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Virgin Records
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Virgin Records is a British-founded record label originally founded by English entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman in 1972. It was later sold to Thorn EMI in 1992, today, the operations of Virgin Records America, Inc. are still active and headquartered in Hollywood, California, as it operates exclusively under the Capitol Music Group since 2007. US artists include Knox Hamilton, LTric and Rise Against, in fact the first real store was above a shoe shop at the Tottenham Court Road end of Oxford Street. After making the shop into a success, they turned their business into a fully fledged record label, the name Virgin, according to Branson, arose from Tessa Watts, a colleague of his, when they were brainstorming business ideas. She suggested Virgin – as they were all new to business – like virgins, the original Virgin logo was designed by English artist and illustrator Roger Dean, a young naked woman in mirror image with a large long-tailed serpent and the word Virgin in Deans familiar script. A variation on the logo was used for the spin-off Caroline Records label and this was soon followed by some notable krautrock releases, including electronic breakthrough album Phaedra by Tangerine Dream, and The Faust Tapes and Faust IV by Faust. The Faust Tapes album retailed for 49p and as a result allowed this relatively unknown band to reach number 12 in the album charts, other early albums include Gongs Flying Teapot, which Daevid Allen has been quoted as having never been paid for. Under the guidance of Tessa Watts, Virgins Head of Publicity, shortly afterwards, the Notting Hill record shop was raided by police for having a window display of the Sex Pistols album Never Mind the Bollocks, Heres the Sex Pistols in the window. After modified versions of the label came the red, white and blue design introduced in 1975. The current Virgin logo was created in 1978, commissioned by Simon Draper, brian Cooke of Cooke Key Associates commissioned a graphic designer to produce a stylised signature. In 1983 Virgin purchased Charisma Records, renaming it Charisma/Virgin, then later Virgin/Charisma, before folding the label in 1986, in the process they acquired Genesis and comedy group Monty Python. The Charisma label was reactivated in the US in 1990 and enjoyed success with such as Maxi Priest, Right Said Fred,38 Special. When this Charisma label was retired in 1992, all of its artists were, as before, in 1987, Venture Records was created for new age and modern classical artists including Klaus Schulze, who had been associated with Virgin since the early 1970s. 10 Records Immortal Records Delabel Caroline Records was a label used from 1973 to 1977. The name and logo were used for some American editions of Virgin records in the 1980s and 1990s. Caroline was primarily used for independent distribution until the label was reactivated in 2013, today, Caroline Records acts as an independent label taking the place of EMI Label Services, after Virgins former parent company EMI was purchased by Universal Music Group. Front Line Records was a label for issuing Jamaican and English reggae music from 1978 to approximately 1987, a short-lived associated label, Dindisc, had Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and The Monochrome Set during its brief existence, after which its recordings became part of Virgins catalogue. Noo Trybe Records was a hip hop label that existed from 1994 to 1999
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Relentless Records
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Relentless Records is a record label currently headed by co-founder Shabs Jobanputra. Originally known for such as Artful Dodgers Re-Rewind and B15 Projects Girls Like This, Relentless has also published albums by Joss Stone, KT Tunstall, So Solid Crew. Relentless Records was formally registered as a company on 1 December 1999, after first working with Virgin Records in 2003, the label was sold to it in 2009. Affected by the November 2011 dissolution of EMI Group, Virgins recorded music business was sold to Universal Music UK, propitiously, Jobanputra had departed EMI in April 2011, with a deal returning control of the Relentless name to him whilst leaving the labels roster signed to the major. In this interim period, Relentless released music from Ms. Dynamite and Cage the Elephant and signed artists Rude Kid, in January 2012 Relentless became part of Sony Music in the UK, reuniting Jobanputra with his former EMI/Virgin colleague Nick Gatfield. Recent signings include Bondax, Misha B, Misty Miller, The Other Tribe, Mausi, Roll Deep, Martin Solveig, Chris Malinchak, Relentless works closely with in-house company Media Village for its PR and A&R
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Cooking Vinyl
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Cooking Vinyl is a UK-based independent record company, founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and business partner Pete Lawrence. Goldschmidt remains the current owner and managing director, the company is based in Acton, London. Established in 1986, Cooking Vinyl has developed a reputation as one of Europes most innovative independent labels, key to the companys longevity is its emphasis on artist-driven deals with its pioneering introduction of bespoke services-only contracts that claim no stake in artists copyrights. The first such deal drawn up in 1993 with Billy Bragg who has since re-signed to the label a total of seven times, as for recent years,2015 and 2016 were remarkable for the label, described by Uncut magazine “a template for modern independent record companies”. After topping the charts in 2015 with The Prodigy’s “The Day is My Enemy”, both records qualified for a silver disc in the UK. This same year, Richard Ashcroft reached the UK top 3 with “These People”, in these years, Cooking Vinyl Australia notched up a number 1 album with Parkway Drive, and top 5 entries with City and Colour and Kate Miller-Heidke. In 1986 Cooking Vinyl famously recorded a live performance around a campfire at a folk festival by the singer Michelle Shocked. One of its first releases, Cooking Vinyl released the recording as The Campfire Tapes, as well as its more traditional royalty agreements, Cooking Vinyl is widely regarded as a pioneer of ‘artist services’ deals where the artist retains ownership of the copyrights. The company’s first such deal came in 1993 with a reissue of Billy Braggs Back To Basics compilation, since then, Bragg has re-signed to Cooking Vinyl a total of six times, most recently in 2013 for the release of studio album Tooth And Nail. Cooking Vinyl has consistently been in the forefront of the digital revolution and it was the first European label to do a deal with the MP3 download site eMusic and the first to enter negotiations with the peer to peer file-sharing company Kazaa. In 2005 Cooking Vinyl set up its own distribution company, Uploader. Who were in turn bought by The Orchard, Cooking Vinyl has had international success from the start with Michelle Shocked The Texas Campfire Tapes selling 250,000 worldwide. Other notable releases include the Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions and Ryan Adams debut solo studio album Heartbreaker in 2000, the album was funded through a high-profile Kickstarter campaign that raised over $1.2 million in 30 days. Another notable campaign from that year was the release of Marilyn Manson’s Born Villain under a partnership between Mansons own label Hell, etc. and Cooking Vinyl. The album was a success charting at #5 in Germany, #10 in the US. Across the rest of Europe the album peaked at #4 in Austria, #6 in France, in the UK Manson reached #14 in the Official Albums Chart and #1 in the UK Rock Albums Chart. Cooking Vinyl is noted for its long relationships with many of its artists, the Pixies Charles Thompson was signed in 2000 and has had 17 releases to date with the label as Frank Black and Black Francis. Since 1994, former Doll By Doll man Jackie Leven has had 23 releases, RED, the Sony Music UK artist and label services division, announced the acquisition of Essential Music and Marketing in March 2016
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Jodie Connor
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Jodie Melanie Connor is a British R&B and soul recording artist, lyricist, and goodwill ambassador. Connors first number-one charted song was as a guest vocalist on Roll Deeps number-one single Good Times and she was later signed by Polydor Records and Takeover Entertainment and released her debut solo single Now or Never on 16 January 2011, which peaked at number 14. A second single, Bring It featuring Tinchy Stryder was released on 20 February 2011 following its first play on BBC Radio 1, early in Jodie Connors career, she attended Saddleworth School for her high school education before attending Oldham College where she studied performing arts and graduated. Connor worked as receptionist in a club by day and gigged and performed in the evenings. In 2003, Connor appeared as a contestant on the series of the hit British television talent show Pop Idol. Connor was given a chance by the judges, and was invited back for the Wildcard round, but again was unsuccessful in making it through to the next round. Connor returned to spotlight in 2010, when she featured on grime collective Roll Deeps comeback single Good Times, on 2 May 2010, the single debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 1, where it remained for three consecutive weeks. The single not only marked Connors first chart performance, but also Roll Deeps first top 10 hit, Connor then continued her breakthrough, appearing on videos Electric Boogaloo and Higher State by Wiley and Bailey respectively. Following the success of Connors breakthrough, she was signed to Polydor Records and Takeover Entertainment, spending the remainder of 2010 recording material for her debut album. On 16 January 2011, Connor released her single, Now or Never featuring Wiley, in the UK. On 20 February 2011, Connor released her single, Bring It featuring Tinchy Stryder, also in the UK. The third single from the album entitled Take You There and featuring American rapper Busta Rhymes was released on 29 July 2012, in February 2011, Jodie Connor was announced as the new face of Tinchy Stryders Star in the Hood female clothing line. In March 2011, Connor was appointed as an ambassador for Charles. Jodie Connor is a Barbadian British singer-lyricist who was born on Friday,8 May 1981 in Oldham, Connor lived in Shaw and Crompton. On 23 July 2014, Jodie gave birth to a baby boy, list of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
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Alesha Dixon
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Alesha Dixon is a British singer, dancer, rapper, model and television presenter from Welwyn Garden City, England. She found fame in the all-female R&B/garage trio Mis-Teeq, the trio disbanded in 2005 and Dixon pursued a music career as a solo artist, signing to Polydor Records. She began recording her solo album, Fired Up, in 2006. In 2007, Dixon won Strictly Come Dancing and her television exposure led to a successful comeback, which included her signing to Asylum Records, an offshoot of Warner Music Group. In September 2009, Dixon became a judge on the series of Strictly Come Dancing, replacing Arlene Phillips. The replacement of Phillips by Dixon attracted criticism, as some questioned the extent of Dixons dancing knowledge, in 2010, Dixon returned for the eighth series of Strictly Come Dancing and released her third studio album, The Entertainer. In January 2012, shortly after completing the series and her third year as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing. As a television presenter, she has hosted Your Face Sounds Familiar, Text Santa, Alesha Anjanette Dixon was born in Welwyn Garden City to a Jamaican father, Melvin, and English mother, Beverly Harris. Maternally, she has two half-brothers, and on her fathers side, she has three half-brothers and a half-sister and she was educated at Monks Walk School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Dixons parents split up when Dixon was four and Dixons father moved away, between the ages of eight and ten, Dixon witnessed her mother suffer domestic violence from her partner, she only spoke publicly about the issue 21 years later, in 2010. The negative times and the times have blocked anything that was good. I believe that child has the right to grow up in an environment where they feel secure and fearless going into the world. Dixons first job was at Ladbrokes, although she aspired to become a PE teacher after leaving college, whilst travelling back home on the train she was approached by another scout who was forming a band and asked if she was interested. Dixons career began in 1999 when she met Sabrina Washington as they joined a dance school in Fulham, south west London. Together, they decided to form a band when Dixon and Washington, Dixon and Washington proposed that Nash join the group and together they formed a trio. They were soon signed to Telstar Records with the addition of a new member, Zena McNally, in October 2000, Dixon, then relatively unknown, featured on the single Rumours by Damage, which charted modestly at 22 on the UK Singles Chart. The genre of the track departed from the bands R&B style, in favour of a sound, however. In January 2001, Mis-Teeq released their first single, Why, the track remained commercially unnoticed until a garage remix was produced and the track charted at 8 in April of that year
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Boy Better Know
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Boy Better Know is an English grime collective and record label. The collective was founded in North London in 2005 as an independent record label by brothers Jamie and Joseph Adenuga, better known as Jme and Skepta, all three are members of the collective and use the record label as a means to publish their music. In the early 2000s, Meridian Crew, consisting of MCs President T, Skepta, Jme and Big H regularly appeared on radio stations, including Heat FM. In 2005, Meridian Crew dissolved after affiliates of the crew were convicted on attempted murder charges, after this event, Jme founded Boy Better Know alongside his brother Skepta while other Meridian members reformed as Bloodline Family. In its early period, Boy Better Know was well known for its line of eponymous T-shirts, the crew also had a regular show on Rinse FM with DJ Maximum. Jmes debut album, Famous. was released on the label in 2008, too Many Man, the first single from the album, was released on 25 May 2009. The song is featured on the Wiley and Skepta albums, Race Against Time and Microphone Champion. The song was written because of Skeptas annoyance over the lack of women in clubs and it entered the UK Singles Chart on 6 June 2009 at number 97, reaching number 79 the next week. The second single from the album V. I. P, jmes second studio album, Blam. was released on 4 October 2010. Three singles from album were released, Over Me, Sidetracked, which features Wiley. In 2008, Boy Better Know pioneered a short-lived dance fad called the Rolex Sweep which accompanied the song of the name by Skepta. In November 2011, Boy Better Know Mobile was established, a 3G network which leases network bandwidth from Hutchison 3G and this venture was ended in mid-2013. Skepta – Microphone Champion Jme – Blam
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Wiley (musician)
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He first tasted success as a member of UK garage crew Pay As U Go, with whom he had a top 40 hit, Champagne Dance in 2001. Wiley has continued to make music while also releasing mainstream singles, such as the UK Singles Chart top 10 hits Wearing My Rolex, Never Be Your Woman. As a teenager, Wiley featured on radio stations such as Rinse FM and drum. In 2000, Wiley went from SS Crew to join The Ladies Hit Squad, Gods Gift from Deck Collecters Crew, Flow Dan and Riko Dan joined soon after. In 2002, the collective achieved a top 20 hit with Champagne Dance, Wiley also received wide recognition in 2000 for his UK garage record Nicoles Groove which he produced under the stage name, Phaze One. After Pay As U Go disbanded, Wiley went on to form the Roll Deep entourage and they moved away from a traditional UK garage sound, and eventually found themselves creating music that would be termed grime. From 2001 onwards, Wiley began producing instrumental singles on his Wiley Kat Recordings label, the most famous ones are the Eskimo, Avalanche, Ice Rink and Snowman. These led to a record deal with XL Recordings. In 2004, Wiley released his album, Treddin on Thin Ice on XL. Singles from the album include Wot Do U Call It, a record questioning what name should be given to his music, and Pies. Many reviews, including that by Pitchfork Media, made comparisons between Wiley and his previous labelmate Dizzee Rascal, who had achieved success with Boy in Da Corner the previous year. Alexis Petridis of The Guardian noted the comically polarised fanbase Wiley had accrued, At one extreme, lengthy essays are posted on issues as the differentiation between Humean and Kantian views of motivation in the lyrics of Bonnie Prince Billy. At the other extreme, it is favoured by inner-city teens who appear to communicate entirely in a mix of street slang. During this period, Wiley occasionally referred to his music as eski, also, Wiley released mixtapes under the name Eskiboy. Wiley was quoted in conjunction with his theme, Sometimes I just feel cold hearted. I felt cold at that time, towards my family, towards everyone, thats why I used those names Many of Wileys early vinyl releases, such as Eskimo, were released under the alias Wiley Kat, this name was derived from a character in the cartoon Thundercats. However, the Kat is never used by Wiley anymore. In 2006, Wiley released his second album Da 2nd Phaze on the Boy Better Know label and this was followed in by Wileys third album Playtime is Over on Big Dada Records, an album which followed his eskibeat roots
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Roll Deep
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Roll Deep are an English grime crew. They were founded in 2002 by Wiley following the disbandment of UK garage crew, the crew distributed a number of mixtapes and vinyl singles independently before being signed to a major label and releasing their debut album In at the Deep End in June 2005. Four singles were released from the album, Heat Up, The Avenue, When Im Ere and they won an Urban Music Award Their second album Rules and Regulations was released in 2007, followed by the release of Return Of The Big Money Sound in 2008. Current member Wiley and former members Dizzee Rascal and Tinchy Stryder have gone on to be solo artists in the UK. The group got their first UK number 1 single with the song Good Times in May 2010 and their next single was Take Control, featuring R&B singer Alesha Dixon, which charted at number 29 on 7 November 2010. Roll Deep released their next single Picture Perfect peaking at #19 in the indie charts and they released their fifth studio album in 2012 before entering an indefinite hiatus in 2013. Roll Deeps submission, Searching, was inspired by the Anish Kapoor sculpture Ishis Light, Roll Deep have appeared on BBC 1Xtra on numerous occasions. Members that appeared on the show include Wiley, Scratchy, Flow Dan, Breeze, Brazen, Riko, in later years the groups work began to take a more mainstream oriented approach which led to members such as Riko and Flowdan becoming less active within the crew. In March 2014 Flowdan confirmed in an interview on Rinse FM the groups current hiatus, however many members of the crew are still active as solo artists and none have ruled out a return to writing music together in the future. Wiley – The leader of the crew/group/collective, formed the crew and has featured on many Roll Deep songs. Achieved his first number-ones with the group in 2010 with songs Good Times, Wiley has announced via Twitter that he is still a member of Roll Deep and always will be, but was not featured on the album in 2012. Scratchy – One of the members of Roll Deep from 2002. Featured on many Roll Deep tracks like When Im Ere, Badman & Club 7 and he also featured on Roll Deeps number-one singles Good Times and Green Light. Flowdan – One of the members of Roll Deep from 2002. Features on many Roll Deep tracks like Celebrate, Heat Up & Club 7 Has a deep voice and speaks in patois, Breeze – One of the founder members of Roll Deep from 2002. Older brother of fellow Roll Deep member Brazen and he featured on Roll Deeps number-one singles Good Times and Green Light. Known for witty lyrics and distinctive style, Brazen – Member of Roll Deep from 2004, and younger brother of Breeze. He featured on Roll Deeps number-one singles Good Times and Green Light, known for his aggressive voice on the mic
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Dizzee Rascal
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Dylan Kwabena Mills, better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is an English hip hop recording artist and record producer. His music spans grime, UK garage, bassline, British hip hop, and R&B. Mills was born in London. His Nigerian father died when Rascal was young, and he was raised in Bow, London, in a single-parent family, by his Ghanaian mother Priscilla, about whom he says, I had issues as a kid. The way my mum helped was by finding me a different school every time I got kicked out and he attended a series of schools in East London and was expelled from four of them, including St Pauls Way Community School. He also went to Langdon Park School in East London, reportedly, it was around this time that a teacher was the first to call him Rascal. Cagey about exactly what Rascals youthful madnesses entailed, in interviews he mentioned fighting with teachers, stealing cars. In the fifth school, he was excluded from all classes except music and he also used to attend YATI. He was a friend of footballer Danny Shittu, whom he described as almost like a big brother. Unusually among his friends, he read the heavy metal magazine Kerrang. and was a fan of the grunge band Nirvana. Around the age of 14, Dizzee Rascal became a drum and bass DJ, also MCing over tracks as customary in sound system culture. Aged 16, he self-produced his first single, I Luv U, in 2002, he jointly formed the Roll Deep Crew, a 13-piece garage collective, with former school friends. He also signed a deal with the record label XL. During his early career, Dizzee worked with his mentor Wiley to create the still-unreleased song We Aint Having It and he made some instrumentals including Go and Ho and Streetfighter, which used some music from a video game. The set which features many seminal early grime artists was filmed, which was rare for the era, after winning a Sidewinder Award for Best Newcomer MC in 2002, Dizzee was a judge in the Sky1 show Must Be The Music. He also did a verse on the Roll Deep remix of Lets Push Things Forward on the 2002 Weak Become Heroes CD and 12 single by The Streets. Dizzees first solo album, Boy in da Corner, was released to critical acclaim in August 2003. The album would peak at #23, in the same week the album was released, while performing with Roll Deep Crew, the rapper was stabbed six times in Ayia Napa. Many tabloids suggested that this event was connected to an apparent feud between Dizzee and garage act So Solid Crew, and his pinching Lisa Maffias buttocks
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Tinchy Stryder
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Kwasi Danquah, better known by his stage name Tinchy Stryder and also as The Star in the Hood, is a Ghana-born English rapper, entrepreneur and investor. Stryder has released three studio albums, Star in the Hood, Catch 22, and Third Strike. Stryders business ventures include the clothing line Star in the Hood and he gained a B. A. in Digital arts, Moving image and Animation at the University of East London. He began making music in 1997 and started in business almost immediately after completing his A-levels in 2006, Stryders recordings date back to 1998. He appeared in 2000 on pirate radio along with Dizzee Rascal and Wiley and his pseudonym Tinchy Stryder derives from Strider and from the nickname given to him Tinchy, his height at 5 ft 3 in. In 2002, the grime group Roll Deep was founded by Wiley and they were making music that was a derivative of garage. For a while, there was not even a name for it, the name grime was the one that stuck. While performing with Roll Deep, Stryder performed some songs including, U Were Always in 2002 and he also performed on Roll Deeps 2004 mixtape, Creeper Vol.2. 1 in March 2005 and Guns and Roses Volume, the debut album by Stryder, Star in the Hood, was released on 13 August 2007 on Takeover. The album spawned two singles, Breakaway, which was released on 9 April 2007 and Something About Your Smile, was released on 6 August 2007. Bonus track Mainstream Money was also released as a single in November 2007. In 2008, Stryder released his extended play, Cloud 9 The EP. This was succeeded by him and grime record producer Maniac collaborating on the album, Tinchy Stryder vs. Maniac, only one single was released from the album, Rollin, which was released in October 2008. Stryder began a partnership with English record producer and songwriter Fraser T Smith, the single Stryderman, was released on 20 July 2008. It was the first single taken from Catch 22, the second single, Take Me Back, was released on 19 January 2009. His third single, a collaboration with the English hip-hop band N-Dubz entitled Number 1 and his fourth single from Catch 22, Never Leave You, was released on 3 August 2009 with the album following on 17 August 2009. Never Leave You peaked at number 5 on the European Hot 100 Singles on the week of its release, Catch 22 debuted at number 11 on the European Top 100 Albums. The fifth and final single from Catch 22 is Youre Not Alone, in February 2010, Stryder headline toured for the third time, he invited the English singer Example and rapper JME as his supporting acts
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Ruff Sqwad
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Ruff Sqwad is a grime crew, the group was formed in 2001 in Bow, East London, various members and affiliates of the crew are considered key figures in the early development of grime music. Ruff Sqwad first became known in the days of grime for the distinctive production style of the crews producers. Functions on the Low, produced by Ruff Sqwad affiliate XTC has been described as one of the greatest tracks in the history of British electronic music, the crew has released two mixtapes Guns and Roses Volume. 1 and Guns and Roses Volume,2 as well as an instrumental compilation album White Label Classics. Ruff Sqwad was formed by a group of school friends in East London in 2001 or 2002. Many of the groups best known instrumentals were made by Rapid, the group would regularly bunk school to record songs and to press up vinyl at Music House. The crew was active on the London pirate radio scene and at times during the early 2000s had shows on Rinse FM, Heat, Flava, Mystic. During this period the group released singles on white label vinyl on an imprint called Ruff Sqwad Recordings following a template laid out by Wileys Wiley Kat Recordings. In 2005, Ruff Sqwads first mixtape, Guns and Roses Volume and it was released in March 2005 on the independent record label Ruff Sqwad Recordings, and was very well received by the grime scene. It has been ranked amongst the best full-length studio albums of all time to come from the grime scene, the album was the first of a three-part album series. Ruff Sqwads second mixtape, Guns and Roses Volume,2, was released in October,2006. It was released on the independent record label Ruff Sqwad Recordings, along with their debut album, Guns and Roses Volume. 1, it has also ranked amongst the best full-length studio albums of all time to come from the grime scene. During this period Ruff Sqwad performed regularly at events including the very first Dirty Canvas night put on by NoHatsNoHoods. Following the solo success of Tinchy Stryder and other crew members Ruff Sqwad became less active as a group, in 2011 the crew recorded a single called Mario Balotelli. The group has been on hiatus since releasing Cold in 2013, in May 2015, Tinchy Stryder confirmed that Ruff Sqwad had split up, citing reasons such as internal conflicts and Slix not making music anymore. Ruff Sqwad currently has three members, Prince Rapid, Fuda Guy and Roachee, Tinchy Stryder, has been a member of the Ruff Sqwad since 2001. He is the best known member of the group having had much success with his solo material
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Skepta
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Joseph Junior Adenuga, better known by his stage name Skepta, is a British grime artist, songwriter, record producer and music video director. His fourth studio album, Konnichiwa, was released on 6 May 2016 to critical acclaim, Adenuga has stated ‘DIY’ music is the future and told Time Out magazine, I’m not a rapper. His influence on contemporary British popular culture as a key figure in the scene saw him appear on Debretts 2017 list of the most influential people in the UK. Following the formation of Boy Better Know, Skepta clashed with fellow MC Devilman for the DVD Lord of the Mics 2, shortly after the clash, Skepta released a mixtape entitled Joseph Junior Adenuga. He is the brother of fellow musician Jme and radio presenter Julie Adenuga, Skepta was originally a DJ from Tottenham-based grime crew Meridian Crew. Following the formation of Boy Better Know, Skepta clashed with fellow MC Devilman for the DVD Lord of the Mics 2, shortly after the clash, Skepta released a mixtape entitled Joseph Junior Adenuga. Skepta publicly released his debut album Greatest Hits on 17 September 2007, Skepta self-released the first single Rolex Sweep in September 2008 and reached number 89 on the UK Singles Chart. Skepta then released the album Microphone Champion on 1 June 2009 and he then also released single Too Many Man with JME, Wiley, Frisco and Shorty, which went to chart at number 79. Three singles charted in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, cross My Heart came in at number 31 and dropped out of the Top 40 a week later. Doin it Again spent 3 weeks in the top 100 album charts, in 2011 Skepta caused a big controversy by releasing a hardcore music video of his single All over the house. In 2012, Skepta released two singles from his forthcoming album. Both Hold On and Make Peace Not War were Top 40 charting singles in the UK but were a departure from Skeptas usual sound, Skeptas second major label album was intended to be released in the fourth quarter of 2011, entitled The Honeymoon but was delayed till 2012. After a disappointing response from the first two singles Skepta decided to release a mixtape, titled Blacklisted. It was released on 2 December 2012 along with music videos to support the prior to the release. The singles music video won the award for Best Video at the 2014 MOBO Awards, upon receiving the award, Skepta stated that the video cost him £80. In late 2014, Skepta released another single titled It Aint Safe featuring A$AP Bari and this was followed in early 2015 with Shutdown, as well as features on Red Eye to Paris by Flatbush Zombies and the remix of Ojuelegba by Wizkid, also featuring Drake. Skepta and others joined Kanye West at a show in London. He was also named one of GQs 50 best dressed British men in 2015, in an interview it stated that Skeptas making his acting debut in 2015 film Anti-Social Released initially in May
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In at the Deep End
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In at the Deep End is the debut album of London-based grime collective Roll Deep. It went silver in the United Kingdom, selling more than 85,000 copies, the album won Best Album at the 2005 Urban Music Awards. Shake a Leg and The Avenue were both top 40 hits, sales and certifications Roachee, Wiley, Scratchy, Trim, Manga, Breeze, Flow Dan, Jet Li, Brazen, Biggie Pitbull, Ricky Nek
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Urban Music Awards
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The Urban Music Awards is a hip-hop, R&B, dance and soul music awards ceremony launched by Jordan Kensington in 2003 and now held in six countries annually by Invincible Media Group. The awards ceremony is held annually by Invincible Media Group, the UMAs are now held in six countries. The winners are selected by a public vote, the 2009 Urban Music Awards were held on 17 July 2009 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City and returning to London on 1 November for the UK version of the show. The 2009 return was covered by international press, including OK. Magazine, the Daily Express, and the Insider,2009 also saw the launch of the Best Asian Act category to celebrate artists and musicians of Asian origin, which was widely covered within the Asian media worldwide. The awards took place in Hammersmith Palais, the awards took place at the Barbican. The venue was Wembley Arena The awards took place in the Grand Connaught Rooms, the awards took place in the Grand Connaught Rooms. Over 770,000 votes were received online, the show was hosted by founder, Jordan Kensington and singer/songwriter, Kiera Weathers. The awards included performances from Big Narstie, Kid Army, Kym Mazell, Rough Copy, Kelvin Jones, Chos3n and Young Kings. The UMA official house band, the Dominos provided the backdrop to music performed on stage by Macklemoore, lady Leshurr won record three awards for UMA Best Music Video 2015, Best Female Act 2015, and Best HipHop Act 2015
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Good Times (Roll Deep song)
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Good Times is a single by London-based grime music collective Roll Deep, which features vocals by Jodie Connor. It was released for download on 25 April 2010 on Relentless / Virgin Records. The MCs who make an appearance in the song are Wiley, Breeze, Brazen, the song was produced by Takeover Entertainment producer David Dawood and the chorus topline was written by David Dawood, Jodie Connor & Charlotte. It has been parodied by Chris Moyles and Dave Vitty as Good Rhyme by artist Roll Deeper, Good Times, the new tune from London grime crew Roll Deep, falls firmly into that last category. Desperately derivative it may be, but its hard to take against a single that rhymes late-night shopping with high street bopping, Good Times debuted on the Irish Singles Chart on 29 April 2010 at number 42, peaking at number 13. On 2 May 2010, Good Times entered the UK Singles Chart at #1 and this marked Roll Deeps first Top 10 hit, and their first ever number-one single in the UK. The single remained at the top spot for three weeks, being the second act to do so that year after Owl City spent 3 weeks at the top spot in February 2010 with Fireflies. Wiley - vocals Breeze - vocals Brazen - vocals Scratchy - vocals With, no.1 by Billboard Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Green Light (Roll Deep song)
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Green Light is a single by London-based grime music collective, Roll Deep. It was released by download on 15 August 2010 on Relentless / Virgin Records. The MCs who make an appearance in the song are Wiley, J2K, Breeze, Brazen and it was co-written by UK singer Angel. Green Light debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 29 August 2010 at number 1, robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song a three star rating, and said, Roll Deep are fast becoming the very definition of a guilty pleasure. The arts of subtlety and sophistication might be lost on them, having reached No.1 back in April with Good Times, the capital-based collective are back with another slab of grime/trance/pop built to fill dancefloors across the UK. Over a jolting bassline and clubby urban beats, Wiley and crew search for ladies up for a bit of bump n grind action. I like what I see / Face lit up like a Christmas tree raps Breeze - all she needs now is a couple of baubles, eh mate
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Take Control (Roll Deep song)
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Take Control is the third single from London-based collective Roll Deeps album, Winner Stays On, and preludes the album release by a week. The song, which features vocals from singer Alesha Dixon, released in the UK on 31 October, fraser McAlpine of BBC Chart Blog gave the song a positive review stating, Look at this picture. Do you know what that says to me and it says here are eleven fellas who probably spend quite a lot of time queuing in order to do their job, or waiting to have another go, once theirs has finished. And to make matters worse, sometimes the queue is barged by a singer, someone who isnt actually even IN Roll Deep. Theyve be brought in on chorus duties, taking precious rhyme time away from people whove been in the queue for ages and its not fair, just because they can provide some melodic light relief from all of that truth-spitting, that they get to stroll right to the front. Thats basically added a thirty seconds of arm waving and an agreeable yeah yeah or two, right there. So dont be surprised if you notice that some of the more backgroundy Deepers are subtly shooting daggers at Alesha during her bits, theyre only worried that they wont get a go on the mic. Then we sent her the song and she liked it, so we got her in the studio and then yeah, the music video features Roll Deep and Alesha in a multi-storey car park with various people driving around on quad bikes and motorbikes. Roll Deep commented that the video took about 7 hours, but it was shot at night and it was a rainy night, and it was in a dark car park in Peckham, it wasn’t the best video shoot. The music video premiered on The Suns website on 14 October, take Control debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 29 on 7 November 2010 as well as at number 27 on the Scottish Singles and Albums Chart. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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R&B
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Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated as R&B or RnB, is a genre of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy. Lyrics focus heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, freedom, economics, aspirations, the term rhythm and blues has undergone a number of shifts in meaning. In the early 1950s it was applied to blues records. This tangent of RnB is now known as British rhythm and blues, by the 1970s, the term rhythm and blues changed again and was used as a blanket term for soul and funk. In the 1980s, a style of R&B developed, becoming known as Contemporary R&B. It combines elements of rhythm and blues, soul, funk, pop, hip hop, popular R&B vocalists at the end of the 20th century included Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey. Although Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine is credited with coining the term rhythm and blues as a term in the United States in 1948. It replaced the term race music, which came from within the black community. The term rhythm and blues was used by Billboard in its chart listings from June 1949 until August 1969, before the Rhythm and Blues name was instated, various record companies had already begun replacing the term race music with sepia series. In 2010 LaMont Robinson founded the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Museum, writer and producer Robert Palmer defined rhythm & blues as a catchall term referring to any music that was made by and for black Americans. He has used the term R&B as a synonym for jump blues, however, AllMusic separates it from jump blues because of its stronger, gospel-esque backbeat. Lawrence Cohn, author of Nothing but the Blues, writes that rhythm, according to him, the term embraced all black music except classical music and religious music, unless a gospel song sold enough to break into the charts. Well into the 21st century, the term R&B continues in use to music made by black musicians. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, arrangements were rehearsed to the point of effortlessness and were sometimes accompanied by background vocalists. Simple repetitive parts mesh, creating momentum and rhythmic interplay producing mellow, lilting, while singers are emotionally engaged with the lyrics, often intensely so, they remain cool, relaxed, and in control. The bands dressed in suits, and even uniforms, an associated with the modern popular music that rhythm. Lyrics often seemed fatalistic, and the music typically followed predictable patterns of chords, there was also increasing emphasis on the electric guitar as a lead instrument, as well as the piano and saxophone
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LP record
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The LP is an analog sound storage medium, a vinyl record format characterized by a speed of 33 1⁄3 rpm, a 12 or 10 inch diameter, and use of the microgroove groove specification. Introduced by Columbia in 1948, it was adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound, the new product was a 12- or 10-inch fine-grooved disc made of vinyl and played with a smaller-tipped microgroove stylus at a speed of 33 1⁄3 rpm. Each side of a 12-inch LP could play for more than 20 minutes, although the LP was suited to classical music because of its extended continuous playing time, it also allowed a collection of ten or more pop music recordings to be put on a single disc. The use of the word album persisted for the one-disc LP equivalent, the prototype of the LP was the soundtrack disc used by the Vitaphone motion picture sound system, developed by Western Electric and introduced in 1926. For soundtrack purposes, the less than five minutes of playing time of side of a conventional 12-inch 78 rpm disc was not acceptable. The sound had to play continuously for at least 11 minutes, long enough to accompany a full 1, the disc diameter was increased to 16 inches and the speed was reduced to 33 1⁄3 revolutions per minute. Unlike their smaller LP descendants, they were made with the same large standard groove used by 78s, unlike conventional records, the groove started at the inside of the recorded area near the label and proceeded outward toward the edge. Like 78s, early soundtrack discs were pressed in an abrasive shellac compound, syndicated radio programming was distributed on 78 rpm discs beginning in 1928. The desirability of a longer continuous playing time soon led to the adoption of the Vitaphone soundtrack disc format, 16-inch 33 1⁄3 rpm discs playing about 15 minutes per side were used for most of these electrical transcriptions beginning about 1930. Transcriptions were variously recorded inside out like soundtrack discs or with an outside start, some transcriptions were recorded with a vertically modulated hill and dale groove. This was found to allow deeper bass and also an extension of the frequency response. Neither of these was necessarily an advantage in practice because of the limitations of AM broadcasting. Today we can enjoy the benefits of those higher-fidelity recordings, even if the radio audiences could not. Initially, transcription discs were pressed only in shellac, but by 1932 pressings in RCA Victors vinyl-based Victrolac were appearing, by the late 1930s, vinyl was standard for nearly all kinds of pressed discs except ordinary commercial 78s, which continued to be made of shellac. Use of the LPs microgroove standard began in the late 1950s, the King Biscuit Flower Hour is a late example, as are Westwood Ones The Beatle Years and Doctor Demento programs, which were sent to stations on LP at least through 1992. RCA Victor introduced a version of a long-playing record for home use in September 1931. These Program Transcription discs, as Victor called them, played at 33 1⁄3 rpm and used a somewhat finer and they were to be played with a special Chromium Orange chrome-plated steel needle
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Tate Modern
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Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London. It is Britains national gallery of modern art and forms part of the Tate group. It is based in the former Bankside Power Station, in the Bankside area of the London Borough of Southwark, Tate holds the national collection of British art from 1900 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art. Tate Modern is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the world and it is directly across the river from St Pauls Cathedral. The power station closed in 1981, prior to redevelopment, the power station was a 200 m long, steel framed, brick clad building with a substantial central chimney standing 99 m. The structure was divided into three main areas each running east-west - the huge main turbine hall in the centre, with the boiler house to the north. For many years after closure Bankside Power station was at risk of being demolished by developers, many people campaigned for the building to be saved and put forward suggestions for possible new uses. An application to list the building was refused, in April 1994 the Tate Gallery announced that Bankside would be the home for the new Tate Modern. In July of the year, an international competition was launched to select an architect for the new gallery. Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Herzog & de Meuron were announced as the architects in January 1995. The £134 million conversion to the Tate Modern started in June 1995, the most obvious external change was the two-story glass extension on one half of the roof. Much of the internal structure remained, including the cavernous main turbine hall. The history of the site as well as information about the conversion was the basis for a 2008 documentary Architects Herzog and de Meuron and this challenging conversion work was carried by Carillion. Tate Modern was opened by the Queen on 11 May 2000, Tate Modern received 5.25 million visitors in its first year. The previous year the three existing Tate galleries galleries had received 2.5 million visitors combined, Tate Modern had attracted more visitors than originally expected and plans to expand it had been in preparation since 2004. These plans focused on the south west of the building with the intention of providing 5, 000m2 of new display space, the southern third of the building was retained by the French power company EDF Energy as an electrical substation. In 2006, the released the western half of this holding and plans were made to replace the structure with a tower extension to the museum. The tower was to be built over the old oil storage tanks, structural, geotechnical, civil, and façade engineering and environmental consultancy was undertaken by Ramboll between 2008 and 2016
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Anish Kapoor
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Sir Anish Kapoor, CBE RA, is a British sculptor. Born in Bombay, Kapoor has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s when he moved to art, first at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art. He represented Britain in the XLIV Venice Biennale in 1990, when he was awarded the Premio Duemila Prize, in 1991, he received the Turner Prize and in 2002 received the Unilever Commission for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. Kapoor received a knighthood in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to visual arts and he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 2014. In 2012, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government which is Indias third-highest civilian award, an image of Kapoor features in the British cultural icons section of the newly designed British passport in 2015. In 2016, he was announced as a recipient of the LennonOno Grant for Peace and he owns exclusive rights to use Vantablack for artistic purposes. Anish Kapoor was born in Bombay, India, to a Hindu father, according to Kapoor, his mother had an Indian-Jewish upbringing, her father being the cantor of the synagogue in Pune. At this time, Baghdadi Jews constituted the majority of the Jewish community in Mumbai and his father, from a Hindu Punjabi family, was a hydrographer in the Indian Navy. Kapoor is the brother of Canada-based academic Ilan Kapoor, Kapoor attended The Doon School, an all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, then in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. He is said to have hated his time at Doon, in 1971–1973, he travelled to Israel with one of his two brothers, initially living on a kibbutz. He began to study engineering, but had trouble with mathematics. In Israel, he decided to become an artist, in 1973, he left for Britain to attend Hornsey College of Art and Chelsea School of Art and Design. There he found a model in Paul Neagu, an artist who provided a meaning to what he was doing. Kapoor went on to teach at Wolverhampton Polytechnic in 1979 and in 1982 was Artist in Residence at the Walker Art Gallery and he has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s. Anish Kapoor became known in the 1980s for his geometric or biomorphic sculptures made using materials such as granite, limestone, marble, pigment. These early sculptures are frequently simple, curved forms, usually monochromatic and brightly coloured, using powder pigment to define, while making the pigment pieces, it occurred to me that they all form themselves out of each other. So I decided to give them a title, A Thousand Names, implying infinity. The powder works sat on the floor or projected from the wall, the powder on the floor defines the surface of the floor and the objects appear to be partially submerged, like icebergs
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BBC Radio 1Xtra
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BBC Radio 1Xtra is a digital radio station in the United Kingdom from the BBC specialising in urban music. Launched at 18,00 on 16 August 2002, it had been codenamed Network X during the period and is the sister station to BBC Radio 1. The station is broadcast from the 8th floor of New Broadcasting House, shared with Radio 1, the current station controller is Ben Cooper, who took over from predecessor Andy Parfitt on 28 October 2011. It is available on radio, digital satellite television, digital terrestrial television. The first ever played on 1Xtra was a specially created track produced by DJ Skitz and Rodney P and featuring Beverley Knight. The show was presented by the Rampage DJ collective and the then breakfast show host. As part of its public service broadcasting remit, 1Xtra is required to carry a significant amount of news, information, 1Xtra had its own news service, 1Xtra News, which was operated as a subsidiary of Radio 1s Newsbeat operations. The tone and style of the presentation is in keeping with the stations overall target audience - young. Initially, in addition to regular hourly bulletins, TX had a flagship weekday two-hour news, features, the Trust required that 1Xtras main bulletins not air at the same time as those on Radio 1. When the new bulletins were introduced in late summer 2009, they aired at 12noon and 5pm, as of Summer 2009 it was reported that Radio 1 and 1Xtra were carrying shared news bulletins at weekends, weekday news output remained separate. September 2012 saw an increase in Newsbeat bulletins simulcast with Radio 1. Weekday breakfast bulletins at 06,00,07,30,08,00,08,30 and 09,30 remain bespoke 1Xtra broadcasts. From 10,30, bulletins are shared with Radio 1, in the first quarter of 2011, 1Xtra was part of an efficiency review conducted by John Myers. His role, according to Andrew Harrison, the executive of RadioCentre, was to identify both areas of best practice and possible savings. 1Xtras typical audience is between 15 and 30 years old, the upper age range is deliberately lower than sister station Radio 1 which is closer to 35. This has now itself been replaced by a rerun of the previous weeks overnight mix show from 4-7 am, saturday evening content is now simulcast entirely with BBC Radio 1 - this allows Radio 1s flagship urban content to air on 1Xtra. A list of past presenters is shown below, BBC 1Xtra, archived from the original on 25 February 2007. BBC NEWS - Entertainment - TV and Radio - 1Xtra celebrates birthday presence
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Kano (rapper)
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Kane Robinson, better known as Kano, is an English rapper and actor from East Ham, London. He is a significant contributor and is considered one of the forefathers of grime, in 2004, Kano released his debut single Ps and Qs, which was an underground hit within the grime community. After signing to 679 Recordings, Kano released his studio album Home Sweet Home. This was followed by the album London Town, featuring Kanos highest-charting single This is the Girl featuring Craig David, through Bigger Picture Music, Kano released his third and fourth albums,140 Grime St and Method to the Maadness, both which charted in the top 50. After signing to Parlophone, and six years without a release, Kano released his fifth album Made in the Manor. Kano achieved his first top 10 album of his career in the year as fellow British rappers Skepta. It was shortlisted for the 2016 Mercury Prize and won Best Album at the 2016 MOBO Awards, Kano is widely considered an influential and founding figure in grime and British hip hop music and culture, alongside artists such as Skepta, Wiley and Dizzee Rascal. Kano attended Langdon Secondary School, achieving a diploma in graphic design. Crew who were an east London-based Grime crew whose original line-up consisted of Kano, Marcus Nasty, Jammer, D Double E, Ghetts, Stormin, Mak 10, Monkstar, Sharky Major, Armour & Hyper. Kano used the crews underground popularity as a springboard and left N. A. S. T. Y and his first solo track was Boys Love Girls, produced in 2002, and was later taken to a studio and remastered by Dizzee Rascal. He was then signed as a solo artist and began work on his solo album. In 2004, Kano was approached by Hugo Boss to model for their Spring/Summer collection, shortly afterwards Kano released his debut solo single, Ps & Qs, on a 12 vinyl-only release, which was a massive underground hit, marking Kano out as a rising star. In 2005 Kano released his single, Typical Me, his first full single release. Typical Me reached No.22 in the UK Singles Charts, the video for Typical Me was directed by Andy Hylton. The third single, Remember Me, fared well in the charts. Two weeks later, on 27 June 2005, Kanos début album Home Sweet Home was released, the week his album was released, it was the highest new entry, debuting inside the UK top 40 at No.36. In September 2005, the fourth single Nite Nite was released, featuring Leo the Lion, Nite Nite hit No.25 in the UK charts, spending six weeks altogether on the top 75. In December 2005, Kano released a version of album track Nobody Dont Dance No More featuring Katie Pearl
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Dagenham
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Dagenham is a large suburb of east London, England. In the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, it is 11.5 miles east of Charing Cross and 9.5 miles east of the City of London. Historically in Essex, it was a village and remained mostly undeveloped until 1921. The population of the significantly increased in the 20th century, with the parish of Dagenham becoming an urban district in 1926. It has formed part of Greater London since 1965 and is a residential area, with some areas of declining industrial activity. The southern part of Dagenham, adjacent to the River Thames, Dagenham first appeared in a document in a charter of Barking Abbey dating from 666 AD. The name almost certainly originated with a farmstead, the ham or farm of a man called Daecca. In 1931 the Ford Motor Company relocated from Trafford Park in Manchester, to a plant in Dagenham, by the 1950s Ford had taken over Briggs at Dagenham and its other sites at Doncaster, Southampton, Croydon and Romford. At its peak the Dagenham plant had 4 million square feet of floor space, in 2005 Cummins went into a joint venture and offered $15 million to reinstate the factory. Ford and Cummins offered a good redundancy package, billed as one of the best in UK manufacturing and it is the location of the Dagenham wind turbines. Some 4,000 people now work at the Ford plant, the movie Made in Dagenham is a dramatisation of the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike at the plant, when female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination and unequal pay. Sterling Ltd who were famous for manufacturing British Army weapons and Jaguar car parts were based in Dagenham until they went bankrupt in 1988. The May & Baker plant, owned and run by Sanofi-Aventis, occupies a 108-acre site in Rainham Road South and it was abandoned in 2013 when the company closed this plant. The council has decided how to use the vacant site and they will redevelop it with a new shopping centre, stores announced so far are a Sainsburys supermarket and a pub restaurant. More stores will be announced in the future, Dagenham was an ancient, and later civil, parish in the Becontree hundred of Essex. The Metropolitan Police District was extended in 1840 to include Dagenham, the parish formed part of the Romford Rural District from 1894. Dagenham Parish Council offices were located on Bull Street, separately, the London County Council proposed that its area of responsibility should be expanded beyond the County of London to cover the area. Instead, in 1926 the Dagenham parish was removed from the Romford Rural District, in 1938, in further recognition of its development, Dagenham became a municipal borough
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Jme (MC)
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Jamie Adenuga, better known by his stage name Jme, is an English grime MC. He is the co-founder of the crew and label Boy Better Know, jamie was previously part of the grime crew Meridian along with his brother, Joseph Adenuga. As well as working with Boy Better Know, Adenuga now focuses mainly on his own solo ambitions and he is known for his comedic rapping style. In October 2008, he one of a small number of unsigned artists to headline at the London Astoria. As his fanbase has grown, Jme has travelled throughout Europe, jmes third studio album, Integrity>, was released on 4 May 2015. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number twelve, jamie Adenuga was born in Hackney, into a family who are originally from Nigeria. He grew up in Tottenham, North London where he lived in a council house and he attended St. Pauls School and then Winchmore School in Winchmore Hill, Enfield along with his elder brother Skepta. Adenuga subsequently graduated from the University of Greenwich receiving First Class Honours in 3D Digital Design and he started out producing by making mobile phone ringtones. He later used Mario Paint, Game Boy Camera, Fruity Loops, Adenuga also co-owns with Uptown Records his own T-shirt chain, bearing the labels of himself, his record label Boy Better Know, and his dormant nightclub Straight Outta Bethnal. He released his debut album Famous. and an album through a label with the whole of Boy Better Know. Jme released a single, Over Me, in September 2009 and he followed this single with another, Sidetracked, which featured Wiley, followed by CD is Dead, which featured Tempa T. These three singles are featured on the album, Blam. which was released on 4 October 2010, in January 2012, Jme released a single,96 Fuckries, which entered the chart at number 41. In 2015, Jme released his last album, Integrity>, which was one of the 19 records nominated for the IMPALA Album of the Year Award, Jme has set up a mobile company using Pay As You Go called Boy Better Know Mobile. Adenuga is a vegan, and is teetotal, Adenuga is the brother of Beats 1 DJ Julie Adenuga, he represents North Weybridge. com/
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Roll Deep discography
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This is a listing of official releases by Roll Deep, a MOBO Award-nominated London-based grime music collective. Their debut album, In at the Deep End, was released in June 2005, four singles were released from the album, Heat Up, The Avenue, When Im Ere and Shake a Leg. Roll Deep Recordings is their own label, which they use to distribute their mixtapes. Their second album Rules and Regulations was released in 2007, followed by the release of Return Of The Big Money Sound in 2008. Current member Wiley and former members Dizzee Rascal and Tinchy Stryder have gone on to be solo artists in the UK. The group got their first UK number 1 single with the song Good Times in May 2010 and their next single was Take Control, featuring R&B singer Alesha Dixon, which charted at number 29 on 7 November 2010. Roll Deep release their new single Picture perfect peaking at #19 in the indie charts and they will release their fifth studio album in 2012. Street Anthems 2004, Creeper, Vol.12004, Creeper, Vol.22006, Presents Grimey Vol.12010, Say No More 2012, No Comment Star
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Winner Stays On
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Winner Stays On is the fourth studio album by London-based grime music collective Roll Deep, it was released on 8 November 2010. Three singles have been released from the album, including Good Times and Green Light, which went to number 1 in the UK, plus the top 30 hit Take Control. At the time of recording, the collective consisted of DJ Target, Flowdan, Breeze, Danny Weed, DJ Karnage, J2K, Manga, Brazen, Good Times was the first single released from the album, it was released on 26 April 2010. It reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart making it their first number one single in the UK and it also charted at #13 on the Irish Singles Chart. It also became a top ten hit in Slovakia and on the European Hot 100 Singles Chart, Green Light was the second single released from the album, it was released on 15 August 2010. It reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart their second number one single in the UK and it also charted at #18 on the Irish Singles Chart and became a top 40 hit in the Netherlands. Take Control was the third and final single to be released from the album and it reached a peak of #29 on the UK Singles Chart before falling out of the top 40 the week after. It peaked at #27 in Scotland, it’s a hurdle that Roll Deep faced back in 2005 with the release of their debut album, In at the Deep End. A grime crew forged in the east London neighbourhood of Bow, Roll Deep have seen now-popular names like Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Tinchy Stryder and 1xtra DJ Target rise through its ranks. For …Deep End, though, it turned out that snappy grime numbers like When I’m ‘Ere lacked the appeal of crossover tunes such as The Avenue. Roll Deep, then, have evolved into a curious – albeit not terribly uncommon – thing and their fourth album, Winner Stays On, is, flagrantly, a pop album, and the good news is that they’re getting better at it. Elsewhere, there are a couple of moments that hark back to Roll Deeps grime genesis, out the Blue finds Scratchy, Breeze, Brazen and Wiley dropping rhymes over booming sub-bass. More quality grime would be nice, but Winner Stays On proves Roll Deep are no longer an underground crew trying to make pop, the charts are there for the taking
