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    favourite carnival sound

    I woulda been 11. my era is when UKG was king.
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    favourite carnival sound

    I mean cmon:
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    favourite carnival sound

    ah fair play. its more about the long form for me. hours of sustained bubble.
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    favourite carnival sound

    yeah I guess so but if you go anywhere north of the westway its been fine for years. can move around easy. also think weight of numbers of more of issue than kettling, but never stressed me out that much.
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    favourite carnival sound

    seeing as we can't be there, we might as well talk about it. my vote is split between aba shanti and gladdy wax
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    The Strangeness of Dub

    New radio essay series that might be of interest to folks on here: https://www.morleyradio.co.uk/programmes/the-strangeness-of-dub-ep1/ https://www.morleyradio.co.uk/programmes/the-strangeness-of-dub-ep2/ https://www.morleyradio.co.uk/programmes/the-strangeness-of-dub-ep3/ It's put together...
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    Simon Reynolds K-Punk Memorial Lecture

    Shout in black pop music can certainly be linked to free jazz (think Abbey Lincoln on Freedom Now Suite + Coltrane's saxophone runs + James Brown even calls on Robert McCullogh to "give me some Trane brother!" in the middle of Superbad). But don't think its a borrowing, more part of a continuum...
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