Author: DJ ISURU

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REVIEW | HAVOC OF MOBB DEEP LIVE AT THE JAZZ...
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“Mobb Deep at Jazz Café” is an appar­ent oxy­mor­on, the word ‘mob’ with its con­nota­tions of
Education
REMEMBERING JAH SHAKA | THE DUB PIONEER WHO...
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Jah Shaka, the most influ­en­tial fig­ure of UK music passed away on the morn­ing of Wed­nes­day
Education
OBITUARY | DAVE JOLICOUER AKA TRUGOY THE DOVE...
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“Mir­ror mir­ror on the wall Tell me mir­ror, what is wrong? Can it be my De
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REVIEW | JUNGLE BROTHERS LIVE AT JAZZ CAFE FRIDAY...
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Photo Cred­it: Dav­id Eat­well “I got broth­ers in the Jungle, cous­ins on the Quest!” Dres (Black
Poetry
SPOKEN WORD | ‘CHAOS IS DUB’ IN MEMORY OF...
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My latest spoken word piece “Chaos is Dub” is part of a col­lab­or­a­tion with Transylvani­an pro­du­cer
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“PEOPLE OF COLOUR IN MUSIC HAVE LONG BEEN...
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“Weirdo” is a slur I know all too well. This was mainly from being one of
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REVIEW | RENU ‘YOU ARE FEARLESS’ (TUMI OBHOI...
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The music of per­cus­sion­ist, com­poser, pro­du­cer and multi-instru­ment­al­ist RENU (Renu Hossain) is a...
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REVIEW | TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND AT JAZZ CAFÉ...
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Trans­g­lob­al Under­ground are the musi­cians’ musi­cians. Pion­eers of the extremely influ­en­tial World...
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REVIEW | LIRAZ LIVE AT THE JAZZ CAFE LONDON
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“Ira­ni­an Israeli Sing­er”, three words that would appear to con­tain many con­tra­dic­tions appeared on a...
Education
LEE SCRATCH PERRY OBITUARY
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It’s 2006–7 and from read­ing album liner notes and online FAQs by the Asi­an Dub Found­a­tion
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REVIEW | LAST MAN STANDING: SUGE KNIGHT AND THE...
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Grow­ing up in the late 90s Dre 2001 era, Big­gie and Tupac were spec­tral fig­ures whose
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REVIEW | PRODUCER, COMPOSER AND PERCUSSIONIST...
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Fol­low­ing the lion­ised 2017 elec­tron­ica album ‘They Dance in the Dark’ and last year’s celes­ti­al...