(Vocal/instrumental group, 2003–present) Thunderous UK alt-rockers project Enter Shikari announced their arrival with the scream-filled hardcore debut Take To The Skies, which entered the UK charts at No. 4 in 2007, thanks to self promotion on networking sites like MySpace. The band hit the festival circuit, starring at Reading and Leeds, Download and Glastonbury, before releasing Common Dreads in 2009. Much was expected of 2010’s Tribalism. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1982–present) Ben Watt (guitar) and Tracey Thorn (vocals, bass) travelled a fascinating road, from the jazz-inflected indie of their self-titled debut in 1984 to the trip hop and drum’n’bass of Walking Wounded in 1996. This crossover was catalyzed by Thorn’s guest appearance on Massive Attack’s Protection in 1994, and DJ Todd Terry’s remix of ‘Missing’, from the mainly acoustic Amplified Heart (1994), which hit No. 2 in the US. ...
(Producer, vocals, b. 1965) Clifford Price a.k.a. Goldie was the most significant and visual exponent of the dance style known as jungle that emerged out of drum’n’bass in the UK in 1993. Early Angel EP (1993) and ‘Inner City Life’ single (1995) were masterful and his major label debut album Timeless (1995) confirmed his talent. A highly collaborative artist, the two-CD set of Saturnz Return (1998) divided critics and the faithful. ...
Drum’n’bass was a kind of re-branding that came from the scene itself – the producer side that wanted to allow filmic sounds to speak for them rather than some patois MC. By downplaying the ragga, producers and DJs were effectively saying that they wished to communicate a message or mood sonically rather than verbally. Some have argued that drum’n’bass is the UK’s equivalent to hip hop, and as such, this distinction ...
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