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Carrying the Swing
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For over 40 years there has been a musical conversation between Bristol and Jamaica. Caribbean immigrants brought their music with them when they first settled in the St Pauls area of Bristol durin...
For over 40 years there has been a musical conversation between Bristol and Jamaica. Caribbean immigrants brought their music with them when they first settled in the St Pauls area of Bristol during the 1960s. Today's trip-hop, jungle, drum'n'bass, and dancehall continue to document this relationship. Watch interviews with some of the key players, from the early days of blues parties in private houses in the 1960s, to the rivalry of the first sound systems. Roni Size recalls listening to Prince Buster and Studio One recordings as a kid, and following Shaka International; Miles Johnson and Tricky reminisce about Dennis Brown and Scratch Perry shows. Now, Mighty and Size have created studios which support the music in the way that King Jammy does in Jamaica, while Bristol-evolved styles like jungle have been imported back into Jamaica and influenced co-operatives like Main Street Crew to edge reggae in new directions.
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- MVD Entertainment Group
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- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2013], c2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn860690485
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on July 11, 2013.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Kingston, Jamaica (1:45) -- Bristol, England (0:58) -- Rebel Music in St. Paul's (2:29) -- Importing Jamaican Music (1:43) -- Creating Reggae Music Venues (1:47) -- New Generation of Jamaican Music (2:34) -- First Wave of Jamaican Immigrants (1:33) -- Reggae Origins (2:07) -- Reggae as a Social Event (1:33) -- Rock Steady Style (2:39) -- Developing Trip Hop (3:12) -- Kings of Reggae (2:37) -- Expressing Ghetto Culture (2:00) -- Developing Dub (1:54) -- Lee "Scratch" Perry (2:15) -- King Jammy (2:46) -- Sound Technology in Reggae (3:06) -- Reggae Revival (2:41) -- "Batman" (4:21) -- Search for Jamaican-British Identity (2:44) -- Future of Reggae (2:55) -- Credits: Carrying the Swing (0:41)