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How the so-called "Special Relationship" has blessed us with British album roll-outs that are giving Bake Off meets Bridgerton.

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Intro music: pentagon - Heal

Sources:

Vassal State: How America Runs Britain

Adam Curtis - Shifty

How Ed Sheeran's spectacular 'Sheeranville' Suffolk estate has grown over the years

Calvin Harris 'turns quiet Cotswolds village into Calvin Country

Where Does Adele Live?

PinkPantheress, the 2000s, and British Cultural Emblems in Fashion and Music

The inside track on Central Cee's ice cold Queen Elizabeth II chain

Central Cee's Guardian Interview

Skepta on Real Late with Peter Rosenberg!

Bagel And Shots: Stormzy & Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg

HCPOD: RADIO w/ Elijah

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

Jme ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

There Is Nothing Duval Timothy Can’t Do

Sister Midnight

White Van Summer w/ Ewen

Calvin Harris' pub helps his hometown's music scene

Little Simz - Blood feat. Wretch 32 & Cashh

Music used (chronologically):

Shoji Meguro - Aria of the Soul, Koji Kondo - Inside the Castle Walls, PinkPantheress - Stateside (American Version), AJ Tracey - Imposter Syndrome, AJ Tracey - West Life, Kazumi Totaka - Wii Shop Channel Main Theme, Akira Yamaoka - Heaven's Night, Akira Yamaoka - White Noiz, John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players - The Four Seasons (Vivaldi), Central Cee - LA Leakers Freestyle, Light Club - She Meditates, David Wise - Aquatic Ambiance, Sakai Asuka - Silhouette Dance, Norihiko Hibino - Alternative Mission ~Photo Shoot~, Toronto - Electric Tooth Brush, Yuu Miyake - Lovely Angel, Ambush - Friendly Fire

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How to carve your own meaning from ancient philosophy, sprinkle over some Theo Parrish, then imbue your craft with it. Set to one take on a pair of Technics 1210s.

Intro music: pentagon - Heal

Sources: Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way (Ursula K. Le Guin translation), Theo Parrish | Red Bull Music Academy, No Tags #45: What makes the perfect night out?, EX.763 Theo Parrish

Music used (chronologically): Loidis - In The Place I Sit, Junes - Second Wind, Baby Ford - Dead Eye, Villalobos - Detroit Heroes, Christian AB - Freedom's Echo, Clark - Clip

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How technophobes harnessing the first Digital Audio Workstations, aristocrats ripping off epoch-making composers and god MCs arguing with Google Devs help me to imagine an AI artistic practice with soul.

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Intro music: pentagon - Heal

Sources:Izumi Suzuki, Night Picnic Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst: The Call Snatch (2000) Eastenders 1987: GRAFFITI - Is It ART, CRIME... or Both? Goldie 'Inner City Life' | The Making Of A Drum & Bass Classic Goldie talks Timeless and The Journeyman Rob Playford: Producing Goldie Goldie webchat – as it happened Idris Elba's How Clubbing Changed the World Ghost producer, or studio collaborator? Mozart's Requiem Lupe Fiasco x Large Language Models | Google Lab Sessions Lupe Fiasco - Glass of Water - My first song co-written with AI AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably How Did You Do On The AI Art Turing Test? Global economic study shows human creators’ future at risk from generative AI

Music used (chronologically):

Phantom Orchard - Night Picnic

HIVE Choir - Rise

Goldie - Inner City Life

Rob Playford & Goldie - The Shadow (Process Mix)

Goldie - Terminator

Mozart - Requiem

Lupe Fiasco - Glass of Water

Holly Herndon - Jolene (feat. Holly+)

Leeds Vocal Movement - Fhir A' Bhàta

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Ever wondered what the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has to do with the development of UK Grime? This essay joins those dots.

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Intro music: pentagon - Heal

Special mention:
From Cool Japan to Cold Japan, Warren Stanislaus

Sources:
JME & Elijah live
Gillet Square Stories
Wiley talks Punk, inspiration, politicians
Kano, Ghetto, Skepta and Logan Sama Set
A Postcode-Scale Genre, Phil Dodds
Tony Blair speech from the Aylesbury Estate
The Urban Injustices of New Labour’s “New Urban Renewal”, Loretta Lees
A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain, Owen Hatherly
Terraformed, Joy White
Stand Up Tall, Dan Hancox
Japan’s Gross National Cool
The world’s ‘first’ grime instrumental
Kode9 - Sinogrime Minimix (2005)
Eski Beat: An interview with Wiley
Sinogrime Explained
Lord of the Mics 1
Fighting Words Ep 7
Logan Sama KISS PRESENTS
Resident Advisor EX.727
JME - 'Street Fighter 4' Freestyle
Elijah & Skilliam and Japanese Grime Collective
Japanese Grime Allstars
Full Circle: Grime In Japan
Upfront 083: Chocola B
Benga makes a Grime beat on Playstation music 2000
KIBO PRESENTS EFFUM FM: EP 03

Music used (chronologically):
Street Fighter II - Ryu Theme
Youngstar - Pulse X
Roll Deep - When I'm 'ere
Dizzee Rascal - Brand New Day
Dizzee Rascal - Stop Dat
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Riot In Lagos
Macabre Unit - Lift Off
Wizzbit - Grand Theft Auto
Devlin - London City
D.O.K. - Chemical Planet
Champion & Terror Danjah - Bowsers Castle
Dot Rotten - Real Talk
Dylan Beale - Tri-Fusion
Jammer & Wong - Chinkrasta
Wiley - Crash Bandicoot freestyle
Jme - The Very Best
Mz Bratt - Get Dark
Jme - Man Don't Care (feat. Giggs)
D Double E - Street Fighter Riddim

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