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Shapeshifting, collaborative, endlessly inventive and robustly empowering: Black music has transformed British culture and society, and gifted generations of Black Britons a powerful means to reject misrepresentation and find freedom and joy in sound. From the height of jungle and hip-hop in the 90s to the London uprisings in 2011, the birth of UK trap and the rise of grime superstars like Stormzy, filmmaker and DJ Jesse Bernard examines how Black culture in Britain is moulded by creativity drawn from Lagos and Los Angeles, Sao Paolo and South London. Escaping Babylon takes a deep dive into the history of Black British music to celebrate its richness, heritage and towering legacy.

About the Author :
Jesse Bernard is a writer, DJ, music researcher and filmmaker. He has written for publications including GQ, the Guardian, NME, Esquire and Vinyl Factory. He is tour DJ for the British MC Lord Apex and hosts a monthly radio show, Home Comforts, on Voices Radio. His most recent documentary, COMO VOCÊ, explores the links between the grime scene in Brazil and London.

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Excellent ... With this ambitious, shape-shifting account, Bernard has added his own chapter to an increasingly rich history ... long overdue An idiosyncratic, often very personal take on the subject ... A literary mixtape, circling around particular artists and historical moments ... A window into a hugely underreported and frankly undervalued part of the nation's musical history 30 years of Black British music history viewed through Jesse's eyes. At the book's core is a championing of the lesser heralded artists and scenes he's encountered, told in a way that comes straight from the heart. A literary mixtape ... A window into a hugely underreported and frankly undervalued part of the nation's musical history Consider Escaping Babylon a must-read - one which digs deep, brings everything up to date, and even looks to the future. Formally inventive and bold. A feat of generational research and archival homing, written by a writer who offers his heart to his subjects like the lamp that lights a train station. Enshrining the likes of Zen Records and Station FM, thank goodness for this book In those illegal raves, pirate radio sessions in a kitchen somewhere, lock-ins, shoobs, gatherings, get togethers, hall parties and glad tidings, that's where the music was born and created, where we danced to, loved and fought to and cried with joy when the DJ reloaded it


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781782839163
  • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 178283916X
  • Publisher Date: 07 May 2026
  • Binding: Digital download
  • Sub Title: An Intimate History of Black British Music


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