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It might just be a quirk of historical symmetry combined with a dash of wishful thinking but there is a school of thought which says the 2020s are going to roar as loudly as the 1920s did. The comparisons between then and now are certainly appealing: a century ago the world emerged from an economic downturn and a pandemic to an era of modernisation and progress shaped by technology and a sense of optimism. It gave us Futurism, fridges, television and the Jazz Age. If the forecasters are rig...

The Primal Scream frontman’s autobiography charts his life up to the recording and release of Screamadelica.

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Charlie Bird , January 30th, 2021 09:22 Photographer Eddie Otchere captured jungle and drum n bass from the inside. On the eve of Velocity Press publication of their oral history of the scene, Who Say Reload (which features Otcheres images extensively), Charlie Bird caught up with the photographer to discuss nights down the Blue Note, the hardcore continuum and why dancing is dangerous to conservativism All pictures courtesy Eddie Otchere Eddie Otchere is a curator, photographer and educator. H...