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BBC News By Mark Savage image captionThe accusations were made as part of an employment tribunal claim The head of influential dance label R&S Records discriminated against black and female artists, according to a former employee. Label founder Renaat Vandepapeliere dismissed music by some ethnic minority artists as "meaningless" and claimed the history of techno was "very white", said former talent scout Raj Chaudhuri. Chaudhuri is suing R&S for unfair dismissal, citing race discrimination. The label said there was "no truth" to his "spurious" and "damaging" claims. "Mr Renaat Vandepapeliere...

The Brothers Four: 60 Years...and Counting! There’s something special about The Brothers Four, but it’s in addition to their uniqueness and wholesomeness as family-oriented entertainers. The group has been on the  international stage since 1960, an achievement unto itself....but it’s more than that, too! Read on! Author: By Bill Bronk Picking a performer or group to write about can be a lot of fun (or not!). And fun was the operative word for a fan like me in researching and writing about The Brothers Four. I happen to like reading what’s on LP record jackets, in liner n...

Loud And Quiet Hooversound Presents: Special Request x Tim Reaper Hooversound, the brainchild of DJs Sherelle and NAINA, continue their considered explorations of the plus tempo spectrum on the label’s first release of the year. Fittingly, this is perhaps the most notable artist spotlight yet, teaming Paul Woolford’s rave colossus Special Request with specialist jungle revivalist Tim Reaper. The EP finds Reaper reconstructing four cuts from Request’s 2019 effort  Zero Fucks, itself a gung-ho celebration of hardcore’s ‘measure once, cut once’ mentality – somewhere between maxima...

Hooversound Recordings is kicking 2021 off with a bang. The label’s first release of the year sees breakthrough jungle star Tim Reaper remixing cuts from Special Request’s 2019 album, ‘Zero Fucks’. Set for release on 22nd January via SHERELLE and Naina’s burgeoning imprint, the four-track EP is a blazing feast of breaks. Reaper, whose encyclopedic knowledge of jungle’s history and knack for innovation has seen him rise to dazzling heights in the past year, puts a fresh spin on Paul Woolford’s febrile rhythms as Special Request.  Where ‘Zero Fucks’ focussed “purely on the ...

Notes: Keep the cheeses cold in the refrigerator until ready to grate them. • Juniper uses Duke’s mayonnaise for this recipe, which has a distinctive flavor. • Be sure to use smoked paprika for this dish. • Juniper uses Crystal Hot Sauce as the hot sauce. • While Juniper uses a flavorful garlicky juice from the pickles they make in house, any pickle juice will do. • The optional ¼ cup of cream cheese adds an extra creaminess and keeps the dip from separating, but it is not used in the Juniper recipe. • The dip is baked and served in cast iron at Juniper, ...