music from prison
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IdleRich
IdleRich
I wouldn't either.
One Louder
Wild Horses
Someone told me Riko Dan recorded this down a phone line when he was incarcerated
Plus anything by Crazy Titch since, well…. Does anyone remember Grime?
Plus anything by Crazy Titch since, well…. Does anyone remember Grime?
bassbeyondreason
Chtonic Fatigue Syndrome
Benny Bunter
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Was just listening to a riko set of him slewing god's gift last night funnily enough, first time I've listened to any grime for ages, so so good. Prison came up a few times so I'm assuming he hadn't been out long (?)
Benny Bunter
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Which reminds me of all the times you hear MCs on pirate radio shouting out their mates in prison, sort of an inversion of the thread's subject. Topsee and Petchy always used to shout out a mate of theirs called 'yellowman' who was listening in his cell.
mixed_biscuits
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Don't get that on Radio 3
Benny Bunter
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You do not.
Benny Bunter
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YELLOW MAN BUST OUT YOUR CELL BRUV RATTLE THOSE BARS THIS ONES FOR YOU TURN IT UP BRUV
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Do prison guards count? This is on the extraordinary Syliphone label out of Guinea but apparently "Boiro" stands for Camp Boiro which was a notorious torture prison. There's a book by Adolf Marx where he describes his imprisonment and torture in said camp in which he describes hearing the guards meet and rehearse.
Syliphone is a wild label as it was state-funded in the wake of Sekou Toure taking power in the wake of French colonialism. He ran unopposed and the country rapidly slide towards dictatorship and Camp Boiro was one of the gruesome artefacts of his reign. There's a real beauty from horror thing going on with this recording in particular.
Syliphone is a wild label as it was state-funded in the wake of Sekou Toure taking power in the wake of French colonialism. He ran unopposed and the country rapidly slide towards dictatorship and Camp Boiro was one of the gruesome artefacts of his reign. There's a real beauty from horror thing going on with this recording in particular.
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IdleRich
IdleRich
So it could be that the guys on this record took a quick break to lay down some vocal harmonies and entwine around them a gently optimistic organ part... and then went back to thumb-screwing helpless prisoners and clipping electrodes to their balls so they could mutilate their genitals with electricity? Fucking hell. That's quite a thought to process isn't it?
I guess there is no reason why an "evil" person shouldn't have any particular talent. However, it's one thing to see a torturer, say, playing football or being good at, I dunno, chess say - but I think that we often share a sort of unspoken (and no doubt stupidly naive) assumption that art and other types of creativity somehow reflect or represent the soul of the person who made it. It can't be just me who struggles to picture someone who could cruelly and mercilessly torture a fellow human being, and then walk into a different room and lay down some heartfelt vocals on a haunting and beautiful song about loss that captures the imagination of almost anyone who hears it and reduces most to tears.
That's pretty much it. I haven't read the book mentioned but apparently he mentions hearing the guards rehearse. So it's a bit like being locked up with a bag over your head in Abu Gihrab and overhearing the guards work on their r&b solos next door.
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there’s a clip of this show on ‘instrument’, but no YouTube available:
(lorton correctional institute)
Fugazi Live Series: Lorton, VA USA, 12/26/90
www.dischord.com
(lorton correctional institute)
WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
“in the big ‘ouse“, so many pirates, then messages getting back from inside
knew I could rely on you or Jenks to dust this off even if it’s considered 150% haram by most of the board