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Grit story: Still risin' from the dust
GRIT STORY: still risin' from the dust from The Midi Music Company on Vimeo.
A new documentary tracing the roots of British grime music.
Made in partnership by young MCs, poets and producers from The Midi Music Company, The Albany and Goldsmiths: University of London with funding from The Heritage Lottery Fund.
Risin' From The Dust
An exhilarating event featuring a fusion of grime, spoken word, music & film. Grime star Ghetts collaborating live with renowned jazz artist Soweto Kinch. Dub poet queen Jean 'Binta' Breeze and MCs Rinse, Concise One, Levi, and Conrad the Scoundrall all performing as Spoken Word met Grime at The Albany!
Presented by Apples & Snakes, The Midi Music Company and The Albany, it is also the launch of the new short film GRIT STORY: Still Risin' from the Dust, made by young people who are part of the Grit Story Project.
Grit Story: Symposium
A week of workshops on scriptwriting, spoken word, Shakespeare, lyric writing and music production building up to the Symposium debate hosted by Logan Sama: Kiss FM
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Research planning
A taster of some of the research areas that went into the film. . .
Tamsin
"My research was around the female voice extended from the female MC’s that inspired me in Grime music. I took my research back from this point to looking at Angela Davis, who was a female activist and public speaker and even Malcolm X & Gil Scott Heron. I looked at the delivery, content and political message that some of these influential people gave to audiences."
Bradley
"I'm exploring links and parallels with dancehall and other genres:
- Strong dancehall scene – originally looked at negatively, just like punk music (rebellious British youth, unhappy/angry)
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exploring language – much youths slang originates from Jamaican Patois
Jungle, Drum n Bass, Garage and Grime today:
- Fast music, fast MCing, often less melodic
- Jungle raves, a lot of original Grime MCs cam out of Jungle scene
- Made transitions with ’21 seconds’ and ‘Oi’
- Grime started with minimalist sound, like the above genres. Also electro sound. – Wiley example"
The project has been made possible by a generous £25,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, a lot of hard work and the support of talented and committed people who were inspired to get involved in the project.
A big thank you to you all!
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