rinsed gaga

"I don't like trance, but this tune's nuts". Dusk & Blackdown on Thursday night, and they're playing a whole host of records that sound like very little else... 

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"London town it's lean up in here. We got bashment in here, we got jungle in here, we got all sorts"

The emceeing is fat tonight, Wed night and the junglist emcees & the dj are rocking it. "Sounds of Mr Tiger".

The journey starts with the sounds of London arriving to a bedroom, and continues elsewhere...

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(yesterday)

Freed is a funny looking word right now, the DJ has been rather irritating, but he's only excited. Pirate Radio in London. Hardcore, Jungle, Garage, Dubstep, Grime, Funky, What?!?! Bombarded with styles, The Pirates have got a diverse artillery to hit with. The shouts come out as the beats drop, there's always such an air of excitement. "Going a bit deeper. Straight into the rabbit hole! Showing you how serious it really is!" shouts Beezy. What is this?

Big Ups are shouted and the tunes develop. The underground music scene is always reconfiguring, like Pirate Radio, moving, not afraid, taking its chances. To sit here and take it all in, locked on, wondering if the conceptual frameworks that offer themselves are indeed suitable, or whether it's just a crew of interested and talented individuals pushing their creative skills in a mass contest to uncover the most interesting tunes... The possibilities for music are infinite: uncovering them is a question of the musician building the correct combinations and producing the track.

What does it mean to go deeper? To get nonsensical? "SHUT IT!" he screams. "Big up 316! Fucking 'ell!" It's like someone on their phone on the train. Irritating. He groans. The tune is electric, a bit like going to space or something, the speakers on a laptop surely can't convey the sub, so this is clearly not as good as it should be. A shame, because some of the tunes are blinding, this is a good set. The ability of the Rinse DJs to come on and play such a huge variety of music all day is unreal. Commercial stations just look silly. Why listen to the same stuff all day? Music on repeat? What's all that about? Rinse has life. A selection of music. DJs who go out and find the music, playing the music, going crazy.

What has this come to? Where is it going? So much excitement, so many things on offer, so many things to find in a world so large and so fun... Beezy is nuts! He's utterly bonkers, screaming and yelling in the studio, rewinding the records, going bonkers! Winding it up! Wrecking it. What a performance. Does Pirate Radio provide a focus for the underground? Kode 9 suggested that may be where the strength of London's music scene comes from.

Stories? What stories? Stories of the gatherings where the music is played? They're good events. Crowds of people, gathered to appreciate the music. The party. The sound of a movement that looks forward. London Parties. The fun is as large as the music. The excitement. The crowd loves it. But why on earth does Beezy have to keep screaming variations of "sod off"?