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Long Read: How Grime’s Origins Show a Path to Cultural Resistance

by Charlotte Watson

Forged in the shadow of London's financial district, criminalised by the state and locked out of the mainstream music establishment, Charlotte Watson reflects on the lessons we can learn from grime's early years.

Long Read: Literally Just Vibing: How Music Streaming Platforms Manipulate History, Legacy and Emotion

by Fred M-G

In this long read, music-maker Fred M-G takes a closer look at how the "sonic wallpaper" curated by the music streaming services upon which we now rely flattens and sanitises music's history and potency.

Long Read: Inside the UK Fighting Games Community: Arcades, Grime and Classless Meritocracy

by Marijam Didzgalvyte

Rounding off the articles for this week’s Focus on video games and politics, Marijam Didzgalvyte interviews Darkos Strife and Danielle Nelson about life in the fighting games community.

Long Read: Fuck ‘Em and Their Law: Repression and Resistance in Rave and Grime

by Alex Richardson-Price

From marches ending with street parties instead of speeches to illegal gigs under railway underpasses, political resistance in Britain has always had a banging soundtrack. As the sneering successor to the escapist rave culture of the 90s, does Grime have what it takes to finally fight the establishment head on?

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