No Bass Like Home: Recent Episodes
Brent 2020
The story of how Harlesden, Reggae and Trojan Records changed Britain forever. No Bass Like Home will tell the story of Brent’s contribution to music in Britain.
Audio artworks created by the Metroland Young Associates of 2023 for their exhibition We Were Here.
Audio artworks created by the Metroland Young Associates of 2023 for their exhibition We Were Here.
Audio artworks created by the Metroland Young Associates of 2023 for their exhibition We Were Here.
Audio artworks created by the Metroland Young Associates of 2023 for their exhibition We Were Here.
Audio artworks created by the Metroland Young Associates of 2023 for their exhibition We Were Here.
Audio artworks created by the Metroland Young Associates of 2023 for their exhibition We Were Here.
Audio artworks created by the Metroland Young Associates of 2023 for their exhibition We Were Here.
Audio artworks created by the Metroland Young Associates of 2023 for their exhibition We Were Here.
Audio artworks created by the Metroland Young Associates of 2023 for their exhibition We Were Here.
Listen to a sound offering produced as part of 'Making the Room Sing', a commission by artists Amanda Camenisch and Therese Westin developed in collaboration with a group of women from the Asian Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC) based in Harlesden, Brent.
Hear from author Leah Cowan introducing her book 'Border Nation', an incisive analysis of the colonial roots and current violence and oppression of UK border enforcement. This talk took place as part of the Day of Action Against the Hostile Environment, a public programme event for Brent Biennial 2022: In the House of my Love.
A recorded audio-description of Mohammed Zaahidur Rahman's Brent Biennial 2022 commission, Unfurnished. Audio-description by Shivaangee Agrawal.
Artist, illustrator and zine-maker Mohammed Zaahidur Rahman’s commissioned series of paintings, titled Unfurnished, is both a visual folk history and a dreamscape of migrants making homes in Britain.
Through six allegorical rooms, Rahman explores belonging through the lens of love and relationships, horticulture and agriculture, art, the act of crossing borders, resistance and food. In these paintings, sterile interiors evoking erasure and uprootedness are made hospitable with a cast of histories, figures, flora and domestic objects. The dream-like scenes deal with a sense of placelessness, speaking to the possibility of falling to forces that negate migrant histories in the UK. In doing so, Rahman reflects on the impact this erasure can have on one’s sense of self, identity, politics and sanity.
Rahman’s research for Unfurnished drew on local Brent histories as touchpoints, including the Grunwick dispute, Kuo Yuan (the first Pekingese restaurant in the UK, which opened on the Willesden High Road in 1963), soundsystem culture, statistical migration resources from Brent Council and the produce sold in Kilburn Market.
The imagery riffs on unsung figures and histories to celebrate mutual aid and care in the communities that are represented, whilst also alluding to past and present struggles and systemic challenges that migrants face; most recently through the Covid-19 pandemic, the cost of living crisis and the Hostile Environment policy.
Unfurnished offers a response and an antidote to the Minister of State for Equalities Kemi Badenoch’s 2020 speech, which the artist interpreted as a call to subdue critical histories of migrants and racialised people in both education and public discourse. Through the work, Rahman presents a way of telling history that is willing to celebrate the joys of migrant life, acts of compassion and the historical, political and cultural contributions of migrants to life in the UK—whilst addressing ongoing legacies of colonialism, the UK’s ties to armed conflict abroad, the 7/7 attacks, the Essex 39, the Windrush scandal and xenophobia in a post-Brexit UK, where racial and class divides persist amid inconsistent and insufficient government responses.
Long based in Brent, Rasheed Araeen’s practice has been devoted to reassessing and rewriting histories. Through his artistic work and prolific writing over six decades, Araeen has developed insight into means of making and ways of thinking in a shifting colonial context.
Rasheed Araeen’s 1978 essay ‘Preliminary Notes for a Black Manifesto’, was first published in his independent magazine Black Phoenix, the text interrogates the lack of support from arts institutions for the artists in the UK of Asian and African origins. More than forty years since publication, its questions remain as relevant as ever.
Araeen’s 'Reading Room' (2016-ongoing), which has been gifted to Metroland Cultures, is featured at the visitors hub of the Brent Biennial 2022, In the House of My Love. 'Reading Room' consists of seating and table structures housing the first one hundred issues of 'Third Text’. The journal, established by Araeen in Brent in 1987, remains at the forefront of debates exploring art, culture and postcolonialism.
With thanks to Brent Libraries and Archives and Rasheed Araeen Studios.
BRENT 2020 NO BASS LIKE HOME DIGITAL REGGAE ARCHIVES
Hear from reggae pioneer Vincent Nap on connection to reggae and Brent.
BRENT 2020 NO BASS LIKE HOME DIGITAL REGGAE ARCHIVE
Hear from Reverend Stuart Melchor on his journey into reggae
BRENT 2020 NO BASS LIKE HOME DIGITAL REGGAE ARCHIVE
Hear from actress and DJ Judith Jacobs on her journey into reggae
BRENT 2020 NO BASS LIKE HOME DIGITAL REGGAE ARCHIVE
Hear from legendary DJ, musician and British film director, Don Letts on his journey into reggae
BRENT 2020 NO BASS LIKE HOME DIGITAL REGGAE ARCHIVE
Hear from Mykaell RIley Senior Lecturer, Director for The Black Music Research Unit (BMRU) and Principal Investigator for Bass Culture Research at the University of Westminster about the impact of reggae and Brent
BRENT 2020 NO BASS LIKE HOME DIGITAL REGGAE ARCHIVE
Hear from Colin Brown aka CeeBee from Reggae Fraternity UK as he shares his journey into reggae.
BRENT 2020 NO BASS LIKE HOME DIGITAL REGGAE ARCHIVE
Listen to the legendary Dennis Bovell sharing his story of reggae and the impact of reggae on Brent.
BRENT 2020 NO BASS LIKE HOME DIGITAL REGGAE ARCHIVE
Hear from Young Warrior, son on iconic Jah Shaka on his journey into reggae and the impact of reggae in Brent
BRENT 2020 DIGITAL REGGAE ARCHIVE
Daughter of the Late, Great Crown Prince of Reggae, Marla Brown shares her experience of reggae and the impact of reggae in Brent
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
Hear from DJ and Presenter Robbo Ranx on his journey into reggae and the impact on Brent
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
Hear from Sabrina Washington (former Mis Teeq) on her journey into reggae in Brent
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
This recording was part of the Bass Rewind Session on the 12th February which took place at the Jamaican High Commission to coincide with Reggae Month.
Hear from lovers rock legend Carroll Thompson and DJ / Producer Shy One, share their connection to reggae. The event was hosted by Brent 2020 Community Advisor Patricia Wharton aka DJ Blaze
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
Hear from reggae and jungle pioneer General Levy on his journey into reggae and reggae in Brent.
Brent 2020 Digital Reggae Archive
MC Buskin from British UK garage crew Heartless Crew shares his journey into garage through reggae.
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
Hear Laurence Cane-Honeysett share his experience of working for the iconic Trojan Records.
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
Hear from award winning BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter, Seani B on his journey into reggae.
Brent2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
Hear from 'Popsy' from Starlight Records and his journey into reggae
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
Reggae pioneer Vivian Jones shares his journey into reggae and the impact of reggae on Brent
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive Hear from music venue icon Vince Power on his relationship with Reggae.
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
Listen to reggae pioneer Barry Biggs sharing his journey into reggae.
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
Reggae fan Errol Donald shares his journeys in reggae
Brent2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
DJ Raggo Zulu shares his reggae story
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
Sally Oldfield, reggae fan and DJ shares her journey into reggae.
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archives
Reggae singer Paul Dawkins shares his story into reggae. This interview was recorded at the Brent 2020 Bass Rewind event in November 2019, hosted by 2020 Community Advisor, Patricia Wharton.
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Julie Mcalpin aka 'Stush' is one of the most distinctive voice in the UK underground. One of her biggest tunes to date was "Dollar Sign", a bouncy UKG cut produced by the legendary Sticky.
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive
Emma Louise Bucknor - Former backing vocalist for Soul II Soul
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Reggae Archive Tony is one of the original founders and leaders of Ruff Cutt Music which orginated in Stonebridge NW10 in 1980
Locksley Gichie - Founding member of the Cimerons Band
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Dennis Alcapone And Colin Robinson - Reggae artists
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Michael Williams - Dread Broadcasting Corporation
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Robin Catto - K2K radio and DJ for Reggae Heaven show
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Leroy Wilson - Reggae UK Fraternity and Arema
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Trevor Starr - Trojan Records musician
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Chips Richards - Marketing Manager at Trojan Records
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Dave Barker - First number one hit from Trojan Records
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Cyrlene Braithwaite - Britain's Got Reggae
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Diane White - Reggae Star Factor and Akabu, first UK female reggae band.
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Hear from DJ Texas Ranger on her journey into reggae and the impact of reggae and black British music on Brent.
Curtis Young - DJ Gussy Young Silver Star, The Beat 103.6 FM
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive
Dr Monique Charles - author of 'Hallowed be thy Grime?'
Brent 2020 No Bass Like Home Digital Archives
Caroline Williams - Realtalk Productions and Akabu, first UK female reggae band.
Brent 2020 No Bass like Home Reggae Digital Archive