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One night in a Jamaican dubplate studio during dancehall’s ’90s heyday
Arrows Studio Kingston — While covering a reggae festival in the country’s capital, music photographer David Corio headed to the East Kingston neighbourhood in search of a studio that was hot at the time, managing to capture its distinctive energy in a rapid-fire shoot.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Tech once promised connection. Print magazines are delivering it
Touch paper — After years of retrenchment in the journalism and media industry, physical magazines are making a comeback. In Real Life Media founder Megan Wray Schertler diagnoses the state of the industry, while explaining the radical history of print and why we need it today.
Written by: Megan Wray Schertler
Scorcher: “There was anger towards the establishment”
Hard Feelings — The grime originator joins our column on masculinity and fatherhood to catch up with his old school friend Rob Kazandjian. He talks about his relationship with his dad, raising his own children, and what he learnt from his time in prison.
Written by: Robert Kazandjian
Fontaines D.C., Kneecap, Joy Crookes and more join new alliance to stand against the far right
TOGETHER — It will host a national demonstration, which will take place on March 28 in Central London.
Written by: Isaac Muk
How skateboarding and punk combined to create a radical, rebellious movement
Don’t forget the streets — The sport’s intersectional romance with subcultures and their music can be a complicated maze. The deeper into the labyrinth, the more inextricable the two forces appear to be.
Written by: Cullen Poythress
I Hear Music in the Streets: How New York emerged as a global beacon of culture
From subways to the sky — Seeing the emergence of disco, hip-hop and much more, the city’s streets, rooftops and blocks were incubators of experimentation and parties in the ’70s and ’80s. A new book brings together the work of over 50 photographers who captured its grassroots, underground heyday.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Sombre, tender photos of final goodbyes during the Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Book of The Dead — As one of the very few Black photographers operating in the 20th century, James Van Der Zee’s sepia-tinged archive remains a crucial documentation of New York’s African American history. Now, one of his classic books, capturing funeral culture, is back in print.
Written by: Miss Rosen
The enduring transgression of Sophy Rickett’s infamous ‘Pissing Women’
Doing the business — Conceived while working a 9-to-5 office job at the Financial Times, the photographer’s work challenged the gendered codes of corporate London. Now, three decades later, she revisits the series in a new book and exhibitions.
Written by: Zoe Whitfield
In photos: The UK’s first trail-running powered club night
Trail Sonified – Staged in a car park on the edge of the Lake District, Merrell turned data gathered from athletes into a full-blown party at Kendal Mountain Festival, in a collision of underground music and overground sport.
Written by: Ella Glossop
Iceland’s music scene is erupting, and the world should listen
Spaces Between the Beats — Set a few hours from Europe and the USA, the once remote, barely populated island has cultivated one of the world’s most fertile avant-garde sonic playgrounds. We head to Reykjavík for Iceland Airwaves to find out how.
Written by: Isaac Muk
