A Side Missions production.
Ever wondered what the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has to do with the development of UK Grime? This essay joins those dots.
Intro music: pentagon - Heal
Special mention:
From Cool Japan to Cold Japan: grime cyborgs in Black Britain, Warren Stanislaus
Sources:
JME & Elijah live
Gillet Square Stories
Street Fighter II - Ryu Theme (flute cover)
Wiley talks Punk, inspiration, politicians
Kano, Ghetto, Skepta and Logan Sama Set
A Postcode-Scale Genre: Grime’s Scale as ‘Level of Resolution’, Phil Dodds
Tony Blair - Inaugural speech from the Aylesbury Estate
The Urban Injustices of New Labour’s “New Urban Renewal”: The Case of the Aylesbury Estate in London, Loretta Lees
A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain, Owen Hatherly
Terraformed: Young Black Lives in the Inner City, Joy White
Stand Up Tall: Dizzee Rascal and the Birth of Grime, Dan Hancox
Japan’s Gross National Cool
The world’s ‘first’ grime instrumental has been found in a ‘90s Wolverine video gameKode9 - Sinogrime Minimix (2005)
Eski Beat: An interview with Wiley
Sinogrime Explained
Goku Goes Super Saiyan for the First Time
D Double E Reload — Boiler Room
Wiley vs. Kano – Lord of the Mics 1
Fighting Words Ep 7 Featuring Logan Sama and F Word!
Logan Sama KISS PRESENTS ft Boy Better Know
Resident Advisor EX.727 James Massiah
JME - ‘Street Fighter 4’ Freestyle
Elijah & Skilliam and Japanese Grime Collective | STUDIO SESSION: SBTV
Japanese Grime Allstars - Jan 2016
Full Circle: Grime In Japan
Upfront 083: Chocola B
Benga makes a Grime beat on Playstation music 2000 - BBC 2003
KIBO PRESENTS EFFUM FM: EP 03 | BIRTHDAY SPECIAL | POUND AND YAM RADIO
Music used (chronologically):
Street Fighter II - Ryu Theme
Youngstar - Pulse X
Roll Deep - When I’m ‘ere
Dizzee Rascal - Brand New Day
Dizzee Rascal - Stop Dat
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Riot In Lagos
Macabre Unit - Lift Off
Wizzbit - Grand Theft Auto
Devlin - London City
D.O.K. - Chemical Planet
Champion & Terror Danjah - Bowsers Castle
Dot Rotten - Real Talk
Dylan Beale - Tri-Fusion
Jammer & Wong - Chinkrasta
Wiley - Crash Bandicoot freestyle
Jme - The Very Best
Mz Bratt - Get Dark
Jme - Man Don’t Care (feat. Giggs)
D Double E - Street Fighter Riddim
Additional music and sound effects from Freesound