SATCH HOYT-AFRO-SONIC MAPPING

SATCH HOYT-AFRO-SONIC MAPPING

TO READ THE FULL STORY SUBSCRIBE In this rather intriguing interview, the artistic polymath Satch Hoyt discusses his latest work Afro-Sonic Mappings. It’s a deep dive into understanding Black history, present and indeed future through the musical histories of ‘Black...
HOW MDMA MADE WHITE PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH HIP-HOP

HOW MDMA MADE WHITE PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH HIP-HOP

In her first article for #itchysilk, the erudite Georgia Chambers analyses the popular name checking of the drug MDMA within contemporary hip-hop. Unlike hip-hop tracks of yesteryear where cannabis name checking occurred because it was one of the drugs of choice...
JOSEF LIEMBERG-TIME TRAVEL WITH-‘ASTRAL PROGRESSIONS’

JOSEF LIEMBERG-TIME TRAVEL WITH-‘ASTRAL PROGRESSIONS’

Josef Liemberg is the musicians’ musician an artist who revels and favours bonafide instrumentation rather than an over reliance on clever programmes to produce the next ‘hit’.   Prolific as a percussionist, pianists, dj, producer and trombonists, Josef has...