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Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture

Love is the Message podcast

Love is the Message: Music, Dance & Counterculture is a new show from Tim Lawrence and Jeremy Gilbert, both of them authors, academics, DJs and dance party organisers. Tune in, Turn on and Get Down to in-depth discussion of the sonic, social and political legacies of radical movements from the 1960s to today. Starting with David Mancuso"s NYC Loft parties, we’ll explore the countercultural sounds, scenes and ideas of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ”There’s one big party going on all

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00:11:18

LITM Extra - Decolonising Disco—Counterculture,...

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/06/16

This is an excerpt of a full length episode currently only available to patrons. To become a patron and support what we're doing from £3 per month, head to www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. In this patrons-only episode Tim concludes reading from his essay Decolonising Disco—Counterculture, Postindustrial Creativity, the 1970s Dance Floor and Disco, published recently in the collection Global Dance Cultures in the 1970s and 1980s: Disco Heterotopias, edited by Flora Pitrolo and Marko Zubak. Picking up

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01:07:19

Small Islands of the Caribbean - Trinidad, Guadalupe...

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/06/09

In this week's podcast Jeremy and Tim turn their atteniton to the musical cultures of 1965-1975 on some of the smaller islands of the Caribbean: Trinidad, Guadalupe and Haiti. We hear about Trinidad's particular combination of Afro-diasporic and South Asian populations during Imperial rule, how Calypso mediated the island's relationship to the British Empire, the emergence of the steel pans on the island in the face of persecution, and how American Soul influences gave rise of Soca. Tim and Jeremy

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00:08:55

LITM Extra - Decolonising Disco—Counterculture,...

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/06/02

This is an excerpt of a full length episode currently only available to patrons. To become a patron and support what we're doing from £3 per month, head to www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. In this patrons-only episode Tim reads from his essay Decolonising Disco—Counterculture, Postindustrial Creativity, the 1970s Dance Floor and Disco, published recently in the collection Global Dance Cultures in the 1970s and 1980s : Disco Heterotopias, edited by Flora Pitrolo and Marko Zubak. Drawing together

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00:06:01

LITM Extra - Heavy Dub Theory pt.3

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/05/26

This is an excerpt of a full length episode currently only available to patrons. To become a patron and support what we're doing from £3 per month, head to www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. In this patrons-only episode, Jeremy and Tim conclude their mini-series ‘Heavy Dub Theory’ (for now). They talk about the work of the French radical philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, introducing three of their key concepts: the molar and the molecular; deterritorialisation and deterritorialisation;

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01:21:04

Music in the Cuban Revolution

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/05/19

In this week's episode Jeremy and Tim travel to New Years Day 1959 as Che Guevara's forces defeat Batista to complete the Cuban Revolution. We hear about the military embargo imposed by the USA on their island neighbour, its impact on life for musicians on both sides of the border, and is resonances with American foreign policy in Latin America more broadly. Tim and Jeremy also consider the nationalisation of the Cuban record industry, the pros and cons of state sponsorship on music creation, and

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01:03:07

Pre-Revolutionary Cuba

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/05/05

In this week's episode we move away from Jamaica across the Caribbean Sea to Cuba. To explain the theological precursors to modern Cuba, Jeremy and Tim start with the history of slavery on the island and the influences of Congolese and Uruban religious and musical practices the trafficked people brought with them. We hear about pantheism, master drummers and a musical culture centered around danced devotional rituals where percussion was key. Later in the show we cover Batista's brutal takeover of

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00:07:04

LITM Extra - Heavy Dub Theory pt.2 [excerpt]

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/04/28

This is an excerpt of a full length episode currently only available to patrons. To become a patron and support what we're doing from £3 per month, head to www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. In this patrons-only episode, Tim and Jeremy continue their deep exploration of the aesthetics of dub. We begin with a history of MCing, toasting and chatting in Jamaican music, taking in famed MCs like U-Roy alongside NYC contemporaries like DJ Kool Herc. This opens up a conversation about spontaneity,

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01:13:41

We Know Where We're Going: Bob Marley & the Wailers pt.2

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/04/21

LITM returns with the second half of our examination of the life and work of Bob Marley and the Wailers. Jeremy and Tim pick up the story in 1973, with the release of Burnin', the band's split, and the launch of Marley in the rock star mode. A discussion on the strange case of Eric Clapton's cover of I Shot the Sheriff follows, along with Marley's first international smash, No Woman, No Cry. Tim and Jeremy proceed to the release of Exodus in 1977 - also the year of an assassination attempt on Marley

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01:22:26

[unlocked] LITM Extra - Interview with Daphne A....

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/04/14

Unlocked - for a number of personal reasons, we've been unable to record the episode on Bob Marley and the Wailers. In its stead, we've taken this opportunity to unlocked both parts of our interview with Daphne A. Brooks, previously only available to patrons. Become a patron from £3pcm to access much more of this material at www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. We'll be back to pick up with Afro-Psychedelia very soon. In this episode Daphne talks with Tim and Jeremy about the writers, practitioners and

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01:00:00

[unlocked] LITM Extra - Interview with Daphne A....

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/04/14

Unlocked - for a number of personal reasons, we've been unable to record the episode on Bob Marley and the Wailers. In its stead, we've taken this opportunity to unlocked both parts of our interview with Daphne A. Brooks, previously only available to patrons. Become a patron from £3pcm to access much more of this material. We'll be back to pick up with Afro-Psychedelia very soon. In this episode we conclude our two-part interview with Black Feminist scholar and music critic Daphne A. Brooks

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00:04:10

LITM Extra - Live Conversations March '22 [excerpt]

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/04/07

This is an excerpt of a full length episode currently only available to patrons. To become a patron and support what we're doing from £3 per month, head to www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. This is the audio from our recent patrons-only 'Live Conversations' between ourselves and our patrons, which took place over Zoom in March of this year. Tim, Jeremy and our guests discussed the role of the internet in music fandom, the relative importance of mediating figures like critics and DJs, the impact of

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01:14:44

Soul Rebel: Bob Marley & The Wailers pt.1

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/03/31

In this week's episode Tim and Jeremy focus on the early life and work of Bob Marley & The Wailers. They explore the role Marley and the group played in bringing Reggae to the world, with the singer becoming a singular and ubiquitous figure in culture in the process. Beginning with their first Ska singles from the mid-'60s, we hear how the original 1965 recording of One Love articulated a nascent form of philosophicaluniversalism, with love as a political virtue to overcome difference. We also

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00:13:55

LITM Extra - Heavy Dub Theory pt.1 [excerpt]

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/03/24

This is an excerpt of a full length episode currently only available to patrons. To become a patron and support what we're doing from £3 per month, head to www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. In this patrons-only episode, Jeremy and Tim begin a multi-part exploration of what we're calling Heavy Dub Theory: a deep dive on the aesthetic, musicological and theoretical understandings of dub. We start with a discussion of the materiality of bass as expressed in the concept of Bass Materialism - how bass

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01:21:56

Worlds of Echo: Dub Pt.2

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2022/03/17

In this week's episode Jeremy and Tim move through the late 20th century to trace dub's echoing influence on Disco, Post-Punk, early House and the music of the British Rave scene. Dub's aesthetics of space, minimalism, and bass-centric production are revealed on the New York dancefloor through the early remix experiments of Walter Gibbons and the studio work of Francois K, as well as in the punk clubs of London and theafter-party living rooms of late '80s ravers. Tim and Jeremy consider how the

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00:07:39

LITM Extra - What We're Listening To, March '22...

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/03/10

This is an excerpt of a full length episode currently only available to patrons. To become a patron and support what we're doing from £3 per month, head to www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. In this patrons-only bonus episode, Jeremy and Tim have a conversation about what music has been on their turntables recently. In a genre-busting and wide-ranging discussion we consider potential connections between the current wave of excellent ambient psychedelic jazz releases from labels like Chicago's

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01:07:49

The Version: Dub pt.1

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/03/03

In this week's episode Tim and Jeremy dive headlong into Dub. They discuss the changing meaning of the term, the difficulties in charting the history of the music, and explore the work of two of the pioneers of the sound, Lee 'Scratch' Perry and King Tubby. Jeremy and Tim discuss the sonic properties of dub, including the innovative use of reverb and delay, as well as the distinctive vocal practice of toasting and the starring role performed by the bass in this new musical form. Tim and Jeremy also

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00:03:48

LITM Extra - 'Love Saves the Day' Reading Series:...

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/02/24

This is an excerpt of a full length episode currently only available to patrons. To become a patron and support what we're doing from £3 per month, head to www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. Continuing our ongoing patrons-only reading series, Tim picks up where he left off in his 2004 book 'Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture 1970-1979'. I'm sure you'll all have heard him reference the book the show, and many of you will have read it, so here we present a reading series of the

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01:06:23

Beat Down Babylon: Reggae Arrives

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2022/02/17

In this week's episode Jeremy and Tim focus on the birth of Reggae in Jamaica. Beginning with the island's first popular music, Ska, we hear how the music of Alton Ellis and Desmond Decker transformed into Rocksteady, with it's slower pulse, rootsy feel and serious lyrical turn. Set against the backdrop of Kingston's high crime rate and Rudeboy culture, Tim and Jeremy recount how this music took on the feeling of suffering and anguish many Jamaicans experienced in their lives. We hear how these

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00:15:10

LITM Extra - Live Conversations January '22 [excerpt]

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/02/10

This is an excerpt of a full length episode currently only available to patrons. To become a patron and support what we're doing from £3 per month, head to www.patreon.com/LoveMessagePod. This is the audio from our recent patrons-only 'Live Conversations' between ourselves and our patrons, which took place over Zoom in January of this year. Tim, Jeremy and our guests discussed the relationship between Afrofuturism and Afro-Psychedelia, the 'Robotic Sublime' of electronic music, Boomer politics and

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01:11:44

Rasta, Rocksteady and Race: Jamaica in the Early '60s

Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture ·

2022/02/03

In this week's episode Tim and Jeremy turn their attention to the island of Jamaica. They recount a history of Jamaica as a British Colony and the liberation struggles that grew up in the face of Imperial rule, including the work of Marcus Garvey, the Back to Africa movement, and the eventual socialist prime minister Michael Manley. We hear about the emergence of Rastafarianism in the early Twentieth century, considering the importance of Zion or a promised land to the Rastas, their development into

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