Young, Gifted and Black

Informationen zum Autor Michael de Koningh (1958-2016) was a contemporary British music journalist specialising in Jamaican music, reggae afrobeat and afrofunk. Laurence Cane-Honeysett is a British musician, producer and music journalist specialising in Jamaican music. In 1990, he started working for Trojan Records and soon after joined the company on a full-time basis as its Jamaican music specialist, overseeing the label's releases and all other aspects of its general running, a position he continues to hold. Klappentext Trojan's revolutionary DIY attitude to record company operations and its role in establishing reggae and ska as a cultural force in seventies Britain are looked back on here, situated in relation to the political and cultural divisions of the label's zeitgeist.

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Michael de Koningh (1958-2016) was a contemporary British music journalist specialising in Jamaican music, reggae afrobeat and afrofunk. Laurence Cane-Honeysett is a British musician, producer and music journalist specialising in Jamaican music. In 1990, he started working for Trojan Records and soon after joined the company on a full-time basis as its Jamaican music specialist, overseeing the label's releases and all other aspects of its general running, a position he continues to hold.

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Trojan's revolutionary DIY attitude to record company operations and its role in establishing reggae and ska as a cultural force in seventies Britain are looked back on here, situated in relation to the political and cultural divisions of the label's zeitgeist.

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Recently resurrected and now enjoying chart success in the 21st century, when it was formed Trojan Records epitomised the punk DIY ethic over a decade before 1976. The company spearheaded the injection of reggae and ska into the vein of British youth consciousness.