Mr Seda: Darren said don't put bashment so we stopped that, we stopped the bashment.
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After that I did "Gun Lean" and then we're here When I hear the name "Boom Flick," I think of the bashment track from Aidonia—is there a bashment influence in what you do?
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Is Afro bashment just a fad, or a genre here to stay?
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It's drill and bashment put together, that's the easiest way to describe it.
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Do they have an expert that knows the difference between bashment and Ragga?
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Now, Afro bashment is the first to represent my cultural identity in full.
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I listen to loads of bashment: Masicka, Aidonia, Dexta Daps, Vybz Kartel… just loads.
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Afro bashment highlights both our differences and similarities, in a way only music can.
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Whether it's reggae or bashment or drum'n'bass or whatever, if it's a tune it's a tune.
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"Afro bashment" as it's been dubbed by Spotify's very own playlist, feels like my cultural mix.
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Seda also told Noisey how the Dice Bar wasn't the first nightclub affected by the 'bashment ban'.
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I remember a Butterz night at Cable, where they had The Heatwave play an hour set of Bashment.
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" But then it continued, with a list: "no drum & bass, trance, garage, heavy/death metal, dancehall, bashment, grime, bassline.
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Where certain areas of London may be crumbling beneath the weight of Carluccio chains and bashment bans, others are blossoming.
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Why the Met police would believe an end to bashment nights would indeed make the club safer is not very clear.
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There was definitely a place for traditional reggae, but ragga, or dancehall (which would evolve into bashment), definitely had the edge.
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Bashment, bhangra, and bass music bangers come courtesy of BBC AZN Network, while Amy Becker steers a path through reggaeton and Jersey club.
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Bashment, grime, UK funky, garage—Manchester party and label Swing Ting's releases offer a fragrant melting pot (get it?) of dance-fueled stew.
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That's why artists like Kojo Funds and Burna Boy can put out a bashment song right after an afrobeats track, without it feeling unnatural.
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For us as well, we don't just play six hours of Jersey Club, we often also play Afrobeats, Bashment, Hip-Hop and other genres.
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BBC AZN Network, who have a show on Radar, are now cueing up Bollywood bangers next to bashment on Saturday nights at The Nest.
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In that meeting, Seda says he was told he was no longer able to play bashment music and if he did, it would risk closure.
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From Donae'O to Sneakbo, the young, gifted and black diaspora are rewriting the rules of black music, blending afrobeat drums, bashment basslines and trap bars.
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We caught up with Russ to chat about his journey so far and why he sees himself as the pioneer of drill and bashment hybrid, crashment.
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Not only does Sgt Emery question why the bashment is still being played, but he includes drum & bass in his enquiry as an unacceptable form of music.
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So whatever you may call this loose gathering of genres—afro-bashment, afropop, afroswing, all distinct in their own ways —you can't deny they've enjoyed a massive year.
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Seda alleged that police have gone to extraordinary lengths to ban the club from playing bashment, apparently describing the music as unacceptable and linking it to crime and disorder.
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But coming out of it, I'd describe the event as just this good party I went to, instead of the raucous Westerosi bashment I wanted in my heart of hearts.
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It doesn't matter who you are, where you're from, whether you bump Britney or bashment — at some point, you have probably set foot in one whether you wanted to or not.
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Over the course of a little under 40 minutes, the duo manage to sneak in some cosmic synth arpeggios, swooning vocal house, lens-flare bashment, among other more unexpected left turns.
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While Timbo specifically had struck a nice balance between rap, afrobeats and bashment flavour, Beatz and Hendrix were trying to bring a little African heritage into the trap music they'd been creating.
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Roy Seda, who owns the Dice Bar, has claimed that he has been repeatedly told he is unable to play bashment in his club because it attracts the "wrong type of clientele".
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I went in expecting a raucous Westerosi bashment Anyone with a love of A Song of Ice and Fire and clubbing should theoretically have their dreams come true on the dance floor.
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Although the influence of bashment and rudeboy culture can't go unnoticed, one of the major catalysts for this new sound has been the rise of African pride amongst young Brits of African heritage.
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While the Met and the council are (sort of) denying the 'bashment ban', it will hardly be the first time they have been accused of thinly-veiled discrimination under the guise of keeping nightlife 'safer'.
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Rory Holland who runs Oh Bacchanal – a regular club night of soca, bashment and afrobeats charges upwards of £100 for house party sets (unless they're for friends) and subscribes to the view that they offer something special.
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London act J Hus and his producer Jae5, who, for the past few years, have helmed the afrobeats, afro-bashment sound that's beamed its way across the UK, and are arguably the two kings of the fusion genre.
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Yet what makes this tune so solid is that, as well as riding the riddim with sleek style, there are these deep prevailing sentiments delivered in Sneakbo's bars, that are set against the melancholic afrobeats/bashment infused instrumental to great effect.
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For this nearly movie-length Spanish-language bashment hybrid, he enlists multiple players in the música urbana scene including Anuel AA and Bad Bunny in an effort that unifies the regional sounds of the Caribbean into one seriously potent summertime strain.
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Watching these talented artists perform in the lung-crushing confines of an ex-pub basement reminded me to feel lucky to exist at a time when London's creative culture still reigns supreme, despite its £6 pints, bashment bans, and overwhelming collection of flaws.
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Austin Darbo, then-BBC 1Xtra presenter and now the Spotify Senior Editor behind its Afro Bashment playlist, may have unknowingly answered this golden question back in 2014: "Black music genres are constantly evolving as are the tastes of young audiences," he wrote.
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The Croydon Advertiser obtained an audio recording of police sergeant Michael Emery questioning Roy Seda, the owner of Dice Bar in Croydon, about why bashment—a term for West Indian parties that play reggae and dancehall—is still being played in his club.
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There was earlier indications that the police were attempting to enforce a ban—most notably in minutes written by a police officer which referenced how the Dice Bar had agreed "not to play bashman or John Paul", (presumably Bashment or Sean Paul)—but this recording is perhaps the most incriminating evidence yet.
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" The form has garnered controversy over the years as many feel as though it targets predominantly black and Asian artists—an assertion bolstered by a section that specifically asked whether there would be any ethnic minorities in attendance, as well as asking about the "music style to be played/performed (eg bashment, R&B, garage).
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Forget watching videos of new-born kittens chasing balls of wool or a cured deaf person hearing music for the first time – this clip of Kendrick Lamar surprising a bunch of teenagers in a rap workshop in Manchester is probably the most heart-warming thing you'll see today, in this cruel world of government budgets, bashment bans and Olly Murs.
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In the kaleidoscopic tidal wave of British rap that's come crashing across both sides of the Atlantic in the past few years—the afro bashment fusion of J Hus or Kojo Funds; the slow drawl of Giggs and Nines; the household names like Stormzy and Skepta—Dave is moving toward becoming a prodigious talent: the kind of artist every person named Dave and their mate should be aware of in the same way they know Kendrick Lamar as Kendrick.
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In 2005, Beadle-Blair wrote and directed the play Bashment for Theatre Royal Stratford East. The play tackled homophobia in the ragga/hip-hop music scene and ran two seasons in May and September. Beadle-Blair also wrote the music. Bashment was nominated for "Best New Play" at the national TMA Awards.
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East African Bashment Crew (also known as East African Reggae Bashment Crew) is a Kenyan-Ugandan reggae group formed by Bebe Cool from Uganda and his contemporaries. It consists of three members, Bebe Cool from Uganda, and the Kenyan duo Necessary Noize (Kevin Wyre and Nazizi). All of them were already established musicians when the group was formed in 2005.The Standard, September 4, 2009: A decade in music While the members of the group concentrate on their main projects, East African Bashment Crew reunites every now and then.
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Ken Marlon Charles a.k.a. KMC (born 5 January 1971) is a soca artist from Trinidad. Famous for hits like "Soul on Fire", "Soca Bashment" and "Bashment to Carnival" KMC is signed to the US-based record label Sequence Records. Considered to be one of Trinidad's top soca artists, KMC has over sixteen years experience in the music industry.
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Campbell, Junior (2011). Male bashing in Barbados (#4): Sir Hilary Beckles' "bashment" – All Voices. Published 25 September 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
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Bashment Granny 2 opened just before Christmas 2008, and was a sequel to the 2007 play with a script by Garfield Reid. The play looks at the influence of money as a class divider and a tool of corrupt practices. In 2009, work began on a film version of Bashment Granny, with Paul O'Beale as director and producer. The filming was done on location in Jamaica and in England.
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Raised by Jamaican parents, Giggs was a DJ in Peckham, predominately playing reggae, ragga and bashment. He also had his own radio station called "Spare No One FM".
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Junko Kudo, alias Junko, Junko Bashment or Dancehall Queen Junko, is a Japanese professional dancer, specialising in reggae dance, known internationally in reggae circles as the first foreign "Dancehall Queen".
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It has also been called "afro-bashment". The genre originated in London in late 2000s; it blends West African and Caribbean sounds with road rap, hip hop, dancehall and British pop music.
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Journey Begins features a mix of dancehall, reggae, bashment, hip hop and R&B; and consists of tracks produced by Mumzy Stranger, Rishi Rich and Steel Banglez. The album also features a collaboration with Wiley.
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Stripped was originally written and developed with the guidance of Beadle-Blair and John R Gordon as part of the "Louder than Words" season in February. Stripped ran for a month in Edinburgh at the Gilded Balloon. In June 2010 he wrote and directed the feature-film version of Bashment, featuring members of the original cast.
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Kevin Waire, known by his stage name Wyre, is a Kenyan R&B; and reggae musician. He is known for being a member of the groups Necessary Noize and East African Bashment Crew, as well as his solo career. He has released two solo albums. The latest album, Ten Years Wiser, was named for his 10-year spanning career in music.
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In the 2000s as Father Goose he was featured on several Dan Zanes albums such as Rocket Ship Beach and Catch That Train! and also released three of his own albums: Color with Father Goose, It’s a Bam Bam Diddly, and Bashment Time. In 2008 as Don Chibaka he gave his performance on the Etcetera single Dance Like That (Remix) featuring Richie Stephens and Kevin Lyttle.
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"New Rules" has been described as a tropical house, EDM, electropop and tropical pop song with elements of bashment, featuring a drum and horn instrumentation. According to the digital sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Faber Music, the song is composed in the key of A minor, and has a tempo of 116 beats per minute. Lipa's vocals span from the low note of A3 to the high note of E5.
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Under the nickname of Junko Bashment, aged 24 in April 2002, she became the first non-Jamaican, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to win the official female dance tournament for "dancehall reggae" music and took the $50,000 prize, "If I don't dance, I dead - Japanese Dancehall Queen enjoys contest's spin-offs" and as a consequence took the title of "Dancehall Queen", after two years of practice and a background in classical ballet. "Dancehall Queen Junko Bashment wins the title" - Interview with Vice Magazine With her victory, she opened the door for dancers from around the world to compete. "Canadian wins Dancehall Queen competition" Known in the reggae world under the nickname Dancehall Queen Junko (or sometimes simply Junko after losing her title), she has since featured in videos, shows, and concerts "sound systems" in reggae music around the world, including in France. "Japanese Dancehall Queen enjoys contest's spin-offs" Shows are regularly announced online.
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Dwayne Mahorn (born 11 May 1981), better known by his stage name Durrty Goodz, is a British grime MC, rapper and songwriter from London. He is known for his versatility across his tracks with a flow that fuses many styles, from dancehall to reggae to hip-hop and bashment, evoking artists as disparate as Ludacris, Kardinal Offishall and Pharoahe Monch. He is known for his lyricism, flow and wit on the mic.
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"Deport Them" is the first single released by reggae-dancehall artist Sean Paul from his debut album Stage One. Originally released in 1998, co-written and produced by Tony "CD" Kelly, it reached number 80 on the Billboard R&B; chart in 2000. The song was briefly featured in the 2003 film 2 Fast 2 Furious. Sean appeared in the 1998 film Belly, and used a sample from a song on its soundtrack, "Bashment Time" by Mr. Easy and Frisco Kid, in "Deport Them".
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Gordon was art designer on the feature films Fit, KickOff, Bashment, and the hour-long film Free (2014) (all Team Angelica productions). 2012–017 Gordon and Beadle-Blair co-mentored Angelic Tales at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, a lengthy development project for new writers culminating in two-week-long seasons of staged readings on the theatre's main stage. Several of the plays they developed, such as Somalia Seaton's Crowning Glory (2013), Lynette Linton's Step (2013) and Alexis Gregory's Slap (2018) have gone on to full productions and/or tours.
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Ragga soca is a fusion of soca and the former artistic lyrical delivery of Jamaican artists known as "DJing or Chanting". It is a fusion of dancehall and contemporary calypso/soca, which has an uptempo beat with moderate bass and electronic instruments. Bunji Garlin is one of the artists that has sung ragga soca in Trinidad and Tobago since the late 1990s and has been dubbed the King of Ragga Soca. "Dancehall Soca" and "Bashment Soca" are other terms used to refer to "Ragga Soca" music and these other terms are sometimes used depending on the artists and Caribbean country they hail from.
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In February 2014, Timbo and Mover released "Ringtone", which DJ Kenny Allstar credited as opening "the door to the bridge of Afro-rap and the evolution of Afroswing, which was essentially someone laying a hook over a rap record". The rise of producers Jae5, Blairy Hendrix, Joshua Beatz, and rapper J Hus saw the sound begin to distinguish and cement itself. Together they fused afrobeats, bashment, and trap, along with a melodic style of rapping with gritty, hood lyrical themes derivative of Road rap. J Hus and Timbo have both received credit for pioneering the genre.
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Afroswing was eventually picked up by Apple Music as their official genre name for the sound. Spotify however, opted to go for "AfroBashment", a term coined by Austin Daboh who was hired by BBC 1Xtra, denoting its fusion of bashment and afrobeats styles. In 2014, J Hus did a popular freestyle on YouTube channel GRM Daily showcasing his distinctive style. The first notable song in the genre was released in 2015, titled "Dem Boy Paigon", quickly elevating J Hus' status and becoming a club hit, and soon after ushering in a new wave of artists making similar music.
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His debut single "Bashment" was released in 2014 on Slow Roast Records. His Major Lazer collaboration, "The Way We Do This," (a reimagining of the classic "Bookshelf Riddim") was played at festivals worldwide by the group, before it was finally released in 2016 on Ape Drums' debut Mad Decent EP. Later in 2016 Ape Drums released "LFUTP" featuring fellow Houston artist Lil Uzi Vert via Fools Gold Records. Ape Drums gained a new level of international notoriety when his single "Mutant Brain" was used in the 2016 Kenzo World ad campaign, directed by Spike Jonze and starring actress Margaret Qualley. The single was then quickly signed and released by Interscope Records.
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His career really took off internationally when he signed to Atlantic Records, achieving worldwide success with the song "No Letting Go" in 2003. The song is based on the Diwali riddim, which was also used by several other artists that year, such as Sean Paul, Lumidee and Missy Elliott. The single reached No. 11 in the US and No. 3 in the UK. "No Letting Go" and the album No Holding Back were a major success on urban radio stations in the US, and this prompted the release of several compilation albums featuring older Wonder material, including Trojan Records', Inna Bashment Style: The Roots Of An Urban Warrior (2005).
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He appeared in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever and the television programme The Georgian House. In 1980 he starred in Babylon (directed by Franco Rosso), as Blue, a disenfranchised youth who becomes a deejay on a South London reggae soundsystem. Forde presented VH1 Soul Vibrations, BBC's Ebony & Ebony on the road, and was one of the radio presenters to open the BBC's first digital station 6 Music with his radio show Lively Up Yourself and Dub Bashment. Forde can be heard presenting the radio documentaries Behind The Smile: The Real Life of Bob Marley and Island Rock to mark the 40th anniversary of Jamaican independence.
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In 2001, Wiley, Flowdan, Bubbles and Breeze recorded a song entitled "Terrible", which record stores perceived to be a follow-up to "Know We". Wiley decided he did not want to release it under the Pay As U Go name, so Flowdan suggested the name Roll Deep; a homage to the phrase "rolling deep", popular within bashment songs. Following the creation of Roll Deep, Dogzilla and Lady J joined Pay As U Go in 2003. Flowdan cited the introduction of Dizzee Rascal to Roll Deep and his subsequent popularity as the reason why Pay As U Go eventually disbanded and Roll Deep rose to prominence.
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Muhammad Mumith Ahmed (; born 18 January 1984), known professionally as Mumzy Stranger or his producing name SP, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer, known for his distinctive soulful-bashment style. He made his mainstream recording debut in the summer of 2009 with his debut single "One More Dance", which topped the UK Asian Charts, as did the follow-up singles, "Showgirl" and "Fly With Me". He is the first artist of Bangladeshi descent to have entered the mainstream music industry and still remains one of the latest prospects of British-Asian R&B; artists in Britain. He sings in a unique style combining reggae, dancehall, R&B; and soul, and in different languages including English, Bengali, Punjabi, Hindi and Arabic.
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" Spin noted that the rapper "kicks fierce digitized double Dutch rhymes in a room full of bug zappers" before declaring the song to be "more addictive than online poker." Sasha Frere-Jones, writing in The New Yorker, appreciated the track's lyrics, feeling the track's "'Ya ya heeey, woy oy ee he hay yo' wasn't a pop chorus, or any sound that you'd hear on American radio, even if the station were playing, you know, world music. It's a voice from a place where kids throw rocks at tanks, where people pull down walls with their bare hands. It could be the sound of a carnival, or a riot." i-D called the song "massive," while Dazed & Confused described the song as a "nagging electro bashment monster.
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The community has a strong tradition of "underground" pirate radio broadcasters. Among the most established are London's Lightning Radio, Genesis Radio and Galaxy Radio, which play a mix of ragga, reggae, bashment, hip hop and R&B.; Pirate radio stations such as Supreme Radio, Galaxy Radio (which calls itself "the only de-brainwashing station"), Genesis Radio (known as "the people's station" or "the black power station") and the more recently emerged radio station Omega FM Radio are particularly highly regarded in the Afro Caribbean community for not only playing a variety of music such as soca, soul, dancehall, jazz, hip hop, Reveail and Funky House, but also for dedicating time to have "talk shows" and "information shows" often taking an uncompromising stance in view. Thus giving the community the opportunity to phone in and participate in an array of subjects that mainstream radio, wider media and even other pirate radio stations refuse to address.
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