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Escaping Babylon
An Intimate History of Black British Music
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Shapeshifting, collaborative, endlessly inventive and robustly empowering: Black music has transformed British culture and society, and gifted generations of Black Britons a powerful means to reject misrepresentation and find freedom and joy in sound. From the height of jungle and hip-hop in the 90s to the...
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How thirty years of Black music reshaped Britain, from 1989 to the present.
How thirty years of Black music reshaped Britain, from 1989 to the present
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Shapeshifting, collaborative, endlessly inventive and robustly empowering: Black music has transformed British culture and society, and gifted generations of Black Britons a powerful means to reject misrepresentation and find freedom and joy in sound.
From the height of jungle and hip-hop in the 90s to the London uprisings in 2011, the birth of UK trap and the rise of grime superstars like Stormzy, filmmaker and DJ Jesse Bernard examines how Black culture in Britain is moulded by creativity drawn from Lagos and Los Angeles, Sao Paolo and South London. Escaping Babylon takes a deep dive into the history of Black British music to celebrate its richness, heritage and towering legacy.
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ISBN: 9781788169356
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 07 May 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 32.0mm
Width: 158.0mm
Height: 238.0mm
Weight: 540g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Jesse Bernard is a writer, DJ, music researcher and filmmaker. He has written for publications including GQ, the Guardian, NME, Esquire and Vinyl Factory. He is tour DJ for the British MC Lord Apex and hosts a monthly radio show, Home Comforts, on Voices Radio. His most recent documentary, COMO VOCÊ, explores the links between the grime scene in Brazil and London.
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