de Lacey
@delaceymusic.bsky.social
DJ. Pianist. Writer. Assistant Professor.
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de Lacey
@delaceymusic.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music
Grime music has been central to British youth culture since the beginning of the 21st century. Performed by MCs and DJs, it is an Afrodiasporic form that developed on street corners, on pirate radio a...
www.routledge.com
New(ish) book on grime is now available in paperback, and Routledge currently have a sale on! Available here: www.routledge.com/Level-Up-Liv...
Anyone else notice the credits for S3 of White Lotus use the same sample as Burial’s “Endorphin”?
May 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Anyone else notice the credits for S3 of White Lotus use the same sample as Burial’s “Endorphin”?
Major label rap is so stagnant rn. Big X sampled Stay Fly only last October, now Key Glock has done it. Get some new ideas!
May 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Major label rap is so stagnant rn. Big X sampled Stay Fly only last October, now Key Glock has done it. Get some new ideas!
Happy new DjRUM music day to all who celebrate 🎉
April 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Happy new DjRUM music day to all who celebrate 🎉
Some days I struggle to see myself as an academic. Others – like today when I got really excited about a new magazine repository – reaffirm that I am indeed a massive nerd. Check this out: rilm.org/rapmm. Launching May 27!
RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines
rilm.org
April 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Some days I struggle to see myself as an academic. Others – like today when I got really excited about a new magazine repository – reaffirm that I am indeed a massive nerd. Check this out: rilm.org/rapmm. Launching May 27!
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Today, I launch the next stage of my PhD research into rave culture in #EastAnglia (that’s #Cambridgeshire, #Norfolk and #Suffolk) between 1989 and 2019. I’m looking for former and current ravers who partied in the region to fill in a quick online survey about their experiences.
April 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Today, I launch the next stage of my PhD research into rave culture in #EastAnglia (that’s #Cambridgeshire, #Norfolk and #Suffolk) between 1989 and 2019. I’m looking for former and current ravers who partied in the region to fill in a quick online survey about their experiences.
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On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate Minnesota’s transgender community and recommit to standing up for our neighbors in the face of hatred.
As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.
As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.
March 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate Minnesota’s transgender community and recommit to standing up for our neighbors in the face of hatred.
As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.
As your Governor, I’m proud to stand in this fight with you.
Rest in Peace to Caspar Melville, one of the loveliest and warmest souls I’ve ever encountered in this sorry thing we call life. A great scholar, curious mind, and mentor to many. Devastating news, and such a huge loss 🕊️
March 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Rest in Peace to Caspar Melville, one of the loveliest and warmest souls I’ve ever encountered in this sorry thing we call life. A great scholar, curious mind, and mentor to many. Devastating news, and such a huge loss 🕊️
Moved house. Met the neighbours today!
March 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Moved house. Met the neighbours today!
Disqualify Open University for thinking Chick Corea wrote watermelon man, outrageous stuff
March 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Disqualify Open University for thinking Chick Corea wrote watermelon man, outrageous stuff
Very sad to hear of David Johansen’s passing. For some bizarre reason the New York Dolls headlined a Cow Shed in Canterbury back in 2008. I was 16 and it was at my first ever festival. The sound in that place was awful, but their performance was sensational—something I’ll never forget. RIP 🕊️
March 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Very sad to hear of David Johansen’s passing. For some bizarre reason the New York Dolls headlined a Cow Shed in Canterbury back in 2008. I was 16 and it was at my first ever festival. The sound in that place was awful, but their performance was sensational—something I’ll never forget. RIP 🕊️
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Congratulations to BRIT winners Charli XCX (Bishop's Stortford College, £38,319 per year), AG Cook (King Alfred School, £27,747) and The Last Dinner Party (Bedales, £52,075) for showing that people from ordinary backgrounds can reach the top in pop music, that most egalitarian of art forms.
March 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Congratulations to BRIT winners Charli XCX (Bishop's Stortford College, £38,319 per year), AG Cook (King Alfred School, £27,747) and The Last Dinner Party (Bedales, £52,075) for showing that people from ordinary backgrounds can reach the top in pop music, that most egalitarian of art forms.
William Boyd on Desert Island Discs an absolute car crash: “We had servants but there was no tension”; “my mother moved from Nigeria to Switzerland and became more sophisticated”. How is no one checking this colonial dinosaur?
March 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
William Boyd on Desert Island Discs an absolute car crash: “We had servants but there was no tension”; “my mother moved from Nigeria to Switzerland and became more sophisticated”. How is no one checking this colonial dinosaur?
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Are you in Amsterdam on March 13 and 14? Then this symposium might be of interest to you:
The Power of Stories: The Impact of Narrative Form, Structure and Complexity in Modern Society Symposium
vu-storylab.nl?page_id=14
The event is open to the public and free of charge (registration is needed).
The Power of Stories: The Impact of Narrative Form, Structure and Complexity in Modern Society Symposium
vu-storylab.nl?page_id=14
The event is open to the public and free of charge (registration is needed).
Events – The Story Lab
vu-storylab.nl
February 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Are you in Amsterdam on March 13 and 14? Then this symposium might be of interest to you:
The Power of Stories: The Impact of Narrative Form, Structure and Complexity in Modern Society Symposium
vu-storylab.nl?page_id=14
The event is open to the public and free of charge (registration is needed).
The Power of Stories: The Impact of Narrative Form, Structure and Complexity in Modern Society Symposium
vu-storylab.nl?page_id=14
The event is open to the public and free of charge (registration is needed).
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Damn. RIP, Roberta Flack. I was literally just talking about her Rock Hall induction speech for Little Richard this morning. In it, she calls out the Hall for excluding women in its first class. She died un-nominated, but left behind a formidable body of work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hut...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hut...
www.youtube.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Damn. RIP, Roberta Flack. I was literally just talking about her Rock Hall induction speech for Little Richard this morning. In it, she calls out the Hall for excluding women in its first class. She died un-nominated, but left behind a formidable body of work.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hut...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hut...
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New album from Razor, out today. In My Own Time: reallyrazor.bandcamp.com/album/in-my-...
In My Own Time, by Razor
14 track album
reallyrazor.bandcamp.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
New album from Razor, out today. In My Own Time: reallyrazor.bandcamp.com/album/in-my-...
£180 to see Drake is wild at this moment in time. So…who wants to commission me to go and write about it? 🥲
February 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
£180 to see Drake is wild at this moment in time. So…who wants to commission me to go and write about it? 🥲
In-between houses, so running my old Grade 8 pieces as classical guitar only instrument I have access to right now: fingers in absolute bits, forgot I had callouses thicker than rhino skin back in the day!
February 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In-between houses, so running my old Grade 8 pieces as classical guitar only instrument I have access to right now: fingers in absolute bits, forgot I had callouses thicker than rhino skin back in the day!
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Terror Danjah Gremlinz (The Instrumentals) Planet Mu 29/9/08 3LP/CD
YouTube video by Planet Mu
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February 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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New(ish) book on grime is now available in paperback, and Routledge currently have a sale on! Available here: www.routledge.com/Level-Up-Liv...
Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music
Grime music has been central to British youth culture since the beginning of the 21st century. Performed by MCs and DJs, it is an Afrodiasporic form that developed on street corners, on pirate radio a...
www.routledge.com
December 12, 2024 at 2:54 PM
New(ish) book on grime is now available in paperback, and Routledge currently have a sale on! Available here: www.routledge.com/Level-Up-Liv...
Desperado’s double time flow is intangible cultural heritage
February 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Desperado’s double time flow is intangible cultural heritage
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994), ATLiens (1996), Aquemini (1998), Stankonia (2000).
Nothing comes close!
Nothing comes close!
What four-album run is this?
For me, it’s M83’s Dead Cities (2003) — Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011)
For me, it’s M83’s Dead Cities (2003) — Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011)
February 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994), ATLiens (1996), Aquemini (1998), Stankonia (2000).
Nothing comes close!
Nothing comes close!
New album from Razor, out today. In My Own Time: reallyrazor.bandcamp.com/album/in-my-...
In My Own Time, by Razor
14 track album
reallyrazor.bandcamp.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
New album from Razor, out today. In My Own Time: reallyrazor.bandcamp.com/album/in-my-...