with Chris Inperspective

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DJ | Musician | Music Producer

With more than two decades of experience as a music producer and DJ, Chris Inperspective, our latest guest for this episode of Metralla Rosa, is the founder of Inperspective Records, Eloisa Records and Black Junglist Alliance.

Thanks to his ongoing stance against racism and his conviction that black artists must work to reclaim the importance of black culture in the history of the western world, Chris has constantly found himself in a position of being able to create musical experimentation and spaces in which the cultivation of quality and innovation are the only priority. With a successful career as an artist on the London Jungle and Drum’n’Bass scene Chris has, for many years, been an active voice within a movement that was born in the early nineties from the hearts and souls of young people living in primarily black and socially marginalised communities on the streets of the English capital. Culturally, these musical movements were responding to the limitations and anger arising from post Thatcher Britain, a spontaneous musical genre that promoted cultural diversity and social unification through dance. It was a musical scene that, with its priority of rhythm over melody and its acknowledgement of a musicality present within its sequences of accelerated breaks, inadvertently brought people together in their desire to positively destabilise the status quo in more ways than one.

Join us to explore the artistic journey of a DJ who has touched several generations with his music and to see how political and business decisions within major record labels and the music world affect the day to day reality of the international Jungle and Drum’n’Bass scene. In this interview, Chris and Carla discuss, amongst many other things, the lack of representation for black women on the British dance scene, how the necessity for him to self-manage and self-promote led to the creation of the Black Junglist Alliance and how his passion for discovering new and emerging talents has allowed Chris to face the future with optimism and a spring in his step.

And now, enjoy the interview!

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This interview was recorded on the 19th of June 2021 and released on the 15th of July 2021

Further Information:

Related Links
Chris Inperspective: Instagram
Inperspective Records: Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Bandcamp | Soundcloud | Mixcloud
Eloisa Records: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
Black Junglist Alliance: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
Clashmouth: Instagram

Musicians mentioned
Equinox (Marlon Sterling) | Good Looking Records | Reinforced Records | Ray Charles | Mike Post | Congo Natty (Rebel MC) | Aphex Twin | Squarepusher | Paradox | DJ Metric | Dimension | Sub Focus | Andy C | Chris Dexta | DJ Stretch | Sheba Q | Double O | BrandNewTrumpets | Mizeyesis | Pyxis | Orbital

References during the interview
Inperspective Records 00:50 | Eloisa Records 00:53 | Black Junglist Alliance 00:54 | Jungle Music 01:05 | Drum’n’Bass 01:06 | Margaret Thatcher 01:27 | Multiculturalism 01:40 | Leatham’s Larder 02:32 | Camberwell 02:34 | Equinox (Marlon Sterling) 02:40 | Optimed 03:48 | Good Looking Records 05:16 | Reinforced Records 05:19 | Breakbeat 05:36 | Technicality 06:36 | Herbal 06:47 | Grenada 07:29 | Barbados 07:31 | Ray Charles 08:24 | Calypso 08:26 | Soca 08:27 | Kiss FM 08:28 | Pirate Radio 08:29 | Duran Duran 08:33 | The Manhattan Transfer 08:37 | Hanover Grand 08:47 | Disco House 08:51 | Knight Rider 09:24 | Airwolf 09:25 | Coronation Street 09:27 | EastEnders 09:28 | Sorry! 09:39 | Ronnie Corbett 09:47 | Sitcom 09:58 | The Two Ronnies 10:04 | Fairlight CMI 10:27 | Doctor Who 10:30 | Mike Post 10:33 | Hill Street Blues 10:35 | Dallas 10:35 | Dynasty 10:36 | Congo Natty (Rebel MC) 11:12 | Hip Hop 11:36 | Son Cubano 13:09 | Salsa 13:18 | Techno 14:31 | House 14:32 | Footwork Jungle 14:36 | Hipster 14:39 | Jazz 15:04 | R&S Records 15:12 | Aphex Twin 15:23 | Squarepusher 15:24 | Detroit 16:35 | Pittsburgh 16:42 | Poll Tax Riots 17:36 | Criminal Justice Bill 17:56 | Rave 17:59 | RAVE Act 18:02 | Joe Biden 18:04 | Drumfunk 20:47 | Paradox 20:59 | Break 21:16 | Sampling 21:32 | Soul 21:34 | Funk 21:35 | Amen Break 21:51 | Hospital Records 22:20 | DJ Metric 22:22 | Dimension 22:26 | Sub Focus 22:28 | Andy C 25:43 | Soulvent Records 29:39 | Med School 29:56 | Chris Dexta 30:03 | Rishi Sunak 33:25 | Matt Moss 35:05 | Jump-Up 35:29 | DJ Stretch 37:45 | EQ50 38:43 | Innersense at the Lazerdrone 39:23 | Shola Ama 39:29 | Sheba Q 42:22 | Double O 42:33 | BrandNewTrumpets 42:45 | Mizeyesis 43:08 | Repertoire 43:28 | Pyxis 46:28 | Blackout Tuesday 48:45 | Orbital 51:59 | Phil and Paul Hartnoll 52:04 | Black Market Records 59:53 | Blue Bird Records 01:00:16 | Section 5 01:00:20 | De Underground 01:00:24 | Blue Plaque 01:00:27 | Disc World 01:00:59 | Clashmouth 01:01:30 | Rough Trade 01:01:58 | Amoeba Music 01:02:12 | A&R 01:05:55 | Renaat Vandepapeliere 01:06:09

Social Media Post about Hospital Records

Interview Credits:

Production by Carla Tofano & Toby Deveson | Subtitles & translations by Valentina Sarno & Alessandra Greco | Onset artwork: Photography by Toby Deveson & drawing of Carla by Alexandra Veres | Title music written and performed by Maya Petrovna | Additional cameras & Sound kindly supplied by Jim Shannon & Murray Stewart

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