RA Sessions: Fatima – Gave Me My Name

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4 February 2015 — Youtube

Fatima is a star of Eglo Records, the London label run by Alex Nut and Sam Shepherd, AKA Floating Points. Her voice has helped define Eglo’s approach to electronic music, which prizes songwriting and musicianship over club functionality. She’s worked with dance producers like Funkineven, Dam Funk, Scratcha DVA and Floating Points in recent years, but her style has remained rooted in modern soul and R&B. Music from her forthcoming debut album—including the excellent Family / La Neta—has crept out over the last few months, and this stunning performance of “Gave Me My Name,” which features Jonathan Geyevu on keys, is further proof that she could be one of 2014’s standout artists. Published on Feb 26, 2014 Continue reading →

Media Lens: Conundrum – Syriza, Democracy And The Death Of A Saudi Tyrant

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4 February 2015 — Media Lens

It’s always a tricky moment for the corporate media when a foreign leader dies. The content and tone need to be appropriate, moulded to whether that leader fell into line with Western policies or not. Thus, when Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez died in 2013, conventional coverage strongly suggested he had been a dangerous, quasi-dictatorial, loony lefty. For instance, the Guardian‘s Rory Carroll, the paper’s lead reporter on Venezuela from 2006-2012, appeared to let slip his own personal view on Chavez when he wrote:

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