Sunday, December 15, 2024

Trackers and Breakbeats: Brain Records exhibition


'Trackers and Breakbeats: Celebrating Brain Records’ Underground Revolution' was an exhibition  at The Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich (October/November 2024) exploring 'the groundbreaking influence of Brain Records and its pioneering use of 8-bit technology in the 1990s', highlighting 'the often overlooked yet pivotal role of Brain Records and its founder Bizzy B in shaping the UK hardcore and jungle scenes'. The exhibition featured original studio equipment, flyers, zines, interviews and film.



The scene was centred around Leytonstone in East London where Bizzy B and Dlux ran 2Getherness record shop in the 1990s (238 Leytonstone High Road)





They put on parties at The Dungeons, 'a maze of tunnels' off Lea Bridge Road.








'Bizzy B - creator of the dark style' (article by Adrian H from Ravescene zine)


A letter to the record shop from Peckham junglist venue The Lazerdrome

 

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