Hood Musics by Nina Radio Tapes + Ice Cream Mafia

Hood Musics, 2018

Mixtape, 179 min 29 sec

Hood Musics was compiled using material collated through street discussions. These conversations also influenced Let The Record Show, a live performance of Outspoken Word + Subliminal Bass by Swan Nemesis, excerpts of which were disseminated in various locations throughout the area in the form of text based posters, signs and interactions.This three hour mixtape of music represented the many sociocultural groups living and working within close proximity in Cliftonville, Margate.

"Music should be viewed as an act instead of a thing. Who is doing it? where? and who is listening? then become the primary questions. By looking at music this way, we begin to understand the relationship between music, people, history and the larger culture."

quote by Christopher Small from Sonic Bodies by Julian Henriques

Where does memory travel?

How much does it cost?

Who participates?

Who curates?

What is art?

These questions are starting points for research and reflection resulting in There Goes The Neighbourhood, an experiential taxi ride and ‘drive by listening tour’ through the neighbourhood. Hood Musics was played on loop in the taxi during the tour.

Thanks to all those from the neighbourhood with who I had intimate and heart warming discussions with on the streets, in cars and in their homes while researching for this project - There Goes The Neighbourhood, Hood Musics, Streets is Watching, Let The Record Show

A series of works that started to form in the back of my mind from when I first moved to Margate in summer 2017

supported by Open School East

Thanks + Respect to the participants:

Bernie - 64, Irish + Welsh = British
Andrej - 21, Slovakia / Roma
Aslan - 37, Kurdish
Pradeep - 32, Sri Lankan / Tamil
Thamba - 35, Sri Lankan / Tamil
Kajar - 24, Sri Lankan / Tamil
Maureen - 50, German + Scottish = British
Neel - 33, Sri Lankan / Tamil
Jamie - 24, Irish + Portuguese = British
Abdul - 41, Iraqi
Ivan - 17, Slovak - Gypsy
Richard - 29, Czech Republic
Tamara - 28, British
Phillip - 48, British
Jade - 23, English
Joe - 93, British
David - 80, British
Arthur - 98, British
Joyce - 91, Londoner / English
Eileen - 91, English
Peggy - 80, English
Minder ’Paul’ Singh - 58, Asian / Sikh = Indian
Mikaela - 26, Swedish
Lado - 31, Lithuanian
Ali - 27, Romania
Halil - 46, Turkish
Heidi - 34, Estonian
Alice, 38, Malay
Samula - 18, Afghanistan
Dezider - 33. Slovak
Cas - 41, Libyan
Hairi, 57 - Turkish
Barry, 49, Welsh
Yanko - 31, Bulgarian / Gypsy
Mirek - 26, Czech Republic / Romani = Roma Gypsy
Georgetta - 36, Lithuanian
Yasmine - 11, Bulgarian
Alex - 8, Slovak
Patrick - 11, Slovak
Andy - 55, English
Ben - 38, Nigerian
Knight - 5 England
Ayaan - 44, Somali / Swedish
Hossein - 35, Bangladeshi
Matthew - 41, London / Christian if anything
Clarissa - 43, Caribbean
Jimmy - 27, German + Irish - Never identified with a nationality
Ade - 48, West Indian with an English background
Roshan - 43, Nepali
Valentin - 35, Romanian - Roma
Egge- 9, Slovak
Summer - 26, English
Andy - 38, English
Georgi - 19, Bulgarian / Roma Gypsy
Dimitri - 27 Lithuanian / Russian
Marsal, 18, Slovak / Roma
Nick - 62, Greek
Johnny - 31, German / Jewish = British
Kef - 35, British Asian
Adnan - 38, Albanian
Shane - 19, English
Naami - 35, Ghanaian
Nina Radio Tapes - 46, Indian
Ice Cream Mafia - 46, Tanzanian

+ Big Ups to Andy Doody at Thanet Cars,
Matthew Smith, Antonia Luxem,
Emily Whitebread, Korallia Stergides
and Alex & Sara Ratcliffe, The Tom Thumb Theatre