IG Culture
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IG Culture is a London musician and performer best known as a pioneer of the broken beat
movement. His production features rhythms and hybrids of several musical styles such as jazz-fusion, funk and soul.
in 1990. After the demise of that outfit, he founded an independent record label One Drop Interouter which released four albums. Later, he worked with the People and founded the Main Squeeze labels.
IG Culture produced an album by British jazz artist Monday Michiru
- Jazz Brat - in 1995 and appeared on the Roots Manuva
album Brand New Second Hand
in 1999.
In 2001, he compiled and released a various-artists album called Inspirations album followed by a 2 CD set of the same name in 2003. He also produced the Les Nubians
album One Step Forward released in 2003.
and their debut release was the 2001 EP No Tricks followed by the Download This album later the same year. In 2004 the project released their second album Turn It Up, this time credited to NSM.
Broken beat
Broken beat is an electronic music genre that can be characterized by syncopated rhythm typically in 4/4 meter, with staggered or punctuated snare beats and/or hand claps....
movement. His production features rhythms and hybrids of several musical styles such as jazz-fusion, funk and soul.
Musical career
IG Culture first became known as a member of the hip-hop duo Dodge City ProductionsDodge City Productions
Dodge City Productions were a British hip hop/Acid jazz group based in London formed by IG Culture and DJ Dodge . They were one of the leaders of the Acid Jazz movement, and also received much acclaim and success for their remixes, usually done as "City Lick"...
in 1990. After the demise of that outfit, he founded an independent record label One Drop Interouter which released four albums. Later, he worked with the People and founded the Main Squeeze labels.
IG Culture produced an album by British jazz artist Monday Michiru
Monday Michiru
Monday Michiru Sipiagin is a Japanese American actress, singer, and songwriter whose music encompasses and fuses a wide variety of genres including jazz, dance, pop, and soul...
- Jazz Brat - in 1995 and appeared on the Roots Manuva
Roots Manuva
Rodney Hylton Smith , better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a British rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada.-Biography:...
album Brand New Second Hand
Brand New Second Hand
Brand New Second Hand is the debut album by Roots Manuva, released on Big Dada in March 1999.-Track listing:# "Movements" # "Dem Phonies" feat. IG Culture...
in 1999.
In 2001, he compiled and released a various-artists album called Inspirations album followed by a 2 CD set of the same name in 2003. He also produced the Les Nubians
Les Nubians
Les Nubians is an R&B Grammy-nominated duo composed of sisters Hélène and Célia Faussart from Paris, France. In 1985 the sisters moved with their parents to Chad. Seven years later, they returned to Bordeaux, France, and began singing a cappella, producing poetry slams in Bordeaux and Paris, and...
album One Step Forward released in 2003.
New Sector Movements
Circa 2000, IG Culture founded the New Sector Movements project. While predominantly consisting of work by Culture himself, the project also serves as a collective featuring a number of broken beat artists such as Eric "Murky Waters" Appapoulay, Eska Mtungwazi, Kaidi "Agent K" Tatham, Julie Dexter and Kate "Bémbé Ségué" Phillips, as well as Frank McComb (ex-Buckshot LeFonque) and strings duo Chix With Stix (Izzy Dunn & Stella Page). New Sector Movements signed to Virgin RecordsVirgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
and their debut release was the 2001 EP No Tricks followed by the Download This album later the same year. In 2004 the project released their second album Turn It Up, this time credited to NSM.
Discography
- The Clarity EP 1992 as Dodge City Productions
- No Tricks EP 2001 with New Sector Movements
- Download This 2001 with New Sector Movements
- Inspirations 2001
- Inspirations (2CD) 2003
- Turn It Up 2004
- Zen Badizm 2008 available only in Japan
External links
- IG Culture / New Sector Movements / NSM / Instant Graffix / Quango / Son Of Scientist discographies at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
... - IG Culture at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
. - Interview with IG Culture on release of album Turn It Up in 2004, on Futureboogie website.