Mississippi Records: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF MUSIC

A slideshow, lecture and film presentation by Eric Isaacson, founder of Mississippi Records, on global music scenes that developed under authoritarian rule and on the ways people pushed back against control.

A People's History of Music combines archival film, sound clips and images to trace music scenes around the world that struggled to exist under authoritarian regimes. Its central theme is how powerful interests seek to control music, and how people find ways around the censorship and repression imposed by puritans, corporations and technology companies alike.

The presentation moves between Ethiopia, Germany, North Korea, Cambodia, Brazil, Kenya, the United States and other countries. It was developed by Eric Isaacson, founder of Mississippi Records and of the smaller labels Cairo, Pyramid and Velvet Ramp, and draws partly on Eric's personal experiences of the rise of fascist tendencies.

Eric has spent many years releasing DIY music from around the world through Mississippi Records and related labels. The presentation is a lecture illustrated with slides, sound and film, held at The Horse Hospital in London, and it will appeal to anyone curious about music history and political control.