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| FREEMUSE PRESS CONFERENCE, ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 200326 August 2003 |
At the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, Freemuse organized a press conference on freedom of musical expression, with Damon Albarn, Tony Allen and Ty in the panel.
Excerpts from the conference (RealVideo): |
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The panel - from left; Ty, Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Katrine N. Sørensen and Jim Q. Holm |
1. SELF-CENSORSHIP/
MUSIC DURING WARTIME 9:46
“True censorship is something that we are not really aware of on a day-to-day basis; it’s something that’s inherent in the system” |
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Damon Albarn (UK), singer with Blur |
2. CORPORATE CONTROL 4:26
“The idea of music having to co-exist with corporate mentality is bullshit. It’ll kill music eventually” |
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Ty, British/Nigerian rapper |
3. WHAT TO DO? 1:12
“What can you - the journalists - do? Because you hold the power too” |
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Katrine Nyeland Sørensen - moderator. Cultural editor at Danish daily Information |
4. FELA KUTI AND PRESENT TIME: CENSORSHIP IN AFRICA 4:40
“If we don’t deal with the problems here, they haven’t got a hope in hell back home”
“The only way you can attack this government and change things is through songs”
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Tony Allen - one of the fathers of AfroBeat and the powerhouse behind the late Fela Kuti´s band Africa 70 |
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