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Not Necessarily in the Right Order
No full textThis curatorial project ‘Not Necessarily in the Right Order’ (2023), takes the widely known Morcambe and Wise joke as a springboard for exploring curatorial issues in exhibiting sound - as a palette of interchangeable options for a moving gallery visitor, rather than a linear experience for a static audience. The project combined performance, from Dirty Electronics (John Roberts) and Dushume (Amit Patel) with exhibits by Dominic Murcott, Carol Wyss and Graeme Miller. The exhibition was enthusiastically reviewed in a full page article by Robert Barry in ‘The Wire’ (issue 471)
Supplementary_Infomation – Supplemental material for Investigation of the antibacterial activity of new quinazoline derivatives against methicillin and quinolone resistant Staphylococcus aureus
No full textSupplemental material, Supplementary_Infomation for Investigation of the antibacterial activity of new quinazoline derivatives against methicillin and quinolone resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Amit B Patel in Journal of Chemical Research</p
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The IAAF’s hyperandrogenism regulations suspended
No full textOn 27 July, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (‘CAS’) delivered a landmark ruling on the regulation of gender in sport. The decision explores how the categorisation of sport on the basis of sex can be best reconciled with the “biological reality” that human sex cannot necessarily be divided so clearly. Dr. Seema Patel, Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sports Law and author of ‘Inclusion and Exclusion in Competitive Sport: Socio-Legal and Regulatory Perspectives,’ reviews the case and suggests that sport regulation must be cautious of traditional criteria to determine eligibility in sports
Author interview: Q and A with Dr Ian Sanjay Patel on we’re here because you were there: immigration and the end of empire
No full textIn this author interview, we speak to Dr Ian Sanjay Patel about his new book, We’re Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire, which explores post-war immigration laws, the afterlives of British imperial citizenship and related attempts to reimagine and rejuvenate British imperialism after 1945. Contributing to transnational histories of decolonisation, the book also explores the interconnections between human rights, post-war migration and international diplomacy. Author Interview with Dr Ian Sanjay Patel, author of We’re Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire. Verso. 2021
Disruptive Frequencies
No full textAbout the release
Sound artist and researcher Amit Dinesh Patel aka Dushume began working in the field of music technology in 2000. In 2021, he began a research project addressing the distinctive lack of visibility for Black and Brown artists within the field of experimental music and sound: “Exploring Cultural Diversity in Experimental Sound”, hosted at the Sound/Image Research Centre, University of Greenwich. Disruptive Frequencies is one output of this research. Patel, together with five other Black and South Asian experimental and electronic artists recorded new music to release as part of this compilation:
Gary Stewart aka Bantu - www.garystewart.org
Aniruddha Das aka Dhangsha - dhangsha.bandcamp.com
Amit Dinesh Patel aka Dushume - www.dushume.co.uk
Nikki Sheth - nikkisheth.myportfolio.com
Nicole Raymond aka NikNak - www.niknakdjmusic.uk
Poulomi Desai - www.usurp.org.uk / https://poulomidesai.tumblr.com
Crossing noise, high-energy electronic music, deep bass, ambient and experimental soundscapes, this compilation is a statement challenging institutional Whiteness, racist biases, lack of visibility and access to experimental practices. Each contribution pushes the boundaries of sound manipulation, turntablism, field recording, audio fragmentations and sound collage techniques.
Find out more about the project and its findings via www.dushume.co.uk. Tracklist
Digital
1 Poulomi Desai – The Vichitra, Queer conjurations from us 2 Bantu - Dark Energy Live Stream Track 1
3 Dushume – Chakria
4 Nikki Sheth – Sandwell Valley
5 Dhangsha – Mahapralay
6 NikNak – Combative Embers
7 Bantu – Dark Energy Live Stream Track 2
8 Nikki Sheth – Pemberton Gardens
9 Dhangsha – Germinate
10 Dushume – Avartan
11 NikNak – Swirls
12 Poulomi Desai - Electromagnetic signals from our raging Black Earth, all our flora and fauna are burning.
Vinyl
Disc 1 - A side
Dushume – Chakria
Dhangsha – Germinate
Disc 1 - B side
Bantu – Dark Energy Live Stream Track 2 Nikki Sheth – Pemberton Gardens
Disc 2 - A side
Dhangsha – Mahapralay
NikNak – Combative Embers
Nikki Sheth – Sandwell Valley
Disc 2 - B side
Poulomi Desai - Electromagnetic signals from our raging Black Earth, all our flora and fauna are burning.
NikNak – Swirl
ROT
No full textROT is a collaborative performance made with Siôn Parkinson and Dushume (Amit Dinesh Patel). The 3 artists improvised following a video score devised by Richard Whitby, which was projected on a large temporary screen in front of the stage.
Sound was produced live with a mixture of prepared electric guitar, homemade electronics, synthesisers and voice
Disrupting Frequencies at KASK School of Arts, Belgium Podcast with Dushume and Stoffel Debuysere
No full textResonating Voices: A Listening Session on Disruptive Frequencies took place at KASK School of Arts, Ghent, Belgium, on 30 January 2025, featuring a keynote and presentation by Amit Dinesh Patel in conversation with Stoffel Debuysere, documented as a podcast. The event explored marginalised frequencies within bass culture, deep bass, and experimental sound practices, including harsh bass, glitch, experimental music, harsh noise, live electronics, and sound art. Central to the session were discussions on Dushume and the use of disruptive low-frequency sounds, highlighting how bass and extreme sonic textures shape experimental music and sound art practices
How Black music record stores shaped the sound of the UK
No full textThe article highlights the pivotal role of independent Black music record shops in the UK many founded by the Windrush generation and their descendants in shaping British musical culture. These stores functioned as more than retail outlets: they were cultural hubs, community spaces, and sites of identity formation, where records, ideas, and musical knowledge were exchanged. Research led by Dr Amit Dinesh Patel and Dr Brona Martin at the University of Greenwich and 2Funky Arts demonstrates that shop staff acted as “taste-makers,” promoting emerging Black genres such as reggae, jungle, UK garage, drum ’n’ bass, and grime, and supporting artists, DJs, and independent labels. By providing an alternative infrastructure in an era when mainstream media marginalized Black music, these stores facilitated creative networks, influenced radio and live scenes, and fostered a thriving independent music ecosystem. Documenting their histories through oral testimony, film, and archival work underscores their enduring cultural legacy and significant impact on the development of British music
Undertone II
No full textAmit Dinesh Patel/Simon Atkinson: Undertone II (installation, with vibrating floor). Feel the installation through tactile stimulation: touching, sitting, lying-on and standing on the wooden platform is encouraged, whilst the sounds oscillate and the floor pulsates and vibrates. In the spirit of aural diversity, the sound installation is an example of how experimental music can be felt (rather than just heard from the cochlear). Undertone explores relationships between vibration, frequency and rhythm, mixing the artists’ electroacoustic music, lowercase sound, noise and bass culture sensibilities. Undertone II followers on from the earlier works of Undertone, it is currently set up in the Digital Culture Studio at the University of Leicester, and launched on the 5th May 23 as part of the “100 years of the University Library: Open House” event
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