Newtrament is a musician,
MC and
DJ known for releasing an early
UK electro/
hip hop record - "London Bridge is Falling Down" - on
Jive Records
Jive Records was an American independent record label founded by Clive Calder in 1981 as a subsidiary to the Zomba Group. In the US, the label had offices in New York City and Chicago. Jive was best known for its successes with hip hop, R&B, an ...
.
It was based on the
nursery rhyme
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes.
From t ...
(previously adapted by the reggae group
Culture
Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tyl ...
) with a political message that electoral politics were a sham.
Discography
*"London Bridge Is Falling Down" (Jive Records), 12", 1983
References
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[{{cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UdnAAAAMAAJ&q=Newtrament, title=The Oxford companion to Black British history, last1=Dabydeen, first1=David, authorlink1=David Dabydeen, last2=Gilmore, first2=John, last3=Jones, first3=Cecily, publisher=]Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...
, date=2007, isbn=978-0-19-280439-6, page=210
[{{cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IBy-KJVHd8C&dq=Newtrament&pg=PA59, title=Cultural theory and popular culture: a reader, last=Storey, first=John, publisher=]Pearson Education
Pearson Education is a British-owned education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well for students directly. Pearson owns educational media brands including Addison–Wesley, Peachpit, Prentice Hall, eCollege, ...
, date=2006, isbn=978-0-13-197069-4, page=59
External links
Discogs entry
British hip hop DJs
British electronic musicians