Old pretender / suburban release / non-sound - Kashif Sharma-Patel

A sound-piece piecing fragments of Croydon-related culture alongside ephemeral sounds and spoken poetry, with references to Captain Sensible, David Bowie’s Buddha of Suburbia, Dennis Brown’s residency at the Georgian Club, Jaimie Reid and a re-mixing of John Betjeman. Production provided by collaborator Anuka Ramischwili-Schäfer.

"As part of ‘Cultivate That’ I have been researching various strands of Croydon as an urban landscape, one that shaped me and one that I think has plenty to offer in illuminating wider concerns. Some of these concerns include the production of culture in post-war Britain, urban development and suburbia as outer-city, ways of inhabiting space and generating new meaning out of failed futures. Croydon as place sits on the margins of wider debates, and offers an interesting vantage-point to situate one’s bearings."