Mississippi Records presents A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF MUSIC

A slideshow / lecture / film presentation which draws from archival film, sound clips and images to tell a history of global music scenes that struggled and endured during periods of authoritarianism. The project is a timely, compelling story of how powerful interests try to control music and how people fight back, nimbly evading systemic repression by puritans, corporations and tech lords alike.

Making wide, bold swings, the show covers music from Ethiopia, Germany, North Korea, Cambodia, Brazil, Kenya, the USA and beyond, while drawing on Eric's colourfully recounted personal experiences of the fascist creep.

Eric Isaacson is the founder of Mississippi Records and many other small, esoteric record labels such as Cairo, Pyramid and Velvet Ramp. Over the past twenty-three years he's released over 390 records and 165 mixtapes of DIY music from around the world. Eric is known for his humbly comical, singular style and for his ability to revitalize audiences through digging up buried treasures from the global music underground.