Dull History

"Interest is kept and money is made by changing the scenery..." Indeed. Early Scritti is always a joy to behold. Take Scritlocks Door, from their 2nd ep, which dates it 1979. Just dawned on me it's sort of a rap record avant la lettre.

Scritti Politti - Scritlocks Door

The Magnificent Six

Scritti Politti´s Skank Bloc Bologna still stands out as a prime do-it-yourself wonder from those magic post-punk days. Or should that be daze?

Inspired by reggae and dub: skank.

Inspired by a neo-Marxist philosopher theorist called Gramsci, who dreamt up a theory about a ´historic bloc´ in which the downtrodden classes would revolt and put everything on its head: bloc.

And inspired by the ´77 Italian political and cultural uprising in a city more famous for its spaghetti sauce: Bologna.

"They´re working on a notion and they´re working on a hope, a Euro vision and a skanking scope..."

Scritti Politti - Skank Bloc Bologna MP3