54 h. ago Daytimers: Alterations review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

(Relentless Records)The UK collective have been reimagining south Asian music since 2020, and their new compilation splices junglism and Afro-house onto gems in Sony India’s catalogueSince their formation in 2020, the Daytimers collective have been trying to establish a new imagining of British south-Asian music. Taking their name from the daytime parties held by second-generation immigrants in the late 80s and 90s, Daytimers have spent the past five years throwing raucous parties of their own, with residents such as Yung Singh, Rohan Rakhit and Mahnoor mixing everything from jungle and Bollywood vocals with dubstep, grime instrumentals and Punjabi folk for a new generation born and raised in the UK.Following in the footsteps of their Asian underground forebears such as Nitin Sawhney and Talvin Singh, who mixed the sounds of 90s Britain with the south-Asian music they grew up listening to, Daytimers’ latest compilation has 13 south-Asian producers remixing Bollywood hits from the So...

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3 d. ago Empire of the Elite by Michael M Grynbaum – inside the glittering world of Condé Nast

How the publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker redefined high cultureSamuel Irving “Si” Newhouse Jr became chair of Condé Nast, the magazine group owned by his father’s media company, Advance Publications, in 1975. Under his stewardship, Condé’s roster of glossy publications – titles such as Vogue, GQ and Glamour – broadened to include Architectural Digest, a revived Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. Newhouse spent big in pursuit of clout, and his company’s extravagant approach to expenses became the stuff of legend. Condé positioned itself as a gatekeeper of high-end living but, as Michael Grynbaum explains in Empire of the Elite, its success in the 80s and 90s was down to its willingness to embrace “low” culture.Condé brought pop stars, television personalities and tabloid intrigue into the highbrow fold, reconstituting cultural capital to fit the sensibilities of an emerging yuppie class with little interest in ballet or opera. Several moments stand out, in retrospect: ...

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5 d. ago Fans only just realising who huge 1990s hit Black Velvet was written about

Black Velvet was a huge hit in the late 80s and early 90s, but the real meaning behind the song has only recently been discovered and fans are left stunned

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6 d. ago 9 of the most popular trading cards and stickers from the 80s and 90s, and how much they're worth today

The most expensive trading card ever was sold for a staggering £9.2 million

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7 d. ago 9 of the best McDonald's Happy Meal toys you'll remember from the 80s, 90s and 2000s, and their value today

There have been some classic toys over the years

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Fans of '80s and '90s movies were in for a treat when one of the most beloved scene-stealers from those decades made a rare appearance in Manhattan on Friday.

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3 w. ago Is this what your dad drove? Ten family car favourites from the 1970s to the 1990s and what they're worth today

Everyone remembers the cars their parents had when they were kids. On Father's Day, we celebrate the motors dads across Britain were driving in the 1970s, '80s and '90s.

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3 w. ago Is this what your dad drove? Ten family car favourites from the 1970s

Everyone remembers the cars their parents had when they were kids. On Father's Day, we celebrate the motors dads across Britain were driving in the 1970s, '80s and '90s.

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3 w. ago London leaver: 'We want to give our girls the childhoods we had in the 80s and 90s'

London leaver: 'We want to give our girls the childhoods we had in the 80s and 90s'  London Evening Standard

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3 w. ago London leaver: 'We are trying to give our children the sort of childhoods we had in the 80s and 90s'

Moving to Dorset gave this couple far more scope for running their own business

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3 w. ago The 11 most popular sweets and chocolate bars of the 70s, 80s and 90s that were discontinued before their time

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3 w. ago Grange Hill star diagnosed with bipolar disorder after experiencing 'frightening delusions'

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The way we communicate has changed hugely in recent years, rapidly rendering once-ubiquitous technology obsolete.

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last month Bad news for Phils, Steves and Dereks as dad names are dying out

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