IG Culture

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IG Culture is a London musician and performer best known as a pioneer of the broken beat movement. He first became known as a member of the hip-hop duo Dodge City Productions in 1990. After the demise of that outfit, he founded an independent record label One Drop Interouter which released four albums. Later, he worked with the People and founded the Main Squeeze labels.

Culture founded the New Sector Movements featuring a number of broken beat artists. His production features rhythms and hybrids of several musical styles such as jazz-fusion, funk and soul. He produced an album by British jazz artist Monday Michiru Jazz Brat in 1995

He appeared on the Roots Manuva album Brand New Second Hand in 1999. In 2001, New Sector Movements released Download This through Virgin Records. An EP No Tricks preceded the release of Download This.

In 2001, he released the Inspirations album followed by a 2 CD set of the same name in 2003. He also produced the Les Nubians album One Step Forward released in 2003. In 2004, a second album from the New Sector Movement Turn It Up credited to NSM.

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  • The Clarity EP 1992 as Dodge City Productions
  • No Tricks EP 2001 with New Sector Movements
  • Download This 2001 with New Sector Movements
  • Inspirations 2001
  • Inspirations (2CD) 2003
  • Turn It Up 2004
  • Zen Badizm 2008 available only in Japan

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