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IT’S just over 75 years since the Second World War ended. But folk living in the occupied countries who struggled through the horrors of those days still remember the debt of gratitude they owed to the Allied forces who liberated them. Marleen Jennissen wasn’t born till 1954 but she learned all about the relentless oppression families such as hers had to endure for five long years. After the war her father Joep tried to arrange the excavation of an RAF Short Stirling bomber which had crashed on the night of September 10, 1942, in marshland close to Lilbosh Abbey, a community of monks in the southern part of the Netherlands. Joep lived in the area.
Anyone who wants to learn the art of turntablism can watch a YouTube video or post for tips and instructions on social media. But in the early days of hip-hop, all of the observation and experimentation hinged on the willingness of others to teach what they knew.
For DJ Sean Swift, growing up in Athens was essential to his passion and education.
Swift, born Sean Lindsey in 1971 and raised in the Stonehenge subdivision of Athens, described himself as “the low-key guy” who grew up in the same neighborhood as local scene pioneers like Cedric “Amun-Ra” Huff and Willie Wester. At the time, hip-hop in the Classic City was pure b-boying,” a style of performance art commonly known as breakdancing, and Lindsey took extensive notes on the moves and dress codes” of the era.