THE DEVIL’S MUSIC

"So-called Jazz compositions may contain at most 10% syncopation; the remainder must consist of a natural legato movement devoid of the hysterical rhythmic reverses characteristic of the music of the barbarian races and conductive to dark instincts alien to the German people (so-called `riffs’)."

From legal regulations on dance orchestras in Nazi occupied Prague

"Jazz is music that is based on rhythm and entirely ignores or even shows contempt for

melody, music in which rhythm is indicated primarily by the ugly sounds of whining instruments so insulting to the soul…."

Josef Goebbels 7th March 1942.

"Powers in relation to raves"

63. – (1) This section applies to a gathering on land in the open air of 100 or more persons (whether or not trespassers) at which amplified music is played during

the night (with or without intermissions) and is such as, by reason of its loudness and duration and the time at which it is played, is likely to cause serious distress

to the inhabitants of the locality; and for this purpose

…………….

(b) "music" includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats.

Criminal Justice Act 1994

Michael Howard MP.

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