We call this series of recordings "The Revolution Beat". "Revolution" refers to both a revolution in a political sense and the revolution of a turntable. "Beat" refers to both the area we cover (as in a reporter's or policewoman's beat) and a musical beat (as in a technique we use to segue our tracks called beatmatching). The name thus reflects a unique combination of the two things we love/perform/promote: activism and turntablism (or taken together what we call "Conscious Turntablism"). Although the pieces appear a nontraditional way of presenting the news, they represent part of a long tradition. We've come across a series of historical analyses indicating that nearly one thousand years ago the traveling bards took the same approach to news presentation we are taking and for the same reasons. That is, they combined news with entertainment (i.e., their traditional songs and music) in order to (at the King's request) ensure the public was aware of current events.