grime
See: Yizzy reveals new animated video for Freeze ft. Devilman
Lewisham MC is becoming something of a grime torchbearer, talking up the scene to just about anyone of influence that will listen. More than that this ugh, he’s also becoming one of its most important protagonists as new single Freeze demonstrates, taken from his forthcoming Grime Street EP, out on June 7th via DMY Of …
Track: God is 7 – 7 INC (Creeping Death Version)
Hull-based minimal electronic music producer Dom Sith is the master of immersion. His latest release ‘7 INC (Creeping Death Version)’ is a bold step in a new sonic direction cloaked beneath the guise of God is 7. It’s inky and insidious, casting a shadow which looms all the larger for its unmistakable grime influences. “I …
Track: The Streets – Boys will be Boys (feat. Jaykae)
Mike Skinner has dropped another new track today, ‘Boys Will Be Boys’, featuring Jaykae. It follows the release of ‘If You Ever Need To Talk I’m Here’, ‘Burn Bridges’ and ‘Sometimes I Hate My Friends More Than My Enemies’. The new music precedes the forthcoming sold-out tour “The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light”, …
Track: Suspect – One Way ft. Skepta & Jesse James Solomon
Ahead of the release of his forthcoming album on Rinse, Suspect has released a new track ‘One Way’ featuring Mercury Prize winning MC Skepta, and young rapper Jesse James Solomon, someone he hea regularly contributed with in the past. After hearing the track in its early stages, Skepta penned the vocals for his verses. Slowed …
News: Boxcutter announces rare live performance – WIN TICKETS!
Northern-Irish producer Boxcutter has been tastemaking and releasing music for over 15 years on labels such as Hotflush and Planet Mu, yet still skirts around the edge of public conciousness, although revered by fans of his music. Maybe that’s because through the formative years of what is now known as dubstep, Boxcutter sat firmly on …
See: Pattern reveal new album Ψ, plus visuals for Sonne
With their third album Ψ (pronounced Psi – a volatile symbol perfectly linked to their tripped out tracks), due out on the inimitable Warp Records on 16th September, the mysterious pattern have released a new video for the track Sonne. The identities of the group, and indeed its size have often left room for speculation …
New Music: Sh?m – Vehement
Taken from his Mob Boss EP, out now on Kapsize Recordings comes the lead single, Vehemont from London Grime producer Sh?m (Shem question mark). In contrast to the heavier, bass heavy vibe of the EP, Vehement is moodier, groovier and (even) funkier. Right from the off it’s packed with these windswept synth lines, with tumbling …
Album Review: Kano – Made In The Manor
Kano was part of a wave of new British urban artists who came from the underground, and put the UK on the map. Hip hop had always been a genre pretty much exclusively owned by our US cousins. For the first time, we held our ground and matched anything that was being done across the …
Album Review: Hacktivist – Outside The Box
Innovation is the first word that comes to mind when thinking about Hacktivist. After a few years waiting for the group to finally release their debut full length record it’s extremely pleasing to hear that Outside the Box was well worth the wait. With the initial Djent craze recently dying down bands really have to find …
See: Meridian Dan reveals video for The Bits
Meridian Dan scored a huge hit with last years grime crossover, ‘German Whip’, picking up fans, attention and multiple 2014 MOBO Awards nominations along the way. Now he’s back with a new track, ‘The Bits’, produced by Two Inch Punch and Noah Breakfast. Splashed in pads and rippling percussive beats, this bassline drops on the …