Photo taken by: Adam Horton 2020 was a trip, right? Despite the pandemic dominating everything and a government not willing to look after it’s citizens; grime carried on moving, its artists remaining steadfast in their creative process and still putting music out. There were full-length albums from big-name emcees, live-streams to replace the shows, lots…
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Darkness – Archive 001 Darkness has turned his hand to R&B production recently, but his latest release “Archive 001” compiles twenty-four tracks from 2015-2018. ‘Jog Wheel’, ‘Hot Wire’ and ‘One Order’ are as dark as they come; while ‘Falcon’ is an electronic joint led by shimmering synth lines. ‘Orion’ draws its power from subtle background…
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Flowdan & Abstrakt Sonance – No Celebrations The latest record from Flowdan is a four-track EP made in collaboration with dubstep producer Abstrakt Sonance. The latter has worked with Killa P and Trigga in the past, so it’s a link-up that makes sense given Flowdan’s taste for instrumentals that find influence from various sound system…
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KwolleM — c2c KwolleM’s latest record is an ode to Essex. There are a lot of moving parts here: soulful production, bars from two rappers and samples from grime’s yesteryear; the latter playing out halfway between an interlude and a guest verse. On the standout track ‘Barking (& Dagenham)’, Joe James pulls you in with…
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It’s been a while. There’s a heavy instrumental contingent for this month, as well as lots of fire from Brazil. As always: buy, stream, share and play loud. Footsie – King Original, Vol. 5 The grind never stops, even in a global pandemic. “King Original, Vol.5” is Footsie’s second full-length release of the year, as…
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I’m not sure how many people read the top part of these posts, but if you can consider donating to the memorial fund for George Floyd. RIP. These are a collection of grime tunes that have been released this month, some came out today. Buy them, stream them, show them to your friends and play…
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It feels like ages since the start of May and ages since I actually wrote anything. Anyway, here’s some grime & bass music records I bought or liked this month. Footsie – No Favours There are a few different styles on “No Favours”, but the album is at its best when Footsie leans in to…
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I’m not sure whether it’s ego or the notion that emcee based music has to be competitive, but multi-artist projects are seldom seen in grime. You’d be hard pressed to find a record with two emcees, so to have four on one record feels like a real treat. “Royal Rumble” brings together Big Zuu, Kamakaze,…
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Since releasing “Serious Business” in 2014, Flowdan has never looked back. Two full length albums, a few EP’s and a whole record label later, he’s built a back catalogue informed by grime, dubstep and the sound system culture he grew up on. On “The Red Pill”, he surveys the state of the nation with some…
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The latest album from Manga Saint Hilare – titled “Make It Out Alive” – is his most clearest and cohesive sounding body of work to date. Recorded over a year, he went in deep about wading through the struggles of life, painting a picture of a man whose been through the full spectrum of emotions…
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The Art of Grime 