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Still keeping it grimy: Davinche discusses his debut album
Full of energy in terms of the music and delivery of the MCs within grime, it was certainly an exciting movement in the early noughties. One of the producers who really stood out for me during this...
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Plan B: A second look at his protest song
Plan B has always positioned himself as a provocative artist. One who seeks change. Equally he is not scared of shying away from big, thorny issues. His new single iLL Manors has received great praise...
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Scratcha DVA on early grime, the new album and his departure from Rinse FM
Scratcha DVA has never been one to follow suit. Whether it be the flamboyance and off-kilter movements of his grime tunes of yesteryear or his rampant ramblings as Rinse FM’s grimy breakfast show host....
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T.Williams: It’s house, just a bit dirtier
T.Williams makes top quality house and has carved out a strong reputation for himself thanks to tireless work ethic and his well-produced tracks that encompass many different musical influences, but...
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Rude Kid: I won’t ever stop making grime
East London grime beast, Rude Kid, built a name as one of the cornerstone producers within the scene during its high-energy climax during the noughties. Still a well-respected identity, the Newham...
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Mr ShaoDow: How to sell 10,000 CDs completely independently
It feels good to know that as an independent artist I've managed to achieve on my own; what some artists with a whole label and team of people aspire to do.
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Launchpad Records are taking off
Back in 2004, following the release of Wiley’s debut album Treddin’ on Thin Ice and Dizzee Rascal’s semi-seminal Boy in Da Corner the previous year, a young grime fan named George Quann-Barnett...
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Touching Bass: Moony
Brighton producer and DJ, Moony, sits comfortable as one of the latest students to learn from grime’s seminal school of hard knocks. We caught up to talk about Artful Dodger, Gobstopper Records and...
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Touching Bass: Starkey
Starkey's industrious melodies and grimy tendencies have rightfully led to the coinage of the term 'street bass'. Originally from Philadelphia, the DJ and producer has also experienced life in London,...
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Touching Bass: Lord Of The Mics 4 – Return of the Mic
Back when VGA camera phones were still all the rage, grime was in its relative musical element. By 2004, many had loosened the shackles on the early term, eskibeat, and instead accepted grime as the...
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Scrufizzer interview: The inner circle of grime
“The problem comes when that inner circle run the game until someone comes out and literally blows them out of the water and they can’t block him – there’s a lot of blocking going on.”
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Grime pioneer Marcus Nasty talks hot tips for 2013 and boat parties
Marcus Nasty gave the world UK Funky and next year he says ears will be tuned to a new genre, Jacking, along with the musical outputs of his talented younger brothers Lil Nasty and Griminal.
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Touching Bass: Youngstar
Back when grime was still called sublow, Youngstar was an eight bar rhythm champion. Ten years on, the genre is still arguably pulsating and he’s still about to celebrate his classic cut ‘Pulse X’...
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Wiley anticipates one more album before solo retirement to focus on A-List
Unlike the stars of most sporting professions, in the music world there is rarely an age at which someone should retire.
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Dexplicit: The Dex Files and #ThatBassLife are coming and Pow ‘came out of...
Dexplicit plans to release twelve instrumental EPs over the next 12 months, with the first coming out at the end of February.
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Big Narstie: The ‘lighter’ and funnier side of grime
“If I made a song in pink boxer shorts and green gloves called Sexy Girl and got a number 1 the whole fucking grime scene would be in pink boxer shorts making a f****** remix.”
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Interview with Tre Mission: Grime going global
Grime legends Chronik and Wiley recently featured on the gold-selling album of a Polish rapper named Popek, while shows in Prague and Croatia are rapidly becoming as important to UK MCs as summertime...
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Interview with Frisco ‘I wanted to step up the levels because I’m getting...
In September 2006 Logan Sama’s Kiss FM grime show played host to a series of dubs from two of the scene’s biggest crews, The Movement and Boy Better Know, these dubs went on to be released as a...
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Koder: The new Kano?
Koder is certainly a new voice in grime and should definitely be one to look out for – let’s just not go jumping to conclusions just yet
View ArticleInterview with Novelist: Looking to the future of grime
“I'm happy that I've got the opportunity to spit alongside other DJ's and MC's who have been here longer than me,” he says, without an ounce of arrogance but with a considerable amount of confidence.
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