grime in 2015

http://pitchfork.com/news/57904-grimes-explains-origin-of-the-name-grimes/

can we make this a real thread though?

it's p real imo

http://i.imgur.com/goWWDb2.png

http://dotheastralplane.com/2015/01/06/saga-mix-for-the-astral-plane/

>_<

http://www.apersonalguide.co.uk/livingwithepilepsy/articles/saga_holidays.gif

https://soundcloud.com/rinsefm/sets/mumdance-take-time-ep

umm honestly i don't really seek out the vocal tracks, but some of the most vital electronic music i've heard lately is grime-ish/grime-inspired

instrumental grime that seals itself off from vocalists is one of the most bullshit trends around rn

seem to recall it was hot fire in 2008 though right?

lex, who's a really compelling grime vocalist right now? honestly have no idea.

I'm liking the weightless sound that's emerged over the last year or so. Mr Mitch's album is awesome (if that counts as grime)

Some of this stuff is, if not exactly enjoyable then sort of architecturally interesting but really give the genre another name instead of giving the FACT-reading bores an excuse to whitewash yet another genre.

reynolds sums this up nicely

"I for one do take "weightless" as a pejorative, unintended as it is is. Grime has gone from purpose-built MC tools to purposeless instrumentalizm: not what I'd call "advance". A form of music that once served as a vehicle for individual and social expression – explosive with individual hunger, freighted and feral with social demand - has been reborn as art-muzak. Superficially jagged and challengingly ugly; ultimately placid."

http://energyflashbysimonreynolds.blogspot.com.es/2014/12/bass-for-weight.html

ive always had time for butterz otoh

Trim's album is finally coming out this year btw (not on rinse as originally intended though), but even thats hard to get excited about at this point though.

lol, i agree with reynolds

it's also telling how much classic instrumental grime riddims have been mythologised and canonised while so many grime mcs from the same era (the ones who never got a career out of it) are mostly not talked about any more

night slugs wasn't selling itself as nu-grime back in 08-09 was it? i never really repped for bok bok's singles along those lines

a few years ago i thought this might have potential bc i really enjoyed slackk's early eps, but the entire boxed movement feels very dry to me

Trim is super talented but he peaked years ago, I'm not expecting much from his album.

Oh and btw: Midz > Ldn

:D

like some butterz and boxed stuff, but that mr mitch album is just terrible and anyone heralding it as a nu dawn for grime should be ashamed

and while i hate the gentrification of grime, i did think the slackk album was really great (and not emo), despite not liking his earlier stuff at all

i mean, not to draw lazy binaries, BUT most of this nu grime stuff is grime for people that dont (or at least didnt, which maybe isnt their fault?) really like grime, no?

also, while im ranting, those mumdance and novelist collabos are pretty bloody lame, and ive liked mumdances beats in the past (at least the ones with logos)

the producers getting more attention over the mcs wasnt a bad thing when it started really, it was good to have some balance

dislike both the mumdance/novelist collabs i've heard. very try-hard

slackk album was a huge disappointment to me, i did like his early stuff and the really excellent ear for melody he had, nothing on the album stuck at all

not sure how out of what/who they might have signed, that is what XL chose to go for.

i thought the slackk album was melodically brilliant actually lol. really densely packed but so well done. one of the best grime albums ever for me actually.

into this Mr Mitch mix today (r&b acapellas over grime/"grime" beats):
https://soundcloud.com/planetmurecords/mr-mitch-parallel-parallels

which led me back to his album from 2012, super melodic 8-bit style tracks:
https://mrmitch.bandcamp.com/album/searching-volume-1-venus

I like that Yamaneko tape as well

And this mix - https://soundcloud.com/dazedandconfused/mumdance-logos-dazed-weightless-mix

The Yamaneko is most excellent.

This seems to be getting discussion on twitter, apropos grime in 2015 (and is otherwise apropos to this thread): http://elijah365.com/post/107637191780/response

best grime album of 2015 was chronik's return of the lengman btw, none of this instrumental stuff

^truth^

not this year, but i keep seeing the old shaw bros-style poster for it in south london and had to reinvestigate. not showstopping but its good imo. showtime-style flows. hes sounding good if you ask me. better than he has in a while.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n2cyZt5IDE

http://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/2zgVdCQf9ngtAUBoYW1los

another great mix from my tiny window into this scene:
https://soundcloud.com/do-the-astral-plane/iglew-mix-for-the-astral-plane

Yeah but Murlo...

He's got tracks for days.

https://soundcloud.com/mixpak/murlo-deep-breath-feat-gemma-dunleavy?in=djmurlo/sets/jasmine-ep-out-feb-10

That's one off the new EP.

You & Me
http://vimeo.com/92195007

Last Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lseuUC0AxRE

Into Mist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_PJ03uYnx0

Vertigo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZuP9IOAHi0

Rhythm & Gash (Murlo Refix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb9hMCeHCH8

Adder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxhM4uHYwXw

Roman Baths
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyPG6nboqdY

Palace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB-4tlrzeQw

Murlo x Novelist - Flavour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMJSmfcHk4U

Hydra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeLqOIPyTRY

Murlo & JT The Goon - Plume
https://soundcloud.com/oil-gang/murlo-jt-the-goon-plume-oil

JT The Goon - Twin Warriors (Murlo Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/djmurlo/jt-the-goon-twin-warriors

Yeah.

This mix was last year but fuck it was a bit good.

https://soundcloud.com/swingting/brackles-x-swing-ting-live-on

Brackles x Murlo x Swing Ting w/ Fox on the Mic.

Best Grimy 2015 mix this year so far has been...

Moleskin w/ Jammz & MicTy - 22nd January 2015 Radar Radio
https://soundcloud.com/radarradioldn/moleskin-22nd-january-2015

Really no Murlo fans. Too much melody, fun for ILX?

https://soundcloud.com/djmurlo/nts-radio-003-040215

You're all so jaded on ILX you have a hang up on grime, a genre so new it only popped up in the early 00's or whatever? and can't take anyone calling anything but wonder years grime grime? Come on Murlo is fuck'd.

https://soundcloud.com/mixpak/murlo-deep-breath-feat-gemma-dunleavy?in=djmurlo/sets/jasmine-ep-out-feb-10

or is grime dead because we have a grime podcaste now with dudes talking about the state of grime?

https://soundcloud.com/rhythmandcash

whiney is a known anti-english racist due to traumatic overexposure to english breakfasts

the mere mention of grime is triggering because it reminds him of the blackened congealed blood pudding residue and charred bacon

Blood Pud is a mad one to be fair. it should have been subbed for Yorkshire Pud years back. i still have no idea what a whiney is btw. Its been years still no idea. Is a whiney a thing? Is ILX a whiney?

On another note...

Lady Leshurr - #QueensSpeech (EP.1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yyZBLvLDFE

This was mad too...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdpgzNtL2Xk

Flava D & Miss Fire - Closer
https://soundcloud.com/flava_d/closer

Novelist x Mumdance - 1 Sec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaG2RyDxQlk

Bar at the lol at white dude producer driving about in the background for XL trope it's a good track like.

So Large feat. Stammina, Dollar, Mercston - Man vs. Food
https://soundcloud.com/so-large/man-vs-food

Spyro has been playing this for a couple of weeks now. I've been trying to find some of the other dubs he's got but they are nowhere on the internet ;_;

The set with Novelist's crew The Square is also well worth a gander:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhv6vjxtw4M

Murlo did one of them mixes with Gemma on a load of specials the other day.

http://www.thefader.com/2015/02/17/fader-mix-murlo

DJ Q did a remix of Finn other day too

https://soundcloud.com/localactionrecords/finn-keep-calling-dj-q-remix

Grandmixxer & Novelist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ_id1rcrSo

Was pretty fun.

https://youtu.be/tpY-DPB2NYk

<3 <3 <3 <3

Why did no one tell me about this? Clearly the best thing he's put his name in six years at least. Perfect sweet spot between hard and ridiculously twee.

i saw/heard a really great new 4x4 grime track with a very slick video that i think was live at fabric, and i remember enjoying it a lot, but now i can't figure out what it was

anybody know what i'm talking about?

biggest grime anthem of 2015 so far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxbzujA69DA

that track skepta did after the brits is brilliant too

yeah i love 'know me from'. cant stop listening to it.

know me from is so sick

lady leshurr becoming a megastar is now half a decade overdue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQxpXBG2fqs

just look at her
i can't stand the look of her
if i was a librarian
i would get lairy and
throw the book at her

"Korma" is the single worst producer name I have ever seen. Might as well call yourself DJ Tepid.

Rapid EP on Butterz sounds very good.

https://soundcloud.com/butterz/rapidhearthis
https://soundcloud.com/butterz/rebore

Better than the Royal-T thing earlier this year.

"Korma" is the single worst producer name I have ever seen.

he's pretty great though

This is a quick, mid-year reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a handful of album selections from each listed) are being posted as updated to the thread-specific Spotify playlist. I just did a top-to-bottom sweep prior to posting this message and have updated as of today with everything that's been added on Spotify since it was first mentioned.

36 tracks, 2+ hours

ILX's Rolling Grime in 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

chilled synth grime with rnb / pop vocals

Oscar Key Sung - Premonition
https://soundcloud.com/key-sung/p-r-e-m-o-n-i-t-i-o-n

new article,

Why Today's Underground Club Music Sounds Cybernetic
http://www.thefader.com/2015/07/09/system-focus-cybernetic-club-music

Flavour of the year: Korma gets checked

Just up the coast in Seattle is Korma, who with YNGN runs the new label Team Aerogel, which to date has just one, high-intensity release by the two of them, Ascension. Korma also has an EP out on Montréal's Infinite Machine label: titled ZGMF-X19A, it's full of gleaming metallophones and named after a mobile battling suit from the Gundam anime series: a union of body and technology.

why did none of you fucks tell me the new tinie single is dope?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsDwItoNlLc

Classical Trax has recently released a various artists compilation: Architecture

bandcamp
https://classicaltrax.bandcamp.com/album/architecture

Classical Trax Presents: Architecture

Welcome to our grime inspired compilation featuring some of the best producers from around the world.

also on soundcloud

Classical Trax Presents: Architecture...The Compilation
https://soundcloud.com/classicaltrax/sets/classical-trax-presents-7

I feel very happy about grime in 2015

Riko jumps on Prince Rapid's Pepper Riddim with predictably explosive results:

https://soundcloud.com/rikodan/ghost-chilli

Couple instrumental things I'm liking atm:

Rude Kid's remix of Spyro's Tekkerz:
https://soundcloud.com/rudekidmusic/tekkerz-remix

New thing from Spooky called Peach Melba:
https://soundcloud.com/pigeonsandplanes/spooky-peach-melba

An old thing from Shriekin called Red Beach:
https://soundcloud.com/blacklinksound/shriekin-red-beach-preview

http://blog.soton.ac.uk/rcs/files/2014/12/RUDE-KID.jpg

the long awaited debut album from Visionist

PAN announce Visionist album
http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2015/08/11/pan-announce-visionist-album/

The UK producer will “take a defining step forward” with the release of Safe in October.

first track

Visionist - Victim
https://soundcloud.com/pan_recs/02-victim

atmospheric synth grime - heavy bass fast trigger percussion with smudgy ambient synth tones

Utah? - Oxygen ep on Kastle's Symbols label

https://smbls.bandcamp.com/album/oxygen

Spotify ep link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1hUbSQRHMZdXNWVDOUu2Cz

tracks for the playlist:
oxygen
vox

the track Vox is like the bushido track track i mentioned earlier this year: sharp, fluid, incisive, euphoric

Utah? are from Sheffield, so the reputation for Sheffield electronic music is carried fwd in a new generation

http://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/newsflash-logan-sama-has-mixed-fabriclive-83

kablammo

While I'm here, I'd just like to say that the Acre and Filter Dread EP on Codes is dead good

I'm not sure if this should go in this thread, but it's one of my favourite songs of the year and I can't think of a more appropriate place.

J Hus - Lean & Bop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s00HrAFsMhY

Just getting on this Fabric mix... Woah... This is some pretty interesting music. Like Matt DC, I wonder what it's function is but at the same time I'd love to experience it on Fabric's dancefloor.

fabric mix is ridiculously good. kano is the weak link though, and just when i thought he was good again.... still not sure what happened to him exactly.

SafOne Ft. Trilla, PRessure0121 & Bomma B - She Wants A Man From Brum (prod. Preditah)

https://soundcloud.com/safonestayfresh/safone-ft-trilla-pressure0121-bomma-b-she-wants-a-man-from-brum-preditah

Not quite this year's 'German Whip' but a fun tune.

new melodic instrumental synth grime Plastician track, as previously featured in a few of his weekly shows back in the summer

Plastician - Sorcery
https://soundcloud.com/i-d-online-1/plastician-sorcery

via
https://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/premiere-plastician-sorcery

http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=30891

!!!!!

Fabriclive 83 has been mixed by Logan Sama.

The KeepinItGrimy boss and long-time grime DJ has compiled a selection of 24 instrumentals featuring 66 MCs, including Novelist, D Double E, Ghetts and Flowdan. "To be invited to record a Fabriclive mix was a great honour," Sama says. "I wanted to make a real statement so I called up the producers I have been supporting over the last couple of years and asked them to create something special for me. I spent several months collecting acapella bars and went about building a sonic collage over my instrumental mix."

For the first time in Fabriclive history, the mix is being made available on vinyl. The quadruple-vinyl version of Fabriclive 83 contains all 24 instrumentals that feature on the CD and digital versions.

Sama adds: "Vinyl has always been an important part of grime history. It gave us the power to get our music out to the public without having to be tied in to the mainstream music industry. Being able to make our own music and then press it up directly onto vinyl was so pivotal to the growth of grime for many reasons. When I was a teenager growing up and getting into DJing something like this would have been exactly what I wanted, it’s great to be able to give people a package like this."

The launch party will take place at fabric on Friday, October 9th. Listen to Rapid's "3rd Eye," which features on the mix, below.

01. Wiley - Sweep The Floor + Vocals by Wiley, P Money, Jendor & Despa
02. Footsie - Brake Light + Vocals by D Double E, Footsie, Chronik & Diesle D Power
03. Rude Kid - fabric + Vocals by Rival, Ghetts, So Large & Rapid
04. Faze Miyake - Rifts + Vocals by Merky Ace, Shifman, MIK & TKO
05. ZXPH XLLXS - XCXD BXMB + Vocals by Ego, Cadell, Scrufizzer, Maxsta, Rocks, Grim Sickers & Nasty Jack
06. Jme - The Return + Vocals by Manga, Frisco, Novelist, Jammer & Diesle D Power
07. Swifta Beater - War Lord + Vocals by P Money, Jendor, D Double E, Ghetts & Kano
08. Sir Spyro - Farda + Vocals by Footsie, Meridian Dan, Bossman Birdie, Milli Major & President T
09. Dullahbeatz - Final Stage + Vocals by Kano, Saf One, Mayhem , Deadly, PRessure, Bomma B, Tornado, Flowdan, Killa P, GodsGift, Cadell, Shifman & MIK
10. Jammer - Waterden Road + Vocals by Jammer, Discarda, Manga & Killa P
11. Rapid - 3rd Eye + Vocals by Roachee, Stamina, So Large, Rival & Maxsta
12. Spooky - Cookie Monster + Vocals by Scrufizzer, Blacks, Kozzie, Mez, Snowy & J Dot
13. Terror Danjah & P Jam - Crud + Vocals by Hitman Hyper, Jamakabi, Capo Lee & Jammz
14. Kahn & Neek - Bucktown + Vocals by P Money, Jammer, Rocks, Saint, Nico Lindsay & AJ Tracey
15. Jammz - Contender + Vocals by Jammz, Row D, Capo Lee, Kwam, PK & Big Zuu
16. Mystry - Launchpad + Vocals by Saint, Hitman, Jaykae, Choppa, Grim Sickers, Merky Ace, Ego, Chronik & TKO
17. Trends - Ambush + Vocals by Jaykae, Bomma B, Tornado, Hitman, Trapz, Kwam & Spitz
18. Teeza - West London + Vocals by AJ Tracey, Mez, Kyeza, Snowy & J Dot
19. Preditah - Crash Bandicoot + Vocals by D Double E, Discarda, Footsie, PRessure, Deadly, Saf One & Mayhem
20. Maniac - Do One You Mug + Vocals by Scrufizzer, Maxsta, Rapid & GodsGift
21. Davinche - Kestra + Vocals by Jammz, Novelist, AJ Tracey, PK & Capo Lee
22. Teddy Music - Swear Down + Vocals by Bossman Birdie, Milli Major, Meridian Dan & President T
23. The Heavytrackerz - Santa's Last Christmas + Vocals by Discarda, Roachee, Stamina, MIK, Merky Ace, Shifman & Kozzie
24. Masro - Constructive Mayhem + Vocals by Diesle D Power, Novelist, PK, Kwam, Meridian Dan & President T

Everything about this project sounds completely insane. Stoked.

Ah I see Paolo got there a couple of weeks ago. Still, judging by the range and density of the personnel involved this looks like it could be brilliant.

!!

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/s720x720/12027824_10153380840984667_6624674676916859342_n.jpg?oh=e933731d2be4183617f3fcbb3dde4f8a&oe=56645CDA

20. Maniac - Do One You Mug + Vocals by Scrufizzer, Maxsta, Rapid & GodsGift

Didn't know he was out of prison. Cool track title, terrible person. Can't believe he only did six years

http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/this-girl-absolutely-nailed-stormzys-shut-up-outside-the-noisey-office

This is a quick, third-quarter reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a handful of album selections from each listed) are being updated to the thread-specific Spotify playlist as posted. I just did another top-to-bottom sweep prior to posting this message and have revised as of today with everything that's been added since first mentioned. Subscribe if you're into it!

It's 45 tracks and over 2 hours.

Rolling Grime 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

19. Preditah - Crash Bandicoot + Vocals by D Double E, Discarda, Footsie, PRessure, Deadly, Saf One & Mayhem

This will be the best track.

instro was on his soundcloud a while back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0MRLVjXOGA

stormzy got to the top 20 with a couple of freestyles :)

have seen little simz lumped in with the ~grime rebirth which seems odd to me, she's p much straight up uk hip-hop. she hasn't really caught my ear yet tho i'm gonna give the album a few more chances :(

very impatiently waiting for lady leshurr to FINALLY become a gigantic megastar tho

THE LOGAN SAMA FABRIC MIX >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

... is kind of monotonous

I like it. Some really good MCing on there, both from the veterans and the youngsters. Not keen on the trap style beats though

don't get me wrong, i like it too but it's rather one-note

I was open-mouthed in awe for the first half of it, convinced that we finally had a commercial grime release that came close to capturing the intensity of the best radio sets - Kano sounds revitalised in this context, D Double still reassuringly useless in anything other than full eye-popping intensity, Scrufizzer bars amazing, clearly Black Butter aren't going to ruin him entirely. But the Jammer track seemed to be hinting at a shift up a level that never quite came, the final stretch wasn't the victory lap I'd been anticipating and it sort of ran out of steam towards the end, like he'd shunted a few of the ropiest beats and bars at the back end. Still excellent on balance though.

I mean, it did have me walking through London feeling like I was Megatron, which was surely the desired effect.

Shame it's such a non-stop bro-fest though.

Listening to this again and it really does tail off in the second half, but man that first half. I lost track but props to whoever was respondible for "I'm old-school like Djemba-Djemba".

ZXPH XLLXS - XCXD BXMB

This fucking tune! The Scru verse on it is probably the peak moment of the whole mix.

calling bullshit on the visionist album

the new maxsta ep is really great, i love how much of the title track's video was filmed in canary wharf, which has been a malevolently looming presence in east london for so long. there's a really effective balance between maniac and boothroyd productions, maxsta is so good at handling the more awkward latter. "mare street dickhead" lives up to its title!

"your girl came backstage, took a picture of my dick and put it on pinterest"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oHKhbomztQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLuNr70paw4

new stormzy is fire as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA49Iy_5IAk

As we move to the end of the year, I'd like to drop a quick note to encourage any readers / lurkers / ilxors to post their favorite grime tracks from this year to the thread so that I can hoover them into the ongoing spotify playlist. Last chance for any accessible stragglers that may not already be in the lexicon.

http://www.factmag.com/2015/11/17/elijah-skilliam-grime-2015-compilation/

If anyone's craving a Run The Road-style round-up then this comp is pretty great, loads of stuff I hadn't heard before (although virtually every verse will be familiar to people with the Logan Fabric mix).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Srbw68axc

^^^ Also Kano over the XCXD BXMB beat is brilliant and rubbish in equal measure, right up until the point where he goes full Alan Partridge with "your girl's pum-pum stinks like the A13 Beckton exit", which is quite a location-specific diss.

#stormzyforxmasno1

Man try say he's better than me
Tell my man shut up
Mention my name in your tweets
Oi rudeboy, shut up
How can you be better than me?
Shut up
Best in the scene?
Tell my man shut up

Simple, yet effective

The Fadar - How Pirate Radio Made Grime Great, Again
http://www.thefader.com/2015/12/21/how-pirate-radio-made-grime-great-again

I'm wrapping this playlist for the year. It has been updated with a few new adds (No Lay, Visionist, Preditah, Plastician) and includes every track mentioned on thread that is available via Spotify's US catalogue as of EOY 2015. If I missed something or if a track comes available sometime in the future, bump here to let me know and I'll add.

Rolling Grime 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist