grime in 2015

also if you're not keeping up with lady leshurr's queen's speech freestyles you should be

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f1kxKxWpYo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVeT27F8CPY

why didn't this all happen years ago!

The JME album feels almost exactly like the sort of mid-tier record that could have come out on BBK pretty much any time in the last eight years or so, total absence of bar-raising there. Too many self-righteous vegan bars as well. I do like the bit when Big Narstie shouts 'BATISTUTA!' though.

I put on Shutdown straight afterwards and there was just so much more energy and urgency there.

Anyone listen to the No Lay mixtape? http://sbtv.co.uk/exclusives/no-lay-holy-sinners-mixtape-free-download/

Downloading now after reading about it in the Wire (of all places)

new Dark0 track is euphoric

Dark0 - Abrasion

https://soundcloud.com/dark0/fader-premier-dark0-abrasion/s-higi0

Released by:
Rinse
Release date:
15 June 2015

this is a monster of track, instrumental grime meets ravey future bass

Zgjim - hidden_forest_dance
https://soundcloud.com/zgjimi/hidden_forest_dance

another track in a similar style, instrumental synth grime from scotland

Bushido - Bashful
https://soundcloud.com/liminalsoundsmusic/bushido-bashful-1

sharp, fluid, incisive, euphoric

thank you for your contributions to this thread

some interesting grime developments happening in the US at to the mo

Korma from Seattle

Korma - Dismantle
https://soundcloud.com/xlr8r/korma-dismantle

Korma - Silencer Riddim
https://soundcloud.com/do-the-astral-plane/premiere-korma-silencer-riddim

one for the vocal fans, with korma's brilliant bass destroying beats added to the vocals from an old riko dan track

Riko Dan - Woo Freestyle (Korma Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/korma-seattle/riko-dan-woo-freestyle-korma-remix

a funky grime track, with lots of sharp chiming turns and oriental beats

SUDANIM — "Seydou"
https://soundcloud.com/soundpellegrino/seydou-by-sudanim

riyl Fatima Al-Qadiri

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.

man there's just

so many weird take-it-as-given about the functions of music both generally & specifically in this

Yes - for one thing could've been written 20 years ago about hip hop. And just as false a dichotomy now as then, given the wealth of strong vocal grime itt.

guys, instrumental hiphop is boring too

some people like it

if you'd read the original post its pretty clear SR was responding to a wire piece about yameneko/mr mitch etc. he clearly wasnt referring to stuff like skepta or stormzy.

surely its much more 'weird take-it-as-given' (rockist?) to propose that proper instrumental albums/structural abstraction/melodicism are somehow an 'advance' for the genre

it IS a bit ironic that reynolds wrote liner notes for planet mu's terror danjah comp, the release that probably lead to all this 'weightless' stuff. but even then, that was much more to do with planet mu removing TD from his true context as mc tools (i remember a woebot blog post at the time lamenting the choice to release only instrumental versions, unfortunately forgetting that 'cock back' and 'boogyman'aside, the vocal tunes on aftershock were generally pretty crap. still, the point stands)

i'm really enjoying the recent grime resurgence and ive been hearing some good 'proper' grime on mode fm recently, though im still yet to hear any new mcs that particularly stand out.

and sorry but i have to say it, that reynolds quote is a good description of the stuff dj martian has been posting. just look at all the horrible artist names!

tarquin

smodi & utah?

SEXWORKER!!!

...mumdance & novelist!

;)

I listened to the Mumdance Fabric mix a few times a couple of months back and came to the conclusion that these guys are amazing sound designers/producers but not particularly interesting as writers/composers. Still, the part of me that listened to it like was an Autechre record found a lot to enjoy, these big isolated citadels of bass and shards of synth noise, but I couldn't work out the functional point of the music at all. Like, what actually happens when this stuff is played on a dancefloor? What are you actually supposed to DO to it?

As a mix in its own right it only really got into gear when the MCs appeared (and really Novelist comes across as a very pedestrian and witless MC, Riko absolutely destroyed him). And the final (stupendously enjoyable) stretch of 90s hardcore felt like a tacit admission that this scene lacks proper bangers/anthems/rollers of its own.

Cosign on the names, Dark0 really does sound like the kind of name designed to appeal to hirsute Quietus bores and no one else.

OTOH if it hadn't been for the latest revive I'd have been completely ignorant of that No Lay mixtape which I will be downloading immediately.

"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 :)