The other night was a blast. I was gutted about missing the film (and the ensuing Q+A), but managed to hook up with Mr Grievous Angel (whose new funky tune is imminent) and Mr STN and posse for the party at the Rhythm Factory. I have to say I was in two minds about coming …
The Resonance show was a blast. I met some great people and had a lot of fun. The tracklist is now up here: http://exoticpylon.com/pages/11-04-09.html As is an mp3 of the show, but you can also access that below. It’s well worth checking the archives as well, all the shows so far are available to hear. …
Too much happening with Grime this year for me to provide anything like a proper roundup. I can’t even say with any honesty that I’ve had a chance to properly check out everything I’ve bought or downloaded. Which is good – an embarrassment of riches instead of slim pickings. One of my resolutions for 2009 …
“Raggamuffin Nasty Jack inna de area, me a true grime star…” Don’t tell the better half, but by my reckoning I have bought 14 grime mixtapes this year. The imminent release of the 4th installments of both Jammer’s “Are You Dumb?” and Trim’s “Soulfood” will surely increase this total (and we’d better not mention the numerous 12″ …
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Previously in the Blogariddms #50 tag team throwndown: Nomos. Quiet and hooded, his eyes stared out, small hands make patterns on the window. Body shifting on wood, dog outside the door, flickering memories as trains manoeuvre in old men’s eyes. So, farewell to Blogariddims – retiring at the sprightly age of fifty episodes. The whole …
We featured Young Dot in Woofah issue 1’s feature on upcoming Grime MCs, but we missed something then which fits so nicely into the Woofah worldview that I’m kicking myself now. Young Dot subsequently mutated into Dot Rotten, and killed off his former incarnation with the excellent “RIP Young Dot” mixtape. It’s one of my …
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