GaraGe/Grime REVIEWS
grooves throughout, this is fresh and
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dancefloor-friendly. THE WIDEB ELIJ
Boy Better Know last year and are back
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david Jordan Goin’ In together. Royal T remixes
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electronica, which works well with groove, and then check the Rotten Riddims
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David’s voice. Enter new producer 31 monstrous electric guitar
Flavas, to unleash a devastating UK lick! Taken from his latest mix-
funky bassline offering. Imagine Wookie tape ‘S.O.O.N’, produced by
back in the day with 10 pints of Nescafe, Gramophonedzie man-of-the-moment Terror
a vocalist resembling Prince and a bass Why Don’t You? Danjah, Dot brings out the
box that would blow away any Max Virgin vocal chords. Great track
Power Car Show and you wouldn’t be
that balances commercial
far off. Circulating on limited promo at “Get out of here, get me appeal with a gritty edge.
the moment — make sure you get this if some money too!” is the
you see it. line before this crazy Skepta
carnival mash-up anthem English Breakfast
rapid drops into madness. Boy Better Know
Go Rapid
Rapid Fire oG’z Taken from the forthcom-
Hot Headz (Royal T ing mixtape ‘Been There,
Ruff Squad’s legendary producer Remix) Done That’ Skepta ad-
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breaks out of the crew for his first solo Organised Grime dresses all the indirect talk
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single. After spending 2009 producing
popping up on the grime
example for Tinchy Stryder, Ghetto, Wiley and Consisting of P Money, Lit- Youtube channels from
Won’t Go Quietly many more for 2010, he has decided to tle D and Blacks, the OG’z fellow MCs.
MOS whose ridiculously sick electronic get back on the mic. Picking up where crew all had solo releases
dubstep version lets off a disgusting sub he left off with the classic Ruff Squad
Following on from his massive club low bass over bouncey kicks. sounds from 2006 era (think ‘Xtra’ and
anthem ‘Watch The Sun Come Up’ ‘Knightrider’), ‘Go Rapid’ delivers a
and the Chase & Status-remixed ‘Girl deekline & ed Solo skippy beat and a catchy hook that will
Can’t Dance’, Example strength- I Don’t Smoke keep it rotating throughout the year.
ens his hold on worldwide lyrical Rat Records
domination. His voice and timing is
Terror danjah
tighter than a juggernaut navigat- Originally a Top 10 record back in the Acid/Pro Plus
ing down a cycle path, combining a day, Nick and Ed get back in the studio Hyperdub
mixture of Calvin Harris quirkiness with fellow Rat Records friends and art-
with Dizzee Rascal’s flows. ‘Won’t ists to bring forth an amazing new lease Terror’s return to form has seen three
Go Quietly’ expresses his views of life to the No.1 anti-smoking anthem. releases in three months: ‘Gremlinz’, ‘In-
about a temptress — “Man, she was Krafty Kuts jumps into the studio and dustry Standard 4’ and ‘Bipolar’. Along-
my kryptonite” and “Tied up but drops some sick choppy breaks over side his long-time studio partner DOK,
no strings attached” are just a few some electro elements and wicked he joins Kode9’s Hyperdub. The epic
of the crackers that ride over the samples, 1Xtra’s Crissy Criss delves deep introduction and furious drops of ‘Acid’
DJ Luvin’ Lou auSlaGe
awesome electro garagey bass and into dubstep which really works well, Ed would prove too much for most MCs to
solid drums. & Nick roll out a d&b mix, and to finish go toe-to-toe with. ‘Pro Plus’, alongside 01. Corneille ‘liberation (MJ Cole Vocal Mix)’ Island Records
off the release, Utah Saints drop some DOK, is a simple synth workout, with all
“One for the soul!”
festival electro. Put that in your pipe of their signature sounds that we have
02. Kele le roC ‘retro (S! Vibes Mix)’ 2Tuf 4U
party dark
“The female voice of UK garage is back!”
and smoke it! grown to love over the years.
Is That You?
03. SunShip ‘Tell The Sun (Two Step Vocal Mix)’ CDR
“A pure dancefloor monster for the sing-along crew.”
Champion Clearcut feat Trix Kano
Fireworks (Calvertron Remix) More Than One Way
04. Qualifide & Jazzy d feaT niCole ‘Sweetest Sound’ Groove
Odyssey
Party Dark, aka Randy & J-Rock, touch Typecast Bigger Picture “This has been smashing up our events since last year!”
down with their debut single on one of
05. Keri hilSon ‘energy (Bee-Q & unique remix)’ CDR
the original pioneering labels, Cham- Quality house label enlists one half of Kano returned to the grime scene in
“UK garage the way we love it.”
pion Records. The imprint responsible Twocker to rework their latest trance 2008 with the ‘140 Grime Street’ album,
06. MaJeSTiC ‘in The Vip (Control-S remix)’ Big Life
for some of the biggest house/garage electro release. Good move! Calv com- which was not well-received. After the
“Majestic’s club banger gets the Control-S treatment.”
crossovers of all time, including Robin pletely recycles the vocal, dropping off auto-tune mess ‘Rock & Rolla’, the East 07. riChie dan & fooTlooSe ‘What’s Going on? (Club Mix)’ M.I.Raw
S’s ‘Show Me Love’, jumps into 2010 stabs, zaps and sirens to build the track London MC has gone ‘conscious rap’.
“Richie Dan is back to set any club alight with this riddim.”
with a fresh take on urban electro. into a pumping old skool rave break There is a strange lack of direction in 08. MJ Cole feaT SeroCee ‘ao (zed Bias Wind-up Mix)’ Prolific
Party-influenced lyrics and super-slick, before unleashing a devastating synth general with Kano’s music for one of the
“Zed Bias is aiming for the dancefloors on this one.”
Wiley-esque production help to make bass riff. Amens and pulsing synths most talented artists from the grime
09. hayden ‘Get into you (Wideboys london Mix)’ CDR
“This smashed up many raves in 2009.”
this an instant club banger. The heavy- power the mid section, and a repeated scene. The delivery is lazy and the lyrics
weight remixes come from DJ Naughty, MC lick really hammers home the hook. are lacking — we are still waiting for
10. Junior Clan ‘hold on (S! Klub dub)’ Imploded Records
“Junior Clan deliver a fine piece of music.”
Calvertron and notably, Akira Kiteshi, Constantly developing and changing Kano’s best, five years after his debut!
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