Blackdown

myself and dusk are launching keysound recordings as a home for our productions. the imprint has been many years in the making, in the livi...

This evening I participated for the first time in one of urban music’s great rituals: I went dubplate cutting. You turn east out of Forest H...

second edition of my monthly column is live-o.

yesyes it's true: DMZ03 will feature me pon decks. many thanks to DMZ for spreading the love. in the meantime get ready for some fresh n...

The feature below was first commissioned for The Guardian's Online section in autumn 2002, and published in Deuce magazine in spring 200...

"Yes, you've got to be strong..." Sizzla, "Be Strong" (Drop Leaf riddim)

Club Forward>>’s summer line up comes true to it’s name and ethos: moving things ... forward. If you’ve followed the fusion/purism deb...

Some audio grabbed from the Rinse audio forum, too tasty not to share. Slimzee v Carnage pon deckle, Wiley and later on Syre B on mic. Some...

... is here . Check the heated follow-up discussion here .

A tight little mix over at Tempo Tantrum HQ from Reza brought something into focus. It made me realise the relative merits of fusion v puri...

Brap-br-br-brap to Youngsta for last nights Forward>> sets. There have been times in the past when his halfstep/negative space/sub bas...

nof*ckingway: Riko Dan has a blog

Two MCs keeping me amused right now. Bruza: the way he introduces himself using a 'throat clearing' noize. "A-cough-cough-cough...

BRAAAAAAAP Or more specifically BRAAA AAAAP

Check the audio links... Syre B and Shots "I’m Gifted" Terror Danjah "Piano Madness" Terror Danjah "Sonar" Dan...

Wastemanager Manager who makes things worse Academics Seldom seen rocking Akademiks Gashgrime Terror's r&g direction. For the laydee...

Interesting to see how Cameo’s now totally segregating his show into grime and what he calls "r’n’g’ aka "rhythm and grime" ...

Rocking my Monday morning... Logan’s last Rinse show is heavy. Does he really have his own Vibez Kartel special? And were Jammer, JME, Skep...

I’ve seen some unlikely things at Forward>> over the years. But never did I expect last night’s session. Never did I expect to see Ja...