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When Frisco linked up with D Double E and Ghetts for “Colours” in July, it was all but confirmed that he would be dropping an album at some point, and this was confirmed last night with the announcement of The Familiar Stranger, which is due out next month. With the announcement came some visuals from Chas Appeti […]
Just like the green-filled West Yorkshire they sprung up from, Leeds four-piece Noya Rao are all about the organic. Despite their futuristic R&B sound, they’re far more interested in live instruments and hardware, giving tracks like their new single “Heaven Bound” a layered, lo-fi sound that’s impossible to replicate with software. Drawing influence from a range of sources […]
Isabelle Zikai Gbotto Carlsson, better known as Zikai, got her first break in the music industry at just 15 years old when she was discovered by acclaimed producer Mack Beats. Since then she’s been songwriting for a host of talents, but now she’s embarking on her own career. Her debut came last year with “Mountain […]
Born in Henley-on-Thames before her parents upped sticks to New York when she was a child, Ella M now lives and works in L.A. Her work on the West Coast has been nothing short of prolific; she dropped her first ever single just seven months ago and she’s already on to her fifth, “Selfish”, with […]
UK rap and grime are not the same. Though they operate in similar spaces, the two British genres are different entities. UK drill, road rap’s offspring, is arguably the closest thing there is to grime—from styles and flows to beat patterns—but even then, it’s still very much its own stable. So many lazy, uncultured hacks would have you believe it but not […]
In 1948, three years after the Second World War, hundreds of people from the Caribbean migrated to Britain to help rebuild the country. Expecting a warm welcome—considering they were coming to help out—they were instead met with rampant overt and systemic racism. West London’s Notting Hill became the landing place for many because they were […]
Adding to the mountain of golden UK rap releases coming out this month, Nines is back with NSG for “Airplane Mode”, the second single from his recently-announced Crabs In A Bucket album. Living up to the example set by previous single “Clout“, “Airplane Mode” comes with some polished visuals (directed by Nines and Charlie Di Placido) that put Nines […]
The cat is officially out of the bag. Capping off what was a pretty huge week for both announcements and actual releases was the news that Dizzee Rascal would be releasing a new album, E3 AF, his seventh studio album to date. Not only that, but the first whispers seemed to suggest that it’s going to […]
Berlin-based producer Narou and New Zealand singer Noah Slee have been pushing their respective soul sounds for a good few years now, mixing the genre’s capacity for futurism with classically-minded songwriting and a firm understanding of how to tug at our heartstrings. They’ve now joined forces on new single “Enough”, a tender offer of encouragement to […]
Much has been made of the long-standing cultural relationship between Canada and the UK, and that goes double for London and Toronto. Both locations share the deep-seated influences of the Caribbean diaspora and with that comes a unique musical language and a lineage of music scenes continuously crossing back and forth. Newly-minted Toronto collective No Tourists […]
