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Over the past decade and a bit, the resourcefulness of British music, particularly Black British music, has made it the cultural powerhouse it is today. Rappers and producers from the UK are now setting pace across the globe, but a big part of that success is owed to the tireless creatives working behind the cameras. […]
As we wave goodbye to another year in the terrordome and try not to think about what 2021 will bring, we can at least be grateful that British musicians somehow managed to top the year before—no mean feat, given the blockbuster works 2019 gave us. Established dons like Footsie, Manga and Potter Payper all released […]
Last year, we opened this feature with the words “2019 has been strongly mixed”, and given the thunderstorm of horror that has been 2020—a dreadful cocktail of a globe-trotting deadly virus, worldwide economic devastation and worsening race relations—we’d do just about anything to go back to those halcyon days. However! Music, as always, has been an […]
On a night that saw Stormzy win Best British Male, Dave win Album Of The Year and Mabel take home the award for Best British Female, the 40th Brit Awards was a real celebration of UK black music. Dave delivered a powerful performance of his hit song “Black” alongside producer and composer Fraser T Smith, […]
Before Since ‘93, you worked in A&R at Virgin EMI and signed Professor Green and Krept & Konan. With Krept & Konan, they got a record deal after Young Kingz charted in the Top 20. Then their debut album, The Long Way Home, was a top five album. How do you go from a ‘good’ […]
Kaylum Dennis is a prime example of what you can become when you combine an undeniable love for video directing, relentless hard work and a humble personality. You only have to scroll through your favourite music vids on YouTube to notice the increasingly familiar ‘Visuals By Kaylum’ branding that subtly prefaces his work. At just 21, Dennis […]
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