This week there have been a number of good interviews and articles posted online from stellar writers immersed in the UK music scene. Rather than rehash what’s already been said, I’ve decided to resurrect the Rewind! (Rewind! is simply a roundup of links to what’s good, what’s new, wha gwaan on the web, and it used to be a regular feature here on HearingTest.) This particular Rewind! features links to some great articles written by a few music journalists that I enjoy reading: there’s a T2 interview, a Durrty Goodz interview, Grimewatch, proof that Grime’s Not Dead, plus video of Skepta in the BBC radio studios with Mary Anne Hobbs, Wiley clashing Ghetto, and a dubstep documentary!
T2 Talks To Prancehall About The Terminator
First up, T2 released the new video for his smash hit “Heartbroken” featuring Jodie Aysha. The song was so popular in GB this summer that Universal decided to scoop him up and give the single a major release. “Heartbroken” comes out 26 November. The illustrious music journalist Prancehall caught up with the under-aged leader of Bassline House for an interview that was dominated by talking about the Terminator. It will be published in the next issue of Vice magazine, but you can read it right now on Prancehall’s blog. A great quote from the 19-year old Terminator fan:
Well, when you think of it now, he’s just the dumbest guy, Arnold Schwarzenegger. But when you’re a little kid it’s fascinating – all the action and that. A lot of people think it’s dumb. It’s just like cartoons – it worked for kids but it might not work for adults.
That’s pretty much what I thought, until he became our Governator!
Grime Time With Logan Sama and Dan Hancox
Speaking of Vice mag, grime radio dj Logan Sama wrote the brief Grimewatch article for their current issue. If you aren’t familiar with Logan Sama, head over Lower End Spasm’s interview and get to know him. His Kiss radio show had more listeners than any other during the same slot – 48,000! According to the ratings posted on RWD, that’s more than Radio 1 (21,000) and Choice FM (31,000) and almost more than the 2 combined!
Dan Hancox had a fantastic interview with one of grime’s biggest MCs of the moment, Durrty Goodz and it was published today in FACT Magazine. Durrty was recently acquitted for murder after waiting almost a whole year in jail for the case to go to trial. His brother, another hot grime MC in his day, was not so fortunate and has just begun a 30 year sentence without parole. Believe the hype when they say the grime scene can be dangerous (on both sides of the barrel). Wiley retired for a good reason… Durrty transformed these difficult experiences into an amazing and emotional EP called Axiom and now he’s working on a full-length album for release next year. Dan talks to Durrty about all of it in this great interview on FACT. Dan reveals on Lower End Spasm that:
I have it on good authority that Born Blessed is shaping up to be on a higher level, conceptually, musically, and lyrically, than Axiom, as good as that EP was. Big things to watch out for!
Note – the link to Goodz’ my$pace at the end of the article is not quite right. Here is the offishal link –
www.myspace.com/officialdurrtygoodz
Dan Hancox also wrote an interesting article for the UK’s Guardian about where grime is perched in the music scene right now and how that compares to the way the media perceives its position. It’s a response to another Guardian music journalist who wrote about Kano’s latest release as if grime was dead and no longer had a vibrant scene. As such, the article lays out some fantastic roots and culture that appeals to veterans of grime music as much as newcomers to the sound.
I highly recommend both of those articles by Dan Hancox. He has a great perspective from inside the scene and he’s also a great writer.
Grime and Dubstep Videos
Last but not least, two great videos to add some A/V to this roundup. The first one is from Mary Anne Hobbs’ BBC radio show last week when she was finally graced by Skepta in the studio. She claims she has been trying for 2 whole years to get him in there. The video features highlights of his live in-studio performance:
Ghetto and Wiley clash at Dirty Canvas – Part 1
And this is a bit older but very educational. It’s a documentary about dubstep that the BBC put together:
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