February 17, 2005
Grime is a form of music that’s being played in special club nights in New York City and Philadelphia, Cool Hunting reports.
It stems out from UK Garage in the underground music scene in the UK with quick, often explicit, lyrics are overlaid on top of intense beats. Artists include Lady Sovereign, PSFK fave Dizzee Rascal, and Wiley.
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From Being Hunted:
Resonating and reverberating from tower block pirate radio stations, and pimped up VW Golfs throughout London is a sound with many names. Some call it Eski, some call it 8 Bar, some call it Sublow – the most common term being Grime. A raw mixture of influences born out of the UK Garage, Hip Hop, and Dub scenes – with fractious electro rhythm patterns – it really is the most original sound to come out of the UK since Drum and Bass in mid 90s.
The first artists from the Grime scene to get any kind of recognition were Dizzee Rascal and Wiley in 2002, with ‘I Luv You’ and ‘Eskimo’ respectively. Rascal won the Mercury Music prize in 2003 for his debut offering ‘Boy in Da Corner’ – in early 2004 Wiley released the soul baring ‘Treddin’ on Thin Ice’ to critical acclaim. Whilst the underground was positively quaking due to the myriad of small crews and sound systems sprouting up around London – record stores such as Rhythm Division in East London, and Rinse FM championed the cream of the crop, and continue to do so. Many crews release their music on home-produced DVDs throughout independent record stores in London, meaning the scene has grown organically in a truly underground fashion.
Many thought that 2004 would be the year that Grime went big time……
Read More Here: http://www.beinghunted.com/v40/features/2005/grime/index.html
March 3rd, 2005 at 12:50 pm
Like a bit of grime/urban garage try this link. Kid mixing this is only 19 and is good, really good. Not his best stuff but you’ll get a good idea!!
Free stream/download.
http://www.staylocked.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=65133
Happy listening. Feedback welcome on website.
March 4th, 2005 at 11:49 am