J Hus interview from sometime round 2017…
A rare interview with J Hus, just before the debut album dropped- https://www.theransomnote.com/music/interviews/i-am-the-movement-j-hus-talks/
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Artwork for Mixmag
Definitely the best thing about this piece is my cameo role in every single photo. Art is a bad influence. https://mixmag.net/feature/artworks-story-reads-like-hes-already-lived-a-thousand-dance-music-lives
Road Rap for Noisey
Some words to go alongside the Mike Skinner fronted doc Noisey put out on the UK Rap scene — https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/gypwa7/uk-gangsta-drill-road-rap-67-section-boyz-giggs
Ones to Watch for FACT Mag 2017/18
Here’s a couple of lists I wrote, one at the end of 2016, one at the end of 2017. Out of all the artists on em (ignoring the two entries […]
Vince Staples reviewed for The Guardian
It was good. Published here – https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/31/vince-staples-review-kentish-town-forum-big-fish-rapper It’s rare to find a club-ready rapper who cites Joy Division and David Bowie as influences, but then, Vince Staples is a rare […]
Rave artist Pez interviewed for Mixmag
Pez made some of the greatest rave flyers of the early 90s. I enjoyed talking to him about it. https://mixmag.net/read/pez-blog
UK Afrobeats doc for Soundcloud / Fader
I helped produce this film for Fader USA and Soundcloud. I love the shots of Naira and No Mannaz crew in the Peckham pool hall – and strange to see […]
Skepta cover story for the Guardian
Originally appeared in The Guardian Guide, August, 2016, the week before Skepta won the Mercury Prize. You can read it in original form (and enjoy the mad bastards commenting below […]
My Body Full of Stars – An Afrofuturist Mixtape
Selected as one of FACT Magzine’s Top 20 mixtapes of 2015
A Guide to UK Afrobeats for RBMA
First featured on RBMA. Afrobeats is in a state of constant evolution. The genre has grown to cover such a nebulous range of tempos, conventions and rhythmic patterns, that it […]