First major compilation of this new UK underground scene. What is "grime"? Different people call it different things, depending on when they discovered it. In the '80s, maybe it was house, techno, and electro. In the '90s it was UK-G, drum & bass, and breaks. Now there are so many terms for it that the journalists can't pigeonhole it -- which is a good thing, because it's music. Moody music, multifunctional, multifaceted music created by humans with brains, hearts, machines, and electricity. Music that's g...   [ read more ]

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John Thill was born in Riverside, CA: land of heat, drugs, and stately grime. For six years he lived in gritty neighborhoods therein. Heart of Grime is an autopsy of that city and a record about the very ground falling out from under one's feet, about coming home to a place that no longer makes sense. Thill wrote and recorded the album in a motor home outside his parents' house in Riverside County after making an unscheduled return to California from the Southeast with his tail between his legs. Informed b...   [ read more ]

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With the release of Solar Life Raft, DJ | Rupture and Matt Shadetek emerge from the shores of Brooklyn bearing gifts from the future. A rich blend of bass, beats, and space, rocked by a tropical wind out of the west, the album is an arresting testament to the fruit that grows at the margins, free from genre orthodoxy and pulsing with gentle mutant energy. The duo has a shared appreciation for streetwise dance music as well as more experimental sounds, and Solar Life Raft features tracks blended on three de...   [ read more ]

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