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Visual Dir 🎥 // 20 year Rinse Fm veteran DJ - Est 1994 // The Grime DVD pioneer // Glamma Gaurd Sound System - Est 1991

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#volunteersweek Wisbech Foodbank volunteers ❤️

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I contributed to an article for @complex_uk compiled by the long time reigning king of grime @josephjppatterson - An oral history of grime’s blog era, the piece is an insight into a seminal time for the UK’s most exciting music scene told by those documenting it from the frontlines. Including me.

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FORE The Culture Exhibiton
Powered by @adidaslondon @guapmag

Inspired by the pulsating beats and rebellious spirit of grime pirate radio culture, FORE’s immersive installation transcended time into the early 2000s. The installation was a throwback to an era where the underground Grime music scene thrived, providing a platform for emerging talents to amplify their voices.

Big love to everyone involved.

#grime #music #exhibition #art

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After the jump, get to know more about the industry experts who helped put together our 50-11 editorial 🖊️✨

@JosephJPPatterson
Before JP joined Complex UK in 2014—first as music editor, then senior editor and now as E-I-C—he was a freelance writer and club night promoter, booking acts like Ghetts, Giggs and Skepta. He also runs popular music platform TRENCH.

@Nazfromnewham
Naz Hamdi has been making moves in music for a while now. She’s racked up bylines for Resident Advisor, GUAP, Acclaim and more. She also works alongside No Signal and manages rising rapper Zino Vinci.

@HattieCollins
Having been the editor of RWD (R.I.P.) for many years, Hattie knows the scene like the back of her hand. She’s the author of ‘This Is Grime’, and you can catch her over on Apple Music today.

@ChantelleFiddy
As one of the very first people to title the genre ‘grime’ in the mainstream press, Chantelle Fiddy has earned her stripes in more ways than one. Her eponymous blog was an essential read for grime/rap heads in the early-to-mid 2000s.

@YemiTheAbiade
Yemi Abiade is a contributing editor for TRENCH and an editorial lead at Mixcloud. He also co-hosts the Rhymes Like Dimes podcast, a bi-weekly series about rap and its history.

@JamesMBKeith
James Keith is a music nerd and proud. He’s a contributing editor at Complex UK and senior editor at TRENCH.

@Hyperfrank
In 2006, Hyperfrank came through swinging as one of the most controversial bloggers in UK underground music. Currently the exec editor of TRENCH, Laura also produces music docs for the likes of BBC Three and BET.

@Aniefiokekp
Aniefiok Ekpoudom is one of the UK’s most celebrated culture journalists. His latest non-fiction, ‘Where We Come From: Rap, Home & Hope In Modern Britain’, tells the story of the unique sociological factors that shaped UK rap.

@JesseBernard.wav
Jesse Bernard is a music journalist, filmmaker, DJ and, in a former life, a semi-pro basketball player. His most recent achievement is ‘COMO VOCÊ’, a doc/ongoing project around Brazil’s exciting grime scene.

@sach_sonraw
Son Raw is an invaluable voice critiquing and advocating for UK music as a whole in North America.

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This was not an easy task, but… WE RANKED THE 50 BEST BRITISH RAPPERS OF ALL TIME 🇬🇧🏆

Link in bio for the 50-11 list (with full criteria + more) 🔗

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Poem: YNWA, A Karaoke Interlude

Fun fact: This was the only poem in #manorismbook🔴 that I had to FIGHT for. Legal pretty much were like, it can’t happen. I was very much like, “it has to, happen. They dnt understand why, but I do.”

On deadline day, I was faced with two options, it doesn’t make the book, or I re-write the entire poem. I asked how long I had to re-write it, I was told one hour. I was at the V&A that day, knowing I had a show in two hours time. I said, “cool”. They received the new and final version within 20 mins. If you believe in something enough, you’ll find a way towards the goal.

This poem, was that important to me. These were not just “song lyrics.” They were forms of survival, for a generation of Black Brits at various points in time. Before any Shakespeare, this was my guide in life, & craft.

A spiritual thing that lifts off the page, in pure celebration. Hence the title. We remain connected, even when we are alone.

Another fun fact: There are two different Haiku forms in the poem, for those who wanna chat shit.

I’m thankful to these artists, producers/ DJ’s / Event & Magazine curators for highlighting and in some cases, breaking us out of our realities. Giving us permission to just be.

Share on, do your thing ✨

Music: @gyallikeclee -Self

#happyblackhistorymonth #blackhistory #blackbritish #grime #nostalgia #poetrycommunity #spokenword

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Great night at the @adidasoriginals & @trenchtrenchtrench event in London last night with @dj_slimzee @ruffsqwadartsfoundation and @jmebbkinsta was 🔥🔥🔥🔥 more audio and footage coming 🔜 @liamburgess91 🌃

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historic moment from 2015 .. a massive lord of the mics at Islington academy celebrating their 10th anniversary - I was the production manager and a little while after became jammers tour manager for a bit... east london vs birmingham ... 20 mc's and 2 djs battling on stage for the finale... what a night brilliant memories :)

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🚨 CALLING ALL ORIGINALS 🚨

TRENCH and adidas Originals are throwing the biggest event its LDN flagship store has ever seen ✨

On Thursday 28th September, we’re inviting 1001 Originals down to celebrate the launch of the next chapter in the Originals story. Join us for a night full of live music, DJ sets, a talk with Labrum London and Ian Wright, plus free food and drinks 😎

It’s gonna be one for the books 🎯

Live 🎙️
JME
Ruff Sqwad
Travs Presents

DJ Sets 🎚️
DJ Slimzee
SHERELLE
Joce Wavey
YeahItsRenee

🗓️: Thursday 28th September, 2023.
📍: adidas LDN, 425 Oxford Street, W1C 2PG

➡️: Sign up for free entry via the Adidas app (link in our bio).

📝: The event starts at 7.30pm.

#WeGaveTheWorldAnOriginal
#adidasLDNflagship

With thanks to @lostworldlondon 🏆

Hit the 🔗 in our bio for more information.

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🚨 NEW PROJECT ALERT 🚨

We are pleased to announce that TRENCH is the lead content partner on ‘UNION BLACK: Sounds Of A Nation – Chapter One’, a new bespoke project from Google and YouTube that digs a little deeper to uncover the stories of Black creators and the movements that have paved the way and changed the game forever 🏆

From lovers’ rock to Devons Road, Shirley Bassey to Skepta, Normski to Stormzy, Sade to BBC 1Xtra, we’ve packed it all in for your reading pleasure (talk about range!). As the age-old saying goes: “You have to know the past to understand the present.” That goes for the future, too. Respect the architects!

The new online platform, with over 45 stories, can be viewed via the LINK IN BIO.

The print edition, which was given out exclusively at the YouTube Legacy event on September 7, will soon be available in limited numbers to our loyal readers and followers (more on that later). But for now, hit the LINK IN BIO to see us shine a light on the past, present and future greatness of Black British music and culture.

With thanks to @byyawowusu, @sheniececharway, @moirarizo, @adamgstudio, Lyndsey Fitzgerald, Chantelle McCallam.

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Really nice feature in @crackmagazine & @dicefm’s new zine about the clubnights that inspired Local Action — got to hone in on Dirty Canvas, and specifically a night with Ruff Sqwad and Boy Better Know that was a total game-changer.

Included the unedited version on slide 3 because it’s a nice excuse to shout out some of the other great parties from that era of London clubbing that sometimes get neglected in the shadow of FWD / Plastic People. You know who you are!

Thanks to @annarosalita for the shoot, @dhruvacurly for the edit, and @e_v_e_r_s_o_n__ for the loan for the day 🐶

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So after years online talking on forums, and thanks to @preshie_baby for the idea, I started the Hyperfrank (Hyper About Grime) blog in early 2006. I mostly shared great finds, new 🔥 acts that deserved attention, BTS knowledge and photoshopped moments (now called memes) of what was going on at the time. I started it, so it was easier to share with friends on MSN messenger, what was coming out of this new scene but didn’t have hours to dig through the internet and talk with people and clip hours of pirate radio sets.

Around this time it was hard to see the music live. So I remember going to Dirty Canvas (a night held in the corner of ICA’s corridor) so I could review it for the blog. I took pictures so I could remember the order of performances on a cheap digital camera, I never intended to use them for anything else as uploading images let alone videos was very LONG these days, but for some reason I did and it all kicked off. Aside from DVDs and a few rare appearances in mags you weren’t really seeing these things so quickly after an event or candid moments.

Anyway, that led me to take my little 🚗 (🚂 and even ✈️) to start documenting nights across the country with people who also wanted to support (@dianajustsugacane, @josephjppatterson, @itscaseyamber and many more 🙏🏻✨). It led to breaking news, doing exclusive interviews and capturing the stories behind genre-defining moments. I pretty much do everything I learnt back then, for my job now within production in documentaries. I have grime and the scene to thank for that!

Major salutes to @chantellefiddy and @hattiecollins for giving me, and so many others, opportunities to get their first bylines in print. There were so many blockers in this era but you two really encouraged so many of us by sharing opportunities and showing how to transfer skills.

It really was a moment. A moment that brought so many strangers from across the country, and world, together.

I have about a million and one photos and clips from this time. That one day I’ll properly put out in a zine. For now, thanks @josephjppatterson for this 🔥 @complex_uk feature and acknowledging the era.

Hit the 🔗 in bio to read.

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