Artist Spotlight: Summer Pearl

Photo Credit: Ortiz-Arenas Talking with the creative-entity that is Summer-Pearl on her latest collaborations alongside upcoming artists Teshay Makeda and Enny; the importance she places on both her visuals and live instrumentation; and the process of creating her first project,…

Shumba Maasai – Flavour [Stream]

London’s Shumba Masaai and Lisbon born producer Mathematics initially met working as kitchen porters but reconnected to create ‘Flavour’. And aren’t we glad they did. The track opens with the playful crackle of a balloon being blown up, ‘billin’ flavours,…

Rhakim Ali – 'You Should Be Sorry' Review

Fusing gritty, East Coast energy with the wandering syllables of contemporary artists like Earl Sweatshirt or Detroit’s Zelooperz, New York’s Rhakim Ali practically occupies a generational timewarp on You Should Be Sorry. Both coming across as an opportunity for the rising name to prove…

G00SE – Presidential Suite

The one named G00SE… – Superb with the multi-syllabics.– A dab hand at production too it appears.– Pretty bollocks at lining up lip syncing to a video.– Known to honk loudly at trespassers. New track ‘Presidential Suite’ sees our avian…

Daniel Adé – Shine! [Video]

Coming hot on the heels of ‘Kappa’ – May’s super fun back to back with fellow Londoner Xadi – new single ‘Shine!’ firms Daniel Adé’s spot in the London alternative scene. Riding the beat with ease, the track comes with…

Deema – CHEW YOUR FOOD [Stream]

Photo Credit: Berm South-London’s Deema came onto our radars back in 2018 with his double-single drop ‘The Debut’, flexing both his versatile lyricism and delivery. After spending last year dropping even further, eclectically-minded singles such as the optimistic ‘Through It…

Boy Nash – Armaggedon V

New track from Boy Nash is deep. The fifth installment in a line of bodied instrumentals, V sees Nash on passionate form. Every word laden with conviction on this Mantis Beats produced heater. Watch out for more fire dropping soon.

Taff X Guami – Yesterday

With intricate, revolving rhyme schemes and masterful energy control, QM Records resident Taff transforms Guami’s nostalgia-filled soundscape of wistful trumpets and surfed-out guitar samples into an outright torrent of emotions and experiences. Shot by dream-makers Cult Deep, visuals of Taff…