If you missed this last August, fear not. This March, the Butterz label return to Cable, London to bring us another collosal night out.
The event, which celebrates the Butterz label’s 2nd birthday features my personal favourites Swindle, Royal-T and Champion, alongside the likes of JME, Marcus Nasty, Ruby Lee Ryder and of course, Elijah & Skilliam. Grab your tickets here!
To get you in the mood for the party, Grime producer Royal-T makes his Rinse debut with a release entitled Number One. Available in both 12″ and digital formats, Number One features 2 tracks, Inside The Ride and Cool Down – both of which have a really nice old school feel paired with that distinctive Royal-T sound. Number One drops on 5th March, ahead of his first full-length album which be released later on in the year.
Monday 21st November sees the 16th* installment of Rinse FM’s compilation CD series, mixed by Big Eyes favourites, Elijah and Skilliam. Rinse: 17 is a collection of 2011′s purest grime from past, present and future stars such as Wiley, P Money and Royal-T.
*There was no Rinse:13.
Kicking off the 27-track beast of a compilation is Butterz label soldier, Royal-T’s Orangeade VIP. I first heard this earlier this year vocalled by P Money, Blacks and Little Dee and could NOT get enough of the instrumental. It’s the perfect way to begin the CD and sets the tone for what else is to come. And on it’s way is DOK’s East Coast, Boo You from P Money and Blacks featuring Slickman (any verse that says “dem girlies dem girlies” has my seal of approval), and Rossi B And Luca’s Limehouse, shaping the beginnings of an immense tracklist.
The core of the compilation is made up of meaty, full-on grime (in true Butterz style) including Silo Pass from Bok Bok, Terror Danjah’s Full Attention with Ruby Lee Ryder on the vocals providing probably the catchiest chorus of the year, and a hefty collaboration from Rude Kid, Wizzy Wow, Terror Danjah and the master of contemporary funk, Swindle.
Track 17 holds my personal favourite remix of the year in the form of Trim’s I Am (Preditah remix). The Butterz label have provided a great platform for Trim to get the recognition and support he deserves in 2011. I’m expecting some serious heat from him in the upcoming months!
Picking up the pace again is arguably the biggest grime instrumental of the year, Faze Miyake’s Take Off. If I could MC (actually, my lack of skill isn’t going to stop me), I would pay Faze Miyake a lot of money to have this instrumental for my first single (look out for my mixtape out early 2012).
From start to finish, Elijah & SKilliam’s Rinse 17 perfectly epitomes grime music and although the CD mainly focuses on contemporary grime, I was EXTREMELY pleased to have the Ghetto Kyote instrumental hit me at track 20. Whether its Kano’s vocal or one of the many other versions, this instrumental is untouchable and sounds perfect next to both classic and contemporary grime.
The Rinse 17 mix winds down slowly through the sounds of DJ Q’s Woooo riddim remix, Starkey and Trim’s This Ain’t Me and the incredibly smoooooth Moodswings VIP from Swindle. I was going to go off on a whole tangent about how sick the Moodswings VIP is, but I’ll save that for another post. Just check out the video below.
As a warm-up to the launch of the CD, Elijah & Skilliam hosted a collossal show on Rinse FM last Thursday which had the likes of Terror Danjah, Sir Spyro, Rude Kid, Faze Miyake, Swindle, Royal-T, Rude Kid, D.O.K, Preditah and Mr Mitch all under one roof. EPIC stuff. Do your ears a huge favour and download the 4-hour set here.
The launch party for the upcoming CD takes place this Thursday (10th November) at FWD>> and features Royal-T, Scratcha DVA, Swindle V Silkie and of course Elijah & Skilliam themselves all taking to the decks to do what they do best. I don’t think I need to remind you to leave your best kicks at home, strictly old beaters for this one!
The only place to be on Saturday night was Cable in London for a seeeerious rave put on by the Butterz and Hardrive labels.
Kicking off around 10.30, ravers were not only treated to dope sets from heavyweight DJs such as Kode9, Scratcha DVA, Swindle and DOK, but also live bars from some of grime’s finest. D Double E replaced P Money for a live PA on Terror Danjah’s set, everyone’s favourite duo Elijah & Skilliam were joined by Blacks and Bruza, and Family Tree member Merky Ace tore up Butterz family and badboy producer Royal T’s set, leaving me shouting “STANDARD” “ERGH” AND “NORMAL” for the rest of the night!
Personal highlights of the night have got to be the sets from Elijah & Skilliam and Champion, who played the best in UK Funky and definitely suprised me when he ended his set with a nice bit of old school grime. It’s safe to say I lost my mind when he dropped Alias’s Gladiator!
Check out the video below and download all the sets from Room 1 here
This Saturday UK labels Butterz and Hardrive join forces with We Fear Silence to bring us a dope party at Cable in London.
The lineup is pretty outrageous and includes, Kode9, Champion, Royal-T, P Money, Terror Danjah, Swindle, Scratcha DVA, MA1 and of course Elijah & Skilliam.
It’s definitely going to be a messy night so I’d advise rocking some comfortable beaters. For me, its got to be my WMNS Air Max 1 ND – Club Purple/White.
I wish they still looked as fresh as this picture! These beasts kept me going at Lovebox festival, so I’m hoping they won’t let me down on Saturday.
Listen back to Elijah & Skilliam’s show on Rinse FM last week for some grimey goodness to get you in the mood. Advance Tickets are £10 from here, bring your skanking sneakers!
13/08/2011
10pm – 6am
Cable
Bermondsey St Tunnel
London
SE1 3JW
Anyone want to be in his band??
Big Love to you Skilliam, thanks for sending me the link and making me laugh so early in the morning!!
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