Mixclique Vision have been putting in the work yet again, with more video's from the grime scene's finest artists and producers. This time round we're treated to an interview with the man behind the 'Tarzan' track, producer J Beatz.
He talks about his own music style and what to expect when you hear a 'J Beatz' production being suited more towards the clubs, although he has a wide style and even caters for the more melodic type tracks. He also chats about the time when he felt like he started to become established in the scene, upcoming projects and releases and even shows us a few snippets of some new material.
We haven't heard too much from the North London mc this year, since his release with producer Exo Remedy earlier this year, so it's good to hear the talented mc back again with some fresh bars. This time we see a freestyle filmed by Mixclique, the second freestyle, from their 'Mixclique Vision' series, where Nico Lindsay goes in over Darq E Freaker's 'Lock Off The Rave' instrumental. Enjoy.
Last Saturday Butterz & Hardrive tore apart Cable nightclub at London Bridge, with performances from DJ's Elijah & Skilliam, Royal-T, Champion, Terror Danjah, Swindle, D.O.K, Scratcha DVA and Kode 9 in room one and funky house in room two.
Grime legend D Double E also performed on the night with Terror Danjah, who was celebrating his birthday, which included live P.A's of 'Back To The Bone', 'Bluku Bluku' and 'Streetfighter Riddim' and also a live set with old skool grime mc Bruza. Other mc's in attendance were Family Tree members Merky Ace and Ego, who both blessed the mic at various times throughout the night, and a quick appearance from Blacks on Elijah's and Skilliam's set.
Highlights of the night for me was funky house DJ/Producer Champion's set who showed us the darker side to the genre and then lit up the place near the end with some old skool grime classics and D Double E's performance with Terror Danjah, although I have to say every DJ and mc had the crowd hype and not one set was a disappointment.
Here's some of the video's from the night to give you an insight to how it went down.
Lets hope this is the start of something new and we'll be seeing many more Butterz hosted nights soon.
Big up the Butterz label and everyone else involved.
You can download/stream the sets from the night in room one below.
Mixclique Vision is back once again for another installment from the series which features freestyles and interviews from all over the grime scene from DJ's to producers to the mc's. Well today the Ipswich pair showcase the fourth episode from the series.....Veteran grime producer Dexplicit.
The man behind so many hits from over the years, including Pow,Bullacake and more recent tracks like the Pull Up Riddim 2011 and Groundwork, which featured a whole host of mc's, chats about his love for the genre and how he creates that trademark sound that's guaranteed to shut down any rave. He also talks about upcoming releases, which includes the 'Rave Locker Series' starting off with Big Narstie and some tracks featuring singers as well from the likes of Lauren Mason and Preeya Kalidas so make sure you look out from them too.
Mixclique , which consists of DJ Ethic and DJ/Producer Neon Beats, have really been putting the work in lately with their latest videos series known as Mixclique Vision. After already airing two episodes, which feature interviews from DJ Spooky and Elijah from the Butterz Label , they bring you the third installment. The latest episode is the first freestyle video they've done so far which features Rival, Styler, Sicx and Nee-Hi.
I have to admit that this was the first time I've really heard anything from Ipswich mc Nee-Hi but I was impressed, he certainly goes in on this freestyle as do the rest of them.
Mixclique presents the second episode in their Mixclique Vision series, this time round from Elijah, one half of the Butterz label. With the grime scene now going off in a few different directions, Elijah and Skilliam plus a few others are certainly creating their own route, focusing more on the dance style side of grime than the more rap orientated side shall we say. In the interview Elijah talks about how the label went from starting as a blog to where they are now and what they've got in store for the future.
