Grime article in Australian newspaper
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wonk_vitesse
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i remember being in Brisband in '04 and seeing an ad for a dubstep night, i was thinking, there's hardly any regular dubstep nights in London 
weird how these things get picked up on.
weird how these things get picked up on.originaldrum
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Australian journo's are renowned for not leaving their office's though
The article is incorrect about the claim of Lord Lingham introducing Grime to melbourne on PBS
It was my brother Keith and I, who had a Grime radio show on RMIT student Radio in mid to late 2003, playing week after week of downloaded (via soulseek and DC++) Grimeness. The name of the show? Fix Up, Look Sharp - 12-2am on Sundays. What a great show
fuck yeah. There has been many a cat in Melbourne who has picked up on the Grime vibe.
It was my brother Keith and I, who had a Grime radio show on RMIT student Radio in mid to late 2003, playing week after week of downloaded (via soulseek and DC++) Grimeness. The name of the show? Fix Up, Look Sharp - 12-2am on Sundays. What a great show
fuck yeah
. There has been many a cat in Melbourne who has picked up on the Grime vibe.Several stores stock some limited grime vinyl - in fact I've seen many a copy of Skepta's "Private Caller" for some reason. But they never have the vinyl that I'd actually want.
Some places are now stocking a few DVDs too - the hip hop store in the Flinders Street Station subway has Aim High 2 and Practice Hours, for example.
I resent anyone in Oz writing about grime who isn't me, of course. But yeah where's Keith's cheque...
Some places are now stocking a few DVDs too - the hip hop store in the Flinders Street Station subway has Aim High 2 and Practice Hours, for example.
I resent anyone in Oz writing about grime who isn't me, of course. But yeah where's Keith's cheque...
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Blackdown said:
That's because it is an achievement given the amount of help there is for artists to get their material out.
seriously, what are these odds stacked against grime artists getting their stuff out there? how is it different from UKG/jungle and older dance artists in general pressing their stuff up and going through indie distributors? it seems to be the same dance cottage industry infrastructure that there always was. and if uk hip hop people can somehow get their singles out there (not saying its perfect, but they do get stuff out), why cant grime artists do the same?
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gumdrops said:
Nah - not at all. The price of pressing vinyl alone has gone up by 100's of % since the days of jungle, and the distribution network (and sales) are a shadow of what they were in the 90s. It takes a lot more graft, cash and 'contacts' than it used to to get out of the '1000 white labels' end of the industry than it ever has before.
And its getting harder all the time.
A month or so ago in the NZ Herald grime was 'hot' in the whats hot & whats not column. Pretty funny shit seeing there's only really one regular grime night here, and seeing the night is shared equally between grime, hiphop & dancehall and attendance can be pretty slim. Yeah, journo's that stay office bound huh. Nice.
Grafta said:
There's no chance that it's a firendly journo who likes your night trying to build the scene by giving it exposure? When I worked for a community paper in Wellignton, I did a lot of promotion of stuff I liked and went to by putting it in the "pick of the week" box in the events listings.