Oh, and Esco.
Everyone rates Esco, he just never puts anything out so there isn't much TO rate.
probably new skepta or wiley tunes
tracklisting...
skeamz - greengate guys
wiley - club 5
da vinche - what is mine
rudekid - window cleaner
skepta - dustbin man
wiley - ok
spyro - wow
rudekid - ufo mode
spyro - double decker bus
silentcer - regulation
wiley - 527am
crazy bandit - get down rmx
silentcer - killer Instinct
skepta - dti vip
wiley - are you fucking dumb
skepta-ufo
swindle - zumpi hunter rmx
jme - mario flag
misty dubz - from day
wiley - where you gonna hide
jme - jme iq
wiley - club 3
skepta - untitled
wiley - club 7
skepta untitled
wiley - club 12
statix - hey yo
nocturnal - way down the road rmx
wiley - bang bang
wiley - olimpic torch
grime scene:
dan is shopping in the bourgeois paradise that is borough market. dan is wearing his 'grime is dead' tee. dan is buying some gorgonzola from some up-market italian deli stall.
italian guy (handing over gorgonzola): "so, you know why grime is dead don't you?"
dan (taken aback): "err, no, go on.."
italian guy: "cos all the mcs are shit now. i should know, i used to produce garage back in the day."
the conversation proceeds on the relative merits of smasher's 'back in the day' and goodz's 'switching songs' as retro, garage-referencing 'history' tracks. dan convinces italian guy to buy the axiom ep and check out chipmunk and microphone champion, and leaves, confused, with his gorgonzola.
that and things like grimeforum and grimepedia - and grimetapes - are all important signs of grime building its own sustainable infrastructure. hopefully.
sounds like wishful thinking to me. surely infrastructure needs to entail business models and things that actually make the artists revenue?
giving away podcasts is a culture or a hobby, infrastructure is something artists can stand on...
I think that's where www.grimestore.com comes into effect in that it's a linked store to the pedia/forum etc, which given the levels of traffic the grimepedia gets can't be a bad thing- if it's brought to the attention of the visitors by the individual's pages on the site that's not bad?