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Invasion Alert Phone Footage

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Invasion Alert Takeover

Invasion Alert formed in the Midlands via one of the scene’s most respected and long standing MCs, Vader. This is a crew that exemplifies Grime’s most immediate assets – unrestrained youth, energy, passion and most importantly – the ability to go in hard! Invasion Alert will no doubt feel at home in the Bombstore environment and coupled with the special guests we are set to announce over the next few weeks, this is sure to go off!!

INVASION ALERT TAKEOVER + SPECIAL GUESTS 27.12.12 - Rainbow Cellar £5 Early Bird | £7 Standard | £10 Door

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This Is What You Call A Shutdown

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StayFresh Takeover

Ferocious movement and express progression in Birmingham’s underground scene have dovetailed in to one big localized grime branch. Spearheaded undoubtedly by StayFresh, ‘The best gang’ and their ever-growing fanbase and virus like slogans, ‘I Hear ya don.’

It’s impossible to interrupt the speed that StayFresh move at. That speed may be reminiscent of that which took Wiley from car boot sale to HMV Christmas sale, but this time there’s a difference: Whilst the origins of Grime got lost between the cdr exchanges in barber shops and the missing years between Encarta and wholesale Internet phenomena, StayFresh have taken the social media scene by the balls and settled down in their own patch, with their own take on unrestrained Grime.

YouTube users can switch from one cypher to another and from StayFresh takeovers to individual LOTM warm-ups:- Before you know it, you’ve got a personal favourite member and you’re in complete accordance, S Gang really is the best gang. Commonsense then that Birmingham’s best gang collaborate with its best underground promoters…

The first in an onslaught of events, releases and general Brummy based folly is the Rainbow Cellar takeover. Landing November 16th. Be there.

I hear ya don.

FB event pages and links up soon.

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Combo Party (New Hype + Bombstore)

New Hype + Bombstore present Faze Miyake w/ Devilman [FB Event]

All Information: https://www.facebook.com/events/508770179137075

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Terror Danjah - Godfather of the reborn Grime scene

You may know Terror Danjah as one of the original Nasty Crew  -  You may know him for his time spent running the Aftershock label during the earliest eruptions of Grime  -  The label that introduced some of the statesmen and women of the UKs most raucous scene since Punk  -  A spread of iconic records from artists such as, Bruza, Tinie Tempah, Mz Bratt, Shola Ama, Kano, D Double E, D.O.K, Wiley and Scratcha DVA. Many of you may not even know of Nasty Crew or Aftershock at all, maybe you know it only as something been and past, much like the Grime scene itself - Punching you in the face before you’d even woken up.

It would be luck then that resurgence in the scene has recently materialised?  -  Luck then that Terror Danjah would be crowned the godfather of said, re-born Grime scene?

Luck has nothing to do with it. If you know Terror Danjah now, as the godfather of Grime or the genius behind those gremlin tattooed instrumentals that every MC wants to spit on, or if you are of the persuasion that Terror Danjah is the UKs very own answer to Timbaland - It wouldn’t be luck that got him raised to those pedestals, it would be his very own hard work and eventual recognition from the figureheads that matter.

Aftershock fell victim to the drastic changes in record label emphasis seen across the industry, and falling sales would prove that people’s preferences lay with CD and download. Vowing never to start a label again, Terror Danjah focussed on production and instead, relaunched with Planet Mu - a label well known in independent and electronic circles. ‘Gremlinz’ was released in 2009 and brought together all those overlooked instrumentals on to one easily available disc. Soon after, Kode 9 would consolidate his long term admiration for Terror Danjah’s productions with a release on his now legendary, Hyperdub label. ‘Acid’ was released in 2010, followed by the very well received ‘Undeniable’ album and a sudden resurgence in all things Grime.

Toe to toe with this resurgence and Terror Danjah’s advancing career, were label owners Eilijah & Skilliam. It would be these two close friends that would front the label built for this re-born scene. Butterz concentrated on the bold, rounded and pumping waves of ‘Terror Danjah-like Grime’, so it wouldn’t be surprising then that the first release would be from the man himself. Butterz has gone from strength to strength under Terror Danjah’s guidance and is now considered the premier Grime label.

After such close involvement with the Butterz label and seeing it’s quick success, along with a chance encounter in the smoking area of a club with a fan eagerly awaiting one of his releases, Terror Danjah decided to start operating his own label again. Hardrive was born. Close acquaintances and young producers that Terror was eager to launch in to the scene would open the labels account. The ‘Golden Axe EP’ by D.O.K was first out, followed by ‘Gully Goon Estate’ with Bristol’s hyper-coloured, low-end statesman, Joker. Terror Danjah would give the third release to P Jam, an unsung hero in Grime circles and an artist with less recognition than deserved – much like Terror himself a few years earlier. A few more singles later and Hardrive would really find its voice with the one track that locks off every dance from Grime and Dubstep to Drum and Bass floors – ‘Full Attention’ featuring Ruby Lee Ryder is a powerhouse in low end theory. Full attention has featured in Terror Danjah sets since its release and it has clearly hit a satisfying chord with the clubbers. It’s as if Terror Danjah has found the balance between all the staples and signatures of underground dance music since Jungle and mutated them into one (Must reload) track. The Hardrive roster was now filled with big names in the Grime and underground dance scenes and along with the Butterz roster, Grime was officially reinstated as the UKs most audacious movement.

With labels such as Hardrive, Butterz and Hyperdub continuing to grow and branch out in to 2012 and with Grime having more prominence than ever in the clubs, it’s only right that people’s appreciation is focussed on the ever evolving godfather of all things Grime, Terror Danjah, and I think it’s safe to say he’ll be a major figurehead in the advances of electronic music for quite some time to come.

Article by Assault Suits

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You can catch Terror Danjah at Bombstore (14/09/2012) at the Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham. £5/6/7 adv tickets. The unrestrained, self-indulgent and immoral behaviour of the UK club sound.

Links:

https://twitter.com/TerrorDanjah/

http://allthingsterrordanjah.wordpress.com/

http://www.hyperdub.net/

http://www.planet.mu/

http://hardriverecords.tumblr.com/

http://butterzrecords.bigcartel.com/

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FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/364210466984723/

TICKETS: https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/bombstore-terror-danjah-hyperdubhardrivebutterz/10022603

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Scratcha DVA - Underground Mechanics

B O M B S T O R E – JUNE 22 – Hare & Hounds

Scratcha DVA (Hyperdub / DVA Music / Rinse FM)

From Grime origins and productions for a list of heavyweights, including Wiley, Tinie Tempah, Sway, and Trim - to 6 years worth of hosting on Rinse FMs Grimey Breakfast Show, Scratcha DVA in 2012 now faces the critical acclaim and praise of the UK broadsheets, contemporary music journalists and masses of electronic music bloggers, finally awarding Leon Smart thanks to the weird and disjointed qualities of his debut (Hyperdub) LP, Pretty Ugly.

DVA has created a sound that can only have come from his ties to the most important and mushrooming underground club scenes since he left school and began DJing and producing in 1998. The origins and developments of both Grime and UK Funky are not without Scratcha DVAs input. It wouldn't be overdramatic to consider him the body of silent mechanics behind the majority of the UKs post-garage club and dance movements to date.

So he was there when Wiley gradually perfected the Eski sound, Terror Danjah squeezed and VIPed the off-cuts, Chipmunk took it to the charts and Rinse FM became legal broadcasters. He was there when invite-only-parties introduced UK Funky to club-goers, its bubbly house-esque, soca/swing riddims got a little darker and Hyperdub mutated everything from Funky to 140 - quickly becoming electronic and alternative music’s most celebrated label. Not surprising then that Leon Scratcha Smart would produce what would seemingly be the labels example of things to come in 2012, and when Hyperdub set an example, we naturally all follow suit.

Leon Smart also runs his own label, DVA music which has seen press attention and dance fan anticipation rise in the wake of Pretty Ugly. The most exciting news is that Scratcha is releasing music by the artists who get the most rewinds in his DJ sets or touch on the ethos set by his Hyperdub releases - so we can expect big things from brand new artists in the coming year.

With the familiarity and knowledge gained from each and every lesson any particular UK dance genre could summon, you would imagine that Scratcha has an arsenal of tracks capable of smashing any rave - You wouldn't be wrong. His DJ sets include every viable dance tempo and time signature known to man. Mixing between these genres, tempos and signatures - creating atmospheres and movements worthy of any booth or club in the world, Scratcha is up there with the best. Scratcha DVA epitomizes everything they stand for and try to exploit at Bombstore, so it’s only right he plays the second in a series of events they have planned for the year.

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LINKS: https://www.facebook.com/bombstore

FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/299089086847099/

VENUE: http://hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk/

TICKETS: EB £5 | ADV £7 | MOTD

https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/bombstore-scratcha-dva-hyperdub/10021488

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Preditah - Cutting Through Grime

The recent swing of the spotlight onto instrumental Grime has revealed a sound in flux. Young producers are layering beats with soul, electro and funk tonalities or reconnect to the scene's Garage roots. Some blend Grime with street hiphop, UK Funky or aggro Techno, rave and dubstep. But there are those, too, who remain faithful to the strangest, sparsest, most gloriously counterintuitive sounds at the heart of Grime - prime among these being Birmingham's Preditah, aka 23 (24)* year old Nathan Gerald, whose mixtures of eeriness and energy, high-tech gloss and primitivism are currently creating a buzz.

   Up until now, Preditah has been the archetype of the under-appreciated producer. As a DJ and producer for the Midlands Mafia crew, he has been contributing to the scene for "eight or nine years" , but always playing second fiddle to rappers. His name was known to few even within Grime until this year, when Boy Better Know mainstay JME and Kiss FM DJ Logan Sama lent him their support. Now, with 16 solo tracks out on 3 Eps - two of those in very rapid succession on Sama's Earth616 label - he feels able to say "I feel like an artist now, not just a producer."

   Gerald has his own theories as to why it's taken so long for the instrumental sound to reach wider audiences in it's own right. He agrees with Terror Danjah's suggestion in an interview with The Wire (issue 318) that the Grime scene was fundamentally mistrustful of the wider industry, and thinks this may be because it was a "reject" sound from its very beginnings. When the Garage scene turned its nose up at Grime, he says, "it was just, 'OK, we'll do our own thing' - hence the Wiley tune, "Wot Do U Call It?" . It's going, 'you can't define us' , and that's continued on down through the generations."

   This obstreperousness helped fuel Grime's perverse creative spirit. "I think everyone's trying to be independent, " says Gerald, "rather than work as a unit in the scene. So it still feels like a new scene, even though it's nearly ten years old. Everyone's fighting from their own corner, trying to get their foot in. I wouldn't say it's selfish, but people hold their sound close to them. "

   In Birmingham, Grime was doubly marginalised as the Bassline House scene took over the Midlands, something he equates to the "straightening out" of Jungle into drum 'n' bass. "Bassline was fun for the raves," he says, "but it gets boring. Same if Grime goes too hiphop and just focusses on MCs. I like the way Grime's not predictable - it's energetic, hype, bubbly, but you can have any kind of beat, you can sample anything, you never know what to expect. " This sense of being unwritten, not beholden to formal constraint, is what keeps Preditah beats sounding brand new even as they adhere to Grime spirit - and it means his future is particularly interesting. "I'd love to make a living from it, " Gerald muses. "But," he reiterates, despite the best part of a decade in Grime, "it's early days. "

☐ Circles EP is out on 28 November (3 February 2012)* on Earth616

Joe Muggs

Article via The Wire (issue 334)     

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