Urban Nerds celebrate their 5th Birthday with a Grimey lineup
Saturday 26th May will see the Urban Nerds gang take over the Scala, Kings Cross. They're celebrating five strong years of heavy bass nights, sticky floors and long queues. Believe me, Scala will feel like a palace compared to some of the venues I've been to Urban Nerds raves at but that's no bad thing, UN (I'll call em that from now, I'm not talking United Nations) have always been about the music, they have managed to showcase some of the best 'underground' acts from the U.K, I remember seeing Skepta and then OG'z at consecutive UN new years raves, those are collectors items. To set the scene, these weren't quick PA's at Oceana or Proud o2, these were full blown sets . . .in a car park in Shoreditch. That was then, this is now. UN have experimented a bit recently with their sounds but for the 5th birthday they have decided to 'return to the deep underground sounds that we kicked off with back in 2007!' they have taken it back, gone there, gone in, flipped the script pulled out the stops ... whatever you want to call it. The headliners and rightly so, are Newham Generals, always good live, they've got singalongs, a bag of reloads and can draw for old and new material, they've even got that dubsteppy stuff ... if you're that way inclined. The vid below shows them back in 2008 to give you a lil taster.
The recent exposure of C4 and Preditah got a bit much for me, they're both ard, don't get me wrong but I needed a little break from hearing them every five mins and I think by the 26th, my rehab will be complete and I'll definitely be back on them. It's great to see them acknowledged and on the lineup because they do represent a future of grime and while you have to put the likes of the Newham Gens on, you also have to keep the conveyor belt moving and hearing Preditah's tunes in the rave is always a great experience. Would have loved to see Pressure on there as well though.
So that's two of the most exciting grime duos out there, now onto the 'No Hats No Hoods' representatives, this is the part that made my mind up for me. Kozzie, Scrufizzer and Merky Ace; three of the most hype 'New Wave' MC's at the moment, currently making names for themselves. At the other end of the scale, you've got Roachee and Chronik, experienced MC's, been doing it for a while longer, just got to hope Chronik doesn't hog the mic too much, although whenever I see him, the crowd are always loving it, he is a hype merchant. Looking forward to seeing Roachee alot though, specially after his recent 'After Hours' set, you could probably see the other MC's every weekend up and down the country but Roachee is a little harder to find and I haven't seen him on set before. Supplying the beats will be Rude Kid and Magic, once again UN showing an appreciation of grime by showcasing two no nonsense grime DJ's, it would have been easy to settle for someone with a more commercial name but they kept it grimey.
That's the grime highlights for me but the likes of Klashnekoff, Rudimental, Warrior One, Marcus Nasty and Get Low Cartell will be letting everyone know that there's other genres out there and I'm sure a few extras will be brought along. If this didn't convince you then god knows what will, can get your tickets here > https://urban-nerds.ticketabc.com/promoter/urban-nerds/
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