Here we go with the latest release from the ever impressive Grime Downunder series. Volume 3 aka ’The Producers Edition’ is out now and aahh! is bringing you the exclusive premiere. The Grime Downunder series is presented by 50/50Grime, so you know there’s no fakery here… trusss!
Comprised of 38 stomping tracks and home grown Australian production, GrimeDownunder Vol 3. is sure to a vital part of…
Fraksha sends for LayZ over bitten bars, bodies him in the process
If you live in Australia and fuck with any type of grime, then you’ve mostly likely heard of the man leading the way in AUS, Fraksha. Having introduced many on our shores to the murky sounds of the grime scene, it totally blew us away when UK rapper (say biter) attempted to pass off one of Fraksha’s better know flows as one of his own.
Realizm - Today (ft: Fraksha, Dialetrix, Sinks) Taken from the remix album "FORCE: The Remixes" available from http://music.dftc.com.au/album/the-remixes
GRIME HAS BEEN PERVADING OUR HIP-HOP AT A SLOW TRICKLE AND IN DOING SO HAS LEFT A CULTURE DIVIDED. ONE ARTIST, UK EXPAT FRAKSHA COULD BE THE GUY TO CONQUER IT.
FRAKSHA interviewed @ 17:30 AEST - Monday 17th June, 2013
For Drum Media (Jul 9, 2013)
[Q & A with Fraksha]
li ‘Fraksha’ Jones’ career sees him at the centre of a shift in tempo to the hip hop scene and is a high point of discussion as is his desire to separate himself from the direction dubstep is heading.
An MC from Slough, UK (home of David Brent and The Office), his path started with three-piece act Nine High running at 140bpm. By 2002 he was in the Street Science hip hop workshop in Melbourne’s Frankston, trading bars with the likes of Ciecmate, Reason, Hunter and more. In 2006 he relocated to Australia and stamped his own brand of what the UK had grown to appreciate and delivered it from right outside of the box – for most. He found a haven at Broken Tooth Entertainment alongside those few who understood.
“I’ve always felt I had something different to offer and that’s what I’ve tried to do at all times. I don’t feel ‘outside the box’ from the people I work with and other artists on [Broken Tooth]. That’s why I do what I do with those people, because I feel that they’re on a level and we’re coming from a similar place. I do feel distant from the Aussie hip hop scene as such,” admits Jones. “I don’t really connect with a lot of it. There is definitely a widening berth between what I and my friends do and what I see as the ‘Aussie hip hop scene’. I find a lot of it very bland and sterile to be honest; I need a bit of flavour.
“Not fitting in to the standard hip hop shit though has meant we do miss out on some opportunities and we don’t exactly ‘fit’ in anywhere really,” he laments “but that’s okay with me. I’d rather be the black sheep than part of the herd. I’m sure if I was spitting on 90bpm happy-go-lucky horn laden beats I’d be doing better for myself though.”
Jones, who also answers to the monikers Joe Bananas and Frank Sinatra, released his first full-length player titled My Way last March. With a slew of producers, including M-Phazes and Phil Gektor (Crate Cartel), Fraksha breaks the bones of rap down and grafts it together as his own. “When I first started thinking about an album I was torn between doing all grime or all rap. I thought it would sound weird mixing them up but I just couldn’t contain myself to one style and so it was always gonna be a mixture.”
Jones concludes with what seems like a health warning ahead of his My Way tour travelling out later this month. “There’s a lot of hype to our show. There’s definitely no shoegazing going on,” he emphasises. “I cover a lot of ground musically and I like to think it’s an entertaining and lively show. Fuck head nodding, I want heads skanking out!”
"Oi, What You Looking At" - by Brinks, Sarm, Nebs, Swarmy, Juzlo, Kerser, Diem & Fraksha
Wow! This grime posse cut got straight up fucking murdered. Heads from Melbs to Sydney go about stomping all over this track that makes you want to smash bottles over your head. Everyone brings their A-game, but got to give special mention to Nebs of That's Them owning the best bars with that Nike/nighty nighty shit, Kerser further proving that this LP he's cooking is going to be the shit and Fraksha's effortless flow making it sound like he could do this shit in his sleep. Click the cover...
