For this months Fortified we'll be shining the light on two of Grime's most recent talents: Elijah & Skilliam. Challenging the sometimes orthodox Grime circuit with a focus on good mixing, quality productions & less hype, these East London boys are coming correct and building a solid reputation for themselves in the process. Masters of all mediums, they can currently be sought out not only on their Rinse FM show, but also on an iTunes podcast they present as well as the numerous mixes they have on their mixcloud page. Elijah is also the co-founder of Grimeforum.com, which we can honestly say is a hell of a lot less serious and slightly more entertaining the dubstep counterpart. But obviously running two radio shows, a successful internet forum and recording numerous mixes for mixcloud just isn't enough, and this year Elijah decided to take the logical step and start a record label. Butterz first forthcoming release will come in the form of the 'Bipolar' EP by grime man-of-the-moment Terror Danjah, "a swerving, Joker-influenced killer made while on the phone to Elijah", and their next 12" will be a compilation boasting tracks from Royal-T, SRC and Silencer. All this shows that Elijah & Skilliam have taken the Clay Davis maxim of "crawl, walk, then run" and completely ignored it. All the better for it we thinks.
Bringing up the helm, as if it were needed, is local hooligan done good Taz Buckfaster, who's debut album for Rwina and 12" for Numbers are dropping real soon, and the usual warm up from Electric Eliminators. B.A.S.S. as ever supplies the scoops.
11pm-3am GSA £5 students/£7 the rest
http://verybutterz.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/butterzuk
http://www.mixcloud.com/butterz/
http://www.myspace.com/buckfaster
