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Sub Swara do a fine selection in digital riddims. From the big and bashie to the low and rolling with the added injection of live instrumentation such as Tabla, flute and horns which often give their tracks a kinda tribal mystical feel and lends the music a beautiful juxtaposition of organic and electronic.

The crew run a club night in New York and the music seems to be a natural extension of that, although their album Coup D’Yah definitely takes it beyond the club and into the psyche with 12 tracks of sheer bass driven beauty of varying persuasions.


Buy the album here and keep an eye out for a remix album coming soon also with a heavy line up of contributors including Glitch Mob, Ghislain Poirier, Fort Knox Five, Eskmo and State of Bengal.

Here’s the track 'Yeah (Ina Dravidian Bombstep)' which features Sub Swara resident MC Juakali and a remix of Stephen Marley’s Traffic Jam by crew member Dhruva.

(Direct link) Sub Swara - Yeah (Ina Dravidian Bombstep)

(YSI) Stephen Marley, Damian Marley, Buju Banton & Rahzel – Traffic Jam (Dhruva Refix)

Bethan Elfyn and Radio Ed over at BBC Radio 1 have proven themselves once more as purveyors of quality music with the inclusion of Collision’s ‘Grime Time Remix’ which they came across on this very same blog (was posted a few days ago as R Dott, Young C & Fusion). You can listen again to the show for the next week over at their BBC Introducing page it also features Yo Majesty and a track from Dirty Secretz which features JLD, a young rapper who I actually remember jamming with at an awards ceremony some years ago. If you’ve not heard her yet here’s a video from last year for her track ‘Big On The Road’ which features Kristi and J Bone. All I believe are from the South Wales area.



Which just reminded me of another MC - Asher, who I remember from years ago as a wicked little singer who then became a heavy Grime MC / Producer. He’s also from South Wales (Pil in Newport to be exact) and I once saw him walk into a room full of emcees (and all their crew) from Grangetown and Butetown in Cardiff on their home turf and along with his brother Barrington battle them all and win. Here’s the video for his track ‘Big On Da Roads’ (you can see why my memory was jogged) with Sick Made Man and Skywalker that came out a couple of years back and is an evil Grime track indeed.



ps. Just found out I'm warming up for Bonde Do Role tonight at 10 Feet Tall in Cardiff... bigFUN indeed, come along if you're in the area. Will let you know how it all goes tomorrow.