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With artists such as Cappo, Scor-zay-zee, The P Brothers and Joe Buddah, Nottingham was always one of the leading cities in the UK Hip-hop scene, but recently there's been a few Dubstep producers from the area that have been catching our ears. One of them is Ill Boding who made the leap from Hip-hop to Dubstep within the last year or so and has just dropped a duttyfied 5 track EP (plus Intro) which he's passing out for free from his Myspace (or you can grab it below). At the moment he's on the look out for MCs to collaborate with and these solid productions would owe themselves nicely to that so if you're on that vibe then make sure you hit him up. He's also working on a joint project with fellow Notts artists Crackertoa, N.A.T. and Klassic so we shall be looking out for that one in future for definite. Here's a couple of our choice cuts from the EP. If you want the whole thing then grab it here.

(YSI) Ill Boding - Purebud

(YSI) Ill Boding - Lamburger

(YSI) Ill Boding - Clown

We’re a sucker here at Chrome Kids for any Dubstep that reflects it’s original Dub roots and so when we heard a copy of Tempest by Crackatoa we needed more…

Luckily the Nottingham based producer had tunes in abundance and they weren't limited to just the reggae vibe. He's developing a good rounded sound despite only having been producing for around six months. His aim is to produce beats which are ‘just as live to listen to in at home as they are in a club/rave.’ Well we haven’t given them a club rinsing just yet but we’ve got a mini mix he gave us on in the house and they sound pretty damn good from here. Have a listen for yourself…

(YSI) Crackatoa Mini Mix

There’s a new Dubstep label just launched to deal with the output of work from the Nottingham and Derby areas of the UK. For The Win Records have released their first EP digitally for free so you can get a taste of what to expect from them with artists Metaphi, Earlybird, Ashburner and DFRNT all providing dubz.

True to the cliché ‘it’s grim up north’ (or should that be grimey) the tracks are quite dark Dub-tek bubblers with Ashburner mainly providing the kind of grinding stompers that we favour more here at Chrome Kids. We’ve put his tracks down below or you can download the whole EP here

If you would like to send them some of your own dubz you can contact them on: info@forthewinrecords.com

(YSI) Ashburner – Stamina

(YSI) Ashburner – Untitled