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Most Brits can relate to the frustration of hyper-stereotyped impressions of UK culture- “tea and biscuits”, and so on. Nowadays, however, you’re just as likely to hear (equally terrible) impressions of UK ‘roadmen’ thrown in the mix, in no small part thanks to the international success of Top Boy and Drake’s relentless championing of UK music. The UK has never quite got the respect that it deserves for its contributions to hip hop canon. Narrated by Ashley Walters (AKA Asher […]

Peak in District and peak in UK sound system culture, Rosa Festival is a newcomer to the festival calendar taking place 7-10th July. Born during lockdown out of fear for the future of the events industry, Rosa originated as a free party and evolved last year into a unique festival in collaboration with the minds behind Musicology, a national UK hip hop platform that has hosted the full breadth of the country’s rap talents, from Chester P to CMPND, and […]

Offie Mag kick off their Long Hot Summer this weekend with the first of 4 shows across Brighton & Hove over the coming months. A series of Independent artists at independent music venues starting Saturday 10th June with New Yorks Goya Gumbani and support from David Armada, Lauren Arch & Guami. Tickets are priced at £5 each for each event as Offie Mags response to the Cost of Living Crisis, helping to support venues and musicians generate revenue at a […]

Planned obsolescence. Made to fail. That’s how Tzusan and Shogun described their latest LP Lead Wetsuit Schematics. “Scottish rap is doomed to fail. Scottish rap is a lead wetsuit. These are the schematics of how to do the lead wetsuit!” said Tzusan. “It’s an ode to the futility of our fucking country and also how to get out of that routine”, Shogun added. I was confused. Why did it sound so good then? Indeed, the project has a sludgy texture, […]

We went to Balter last year. Chepstow’s little festival with a rep for going seriously hard, went over and above its reputation, blew our tiny minds to kingdom come and was so good that we’re going again this year! Running from the 25th to 28th May. Tickets are still available HERE. If you haven’t been before, Balter is basically a mini mecca for every strain of bass conceivable. Think like big ravey Boomtown vibes on a smaller site that you […]

For the Lost… listens how home VHS footage looks- soft and pure yet full of bittersweet emotion. The experiences that producer and songwriter Frankie Worrall underwent through the making of this project are written all across the music; in the face of transient and evocative melodies, steady kicks march forward as Frankie’s host of vocalists reflect on what they themselves have lost, too. “What For the Lost… comes out of is that I lost my mum to cancer in March […]

Slug’s been doing this so long intentionality has lost its meaning. So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously is Atmosphere’s seventh album, he tells me. It’s been their seventh album for the last ten or so albums, it later turned out. The project is an ambitious interdimensional odyssey, covering just about every genre, colour palette and mood. From delicate piano solos to booming dub basslines, it almost feels like hip hop’s response to Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, captured through Slug […]

Fresh off a two year hiatus – UK Producer Planky returns with a huge collab with 2nd Generation Wu ‘Rescue Me’ is out now via Rekkit Records and available on all the usual DSPs. The track features iNTeLL (son of U-God) & PXWER (Son of Method Man) dropping signature Staten Island bars over a soulful banger of a beat from Planky – with live drums courtesy of Louis Sellers and bass from Dean Gladwyn. Check out the single below, and […]

‘Mantra No. 9’, the debut single from Fliptrix’s eponymous ninth album, was released on 09/09/22. It is the ninth track on the project and is composed of nine letters. “Nine is the highest number before you go back to one’s and zero’s”, he explains…