I’ve been away on holiday in London for the last 7 days and haven’t had much time to write stuff for the site. I’ll have some bits and pieces cobbled together by Wednesday, either in the afternoon or evening. Not that I was lazing around during the trip or anything. I did an interview with some hot up & coming producers, which I hope to get transcribed and on the site not for next week’s issue but probably the one after that.

I also managed to get down to two club nights, the first of which was South London’s Redstar Sessions on a Thursday, and then the legendary Forward the day after that. Letty from Clandestine Cultivations put on a good line up for the former of the two, despite the fact that she had a dissertation deadline on the same week. Particularly notable at the night were DJ’s Oneman who surprisingly played old vocal garage stuff (even ‘Girls Like This’ got a look in) alongside the darker end of things, and John Rust who brought things nicely to a close.   

Forward was jam packed, and there was a rumour going around that the club was that successful now that there was no point in them doing proper flyers anymore as they can guarantee a roadblock with only the smallest of promotion. Big tunes on the night included Benga’s ‘Crunked Up’ (out now on Tempa test press), and the Benga VS Coki joint ‘Night’. If the second title doesn’t ring any bells then think of it as one of the few tracks you’ve heard whose bassline can be sung convincingly, as Sergeant Pokes ably demonstrated after a re-wind. Plenty of weasels lurking, I can tell you.

So hold tight till Wednesday afternoon/evening for some proper articles.