Interview: Oxygen (of Soundsci)
Thursday 4th April was cold in Bristol (UK), unseasonably so, but word was there was a special little something going on that night, bringing a bit of heat to the occasion. That something was Edan and Oxygen, fresh over in the UK for only a few dates together, including this Read more »
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Interview: BRZZVLL
BRZZVLL keeps on tripping. Polemicals, the new album by the Belgian band on Melting Pot Music, takes their psychedelic jazz groove to a next level. It is still hard to find the right box for BRZZVLL, but it can be described as a blend of jazz, funk, afro and electronica. Jazz is the Read more »
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Interview: Trek Life
Emcee Trek Life recently dropped his third full-length album on Mello Music Group, titled Hometown Foreigner. It represents the ideology of being "so close, yet so far" and the feeling of "not quite fitting in" though you're not a stranger. As a man and an artist Trek Life's more recent life experiences have been Read more »
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Interview: J-Zone
J-Zone is an encyclopaedia of musical knowledge. He didn’t quite make it to that top spot, but just maybe that’s what makes him that little more engaging and real, it’s always good if you can relate to an artist. Read more »
Interview: The Last Skeptik
As wonderful as the world that we inhabit and the people within it are, both at times can feel intensely perplexing and hard to navigate. In those moments when humanity confuses you, often there is something much easier to understand about art, specifically music, and the way that it reassuringly Read more »
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Interview: Blu
Blu, the emcee/producer with, according to himself, "one of the most colorful catalogues" in hip hop. An interview on how an LP represents his life, on his drive to speak up, and on his upcoming record with Bombay, which will be “presented with the same classic approach as 'Below The Read more »
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Interview: Catching Flies
Catching Flies is an enigmatic UK musician whose empyreal beats have enraptured and intrigued the hearts and minds of many around the world. With The Stars EP release and various remixes, his music has come to occupy a distinct area of the beat movement, floating aimlessly in the spaces between artists Read more »
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Interview: Maloon TheBoom
People often talk about breaking the shackles of modern popular rap to create thoughtful and evocative music. However, this isn't really true in most cases. Independent artists don't need to break free from modern pop rap, it just simply isn't a factor that influences them. Read more »
Interview: Amerigo Gazaway (of Gummy Soul)
In 2011, Nashville-based DJ Amerigo Gazaway released his second mixtape – Fela Soul. The nine track project blended the sounds of Afro-beat legend Fela Kuti and Golden Age hip hop group De La Soul to create an internet sensation, as Gazaway used the past to propel him forward. On the Read more »
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Interview: Lord Finesse
A lot can happen in seven years, and it's crazy to think it's been that long since Lord Finesse last embraced our European shores. Coming as part of his "Here I Come" European tour and joined by fellow hip hop veteran DJ Boogie Blind Read more »
Interview: The Herbaliser
The Herbaliser is one of UK hip hop's architectural and building forces. In the 17 years since their debut disc Remedies was released, the duo of Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba have broken out from "trip-hop" box they were first lumped into in the early 90's and forged an idiosyncratic sound; a Read more »
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Interview: Pumpkin
Pumpkin is a female emcee from France and one-half of Mentalow Music together with her producing partner Vin'S da Cuero. Her new EP titled 'Silence Radio' is a contemporary boom bap gumbo expertly seasoned to knock out Soul Food connoisseurs of all cuts. Read more »
Interview: Photographer Dan Monick
L.A.-based photographer Dan Monick has a busy schedule. He is constantly capturing the moment. He spent fourteen years touring and photographing Atmosphere and the Rhymesayers crew. Resulting in Se7en Years with Atmosphere and Rhymesayers; a collection of raw yet genuine photographs of underground hip hop's favorite personalities. Fortunately, Dan agreed to Read more »
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Interview: Outerattik
Outerattik is a UK-based freestyle downtempo/acid jazz project by keyboardist and composer Jamie Smith. It's a fusion of jazz and funk with elements of downtempo, trip hop and glo-fi, resulting in melodic grooves. The Find sits down with him to talk about jazz music, the way he's influenced by hip Read more »
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Interview: Kid Sundance
Co-founder of the Boomoperators, one half of R&R Grooove Xpress, producer and dj Kid Sundance goes back for more than 20 years. His music is being played by the likes of Gilles Peterson and Bobbito. His remixes for Ennio Morricone, Frank-N-Dank, Mo&Grazz and the collaborations with Dudley Perkins, X-Plastaz and Read more »
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Interview: Chazz Shabazz
The young Bay Area rapper Chazz Shabazz is refreshingly unassuming, and alarmingly assured. One half of the duo F.M. with C-Lew, Chazz possesses an honest and firm belief in his artistry without the flashy insincerity of so much swagged-out music these days. Rhyming at events alongside the likes of West Read more »
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Interview: Taylor Whitelow
Bursting forth from the confining shackles of modern commercial hip hop, Voir Dire’s Taylor Whitelow releases ArmsRace. The album is his musical manifesto of geo politics, financial upheaval, mental health awareness, as well as a critique of the current state of hip hop. Read more »
Interview: Miki
German artist Miki (Mihalj Kekenj) was surrounded by classical music since his youth. Another thing he cannot deny is his passion for hip hop. With his "Opus 1" project he proved that hip hop and classical can work quite nicely, especially once you give Read more »
Video Interview: Arowbe (of Times Neue Roman)
Arowbe is the front man, emcee and writer of Canadian duo Times Neue Roman. In this interview he talks about the story of Times Neue Roman, their clash of styles, and how he got bored with traditional hip hop. Read more »
Interview: Cookie Crew
The Cookie Crew speak to me so much more than most female emcees about today. Sweet female voices delivering conscious raps with attitude over up-lifting beats and beautiful melodies, shouting out Americanisms with distinctively London diction, is one delicious recipe for dopeness. Read more »
Interview: LeftO
Foolishly thinking that it was all mainstream, and that my personal selections would always be infinitely better, I never really used to listen to the radio. That was before I had my ears opened to the world of radio curated by genuine music-heads like LeftO. Read more »
Interview: Isaac Aesili (of Funkommunity)
Funkommunity is another fresh breeze from New Zealand. Soul producer Isaac Aesili and Rachel Fraser are the founders of this progressive collective, which can be considered as a part of the incredible new wave of kiwi artists like Electric Wire Hustle, Benny Tones and Home Brew. We sat down with Read more »
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Video Interview: Evidence
I caught a quick chat with one third of Dilated Peoples and Rhymesayers artist, Evidence. Ev' sat down and talked about some of the differences in the European hip hop scene as opposed to the North American one, the irrelevant division between 'underground' and 'mainstream', Read more »
Interview: Georgia Anne Muldrow
Other-worldly in the most natural and organic way – the eccentricity and magnetic energy of Georgia Anne Muldrow is disarmingly real. A true original, Muldrow seems to be navigating on an entirely elevated plane of awareness, and, to be amongst the very few individuals Read more »
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