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Catching Up: Rudi Zygadlo

Glasgow's Rudi Zygadlo can lay claim to a wonderfully unique approach to music. Combining experience from his 'real' music days in a band, Zygadlo combines wildly contrasting elements to create a rich, delicate and sculpted sound. His Achtung! EP in ...

Catching Up: Freddie Gibbs

Putting the midwest firmly on the map and distilling a refined class back into the world of Gangster rap; Freddie Gibbs is a rejuvenating force in hip hop who draws closer to the top day by day. Already having worked extensively with ...

Bass Clef: Back to the Future

Walkmans, cassettes, modem dial-ups, Roland SP404s, Nirvana, London Docklands. Ralph Cumbers (aka Bass Clef) appears to live well and truly in the past. With his signature analogue-style and his appreciation for an album as an entire entity, some might argue ...

Catching Up: Nu-Mark (Jurassic 5)

As a member of the acclaimed LA-based hip-hop outfit, Jurassic 5, Mark Potsic (aka DJ Nu-Mark) has emerged as one of the scene's hardest-working members. Having established himself as a respected producer and first class DJ (amassing a collection of ...

Catching Up: Scuba

A name synonymous with expertise, prolificacy and controversy almost in equal measure, Paul Rose was centred around the nucleus of the dubstep movement since the first days of FWD. His debut album in '08, A Mutual Antipathy, was one of the first to latch ...

Catching Up: Pixelord

Alexey Devyanin, better known as Pixelord, has been making waves over the last few years, creating a pretty substantial pool of music for himself. Releases have come from Car Crash Set, Error Broadcast, Leisure System and Hit & Hope. It was ...

kidkanevil: Crate Digging

Joining us for our Christmas party this Friday at The Alibi is kidkanevil, one of the most influential UK bred beats producers. His forward-thinking, incomprehensible style of making instrumentals, which are created from a little place he calls Tokyorkshire, has ...