Keeping it Badtaste records again, Trellion is part of A-Street-Cartel who released the self titled album recently, we run 10 question by him…..
1. Where are you from?
Parker place, Lunaville island. Sheffield sometimes as well.
2. Do you have a calling card or catch phrase?
Oooiiiiii.
3. Cornflakes or Pancakes?
Pancakes
4. What’s in your fridge right now?
Bowl of sweetcorn, peach Ice tea and a bottle of milk that looks like a lava lamp.
5. Are you touring? Where can I see you?
Done a bunch of gigs up and down the UK in 2011 and looking to do a mini tour sometime early 2012.
6. Whats the worst thing to happen to you on stage?
Nothing bad has ever happened to me on stage, touch wood, no homo
7. Can you link us to a Youtube video of yours?
What other UK artist should we look out for?
I’m definitely digging Defenders of Style from Leeds but apart from what’s coming out of my own crews label (Bad Taste) I’m pretty out the loop about what’s going on in the UK scene. I’m all up for hearing new shit though.
9. You say a lot of words, but whats your favorite word of all?
Luna (said in evil scientist voice)
10. What’s your latest release and where can I get it?
A-Street Cartel- available from Badtasterecords.co.uk. Sniff got some foul beats on there, shout out Young and Miffa. Also make sure you look out for ‘The Shadow People’ LP a joint venture from Trellion and Figment, all beats by Thirdpersonlurkin.
Rhythm by numbers is brought to us by a collective who go by the name of Natural Selection. Primarily consisting of producer Brother Beatbox and gifted emcee Deeflux, these two along with the help of dj’s Juice and Fingerfood bring us an album that displays a lot of time, thought and energy. Production across the whole album runs away with the show, tracks are entirely made from samples these guys have accumulated from sessions with friends, which in its own sense is a unique style that pays off. Emcee talent cannot be flawed, Deeflux himself demonstrates clever and complex lyricism. Features from Guilty Simpson, Sonny Jim, Dr syntax and Tenchoo too name a few round this album up nicely…If your into catchy percussion rifts your going too enjoy this album.
We were lucky enough to see Granville Sessions supporting Pharoahe Monch last weekend and met them after the gig. With a full live band this lot don’t mess about, guitars, bass,keyboard, drums, trumpet and 3 mc’s Granville Sessions sound tight, and we fully recommend tracking them down to see them live! Make sure you cop the album before you go to!
1. So where are you from?
Wandsworth, London
2. What/who are your influences?
As a band we’ve got a huge range of influences ranging from Reggae and Dub to Thrash Metal. I’m in to all sorts of stuff as well, a big influence for me MC wise is Kool Keith and production wise lately i’ve really been digging the works of DJ Mitsu the Beats who is associated with a Tokyo based label called Jazzy Sport.
3. Who are Granville Sessions and when did you form?
Granville Sessions are live Hip Hop band from London, we formed in 2008 and our first gig was in Manchester. The band is made up of three MC’s; myself (Mnsr Frites), Luca Brazi (who is also a dope producer; he produced ‘IF’ on the ‘No State’ project), and Archetype plus Giuseppe Falcone (AKA Zippo) on production, Louis on drums, Marvin on Bass and Ed Koral on Keys and Trumpet. Our music is a combination of live instrumentation and sample based productions, when you see us live everything is played real time. Over the years our sound has changed and evolved but the dynamic remains much the same, we’re always looking for new sounds to experiment with and we pride ourselves on our live show.
4. Do you have a calling card or catch phrase?
‘Never order chicken from a Pizza Shop’
5. Are you touring? Where can I see you?
At this point were not touring but that is definitely something were working towards, I love hitting the road and getting to check out parts of the country that are new to me. We gig all the time, predominantly in London but were always looking for gigs all over the shop, so any promoters reading this please get in touch.
Our next show is on the 26th of November at The Peel in Kingston, Surrey. We’re supporting Jehst that night who is also playing with a full live band so it should be a banger! For me its a home coming gig of sorts because I used to work as a jacket potato salesman in a shopping centre food court not too far from the venue.
6. Can you link us to a Youtube video of yours?
This is the video for ‘Pubsteppin’ which is the first set of visuals from our debut mini album ‘No State’.
7. What other UK artist should we look out for?
Three people that I would definitely reccomend are Jester Jacobs, Oliver Sudden and Fourny P; they are all real nice with it.
Also be sure to check out Organised Mess who are a another Granville associated Collective putting out that heavyweight Moose Funk! Outside of Hip Hop I listen to a lot of Grime and I’m really rating the productions of Faze Miyake and Rude Kid. Also be sure to check for Onlyjoe! who are a heavy london based Reggae band; they’re live show is immense.
8. You say a lot of words, but whats your favorite word of all?
Dayuumm, It’s hard to pick out one! but it’s definitely one of these Four:
Goose, Rhonda, Fricassee and Hobart.
9. Ever tried Graffiti, Breaking, or producing beats?
Ever since I was a kid I’ve been into drawing, unfortunately once I hit my 20′s I let that slip, its something I’d like to get back into at some point but to be honest rapping has replaced that for me at this stage. In terms of actual Graffiti I’ve messed about on paper but I’ve never really done anything of real substance; still though I’ve been on a handful of jokes painting missions at silly o’clock and thats an experience that I have enjoyed immensly (even though I usually just played the role of look out). Other members of Granville are much more talented in this realm than me, shouts out to Brazi and Archetype!
I’ve never really been that into or invloved in breaking (although I do rate it highly); this is probably due to my penchant for Burger King and Lamb Shawarma . Production is something I feel I have to puruse as an MC to better myself but I havn’t really got involved yet at this point, I’ve been close a couple of times and I own a broken MPC1000 so as soon as I rustle the funds to get that fixed I can really get stuck in and start churning out the bangers!. Being around Zippo and Luca Brazi really inspires me to start making beats as they are both nice on the buttons.
I’ve been around Hip Hop production from a very early age as my older brother used to make Hip Hop beats on a DOS based programme called Impulse Tracker, he used to work with two sick MC’s (Skeptic and Jid Sames) who went on to put out a really sick EP on Main Rock records years later, seeing my brother and his mates making Hip Hop when I was that young (I was about 10 when they first started) really made an impression on me and inspired me to start spitting.
10. What’s your latest release and where can I get it?
Our latest release is our debut Mini album ‘No State’, it’s available on bandcamp, spotify, itunes and amazon.
Be sure to hit us up on Facebook as well, just search our name. You can also check out our website granvillesessions.com. Massive props to Wordplay for the Interview!
We have a guestlist +1 to give away for the Foreign Beggars exclusive live show at KOKO this Thursday Nov 3rd! All you have to do is answer the following simple question:
What was the name of Foreign Beggars first album?
a) Asylum Tweakers
b) Asylum Beakers
c) Asylum Speakers
Send your answer along with your name to wordplay@wordplaymagazine.com we will be drawing the winner late Weds night (Tomorrow).
Another solid Boom Bap release, Steady teams up with Efeks once again, creating the alias Prose and together they mastermind “The Dark Side of The Boom”. This album delivers what you crave out of hip hop, Steady weaves dark delinquent styled production, instantly paving the way for Efeks to deliver not only complex but clever lyrics in an almost effortless manor. I cannot Big up Efeks ability enough. The whole style and feel of this album leaks pure talent, if you’re after a taste of what hip hop started out as then you should definitely buy this album. “15 minutes of Infamy” has been on repeat since we copped this album. Keep it Boom Bap!!
The Dark Side of The Boom is released Nov 14th and is available for pre order now! 20 tracks for £4.99 it’s a steal, this is not 20 tracks with 4 of them ok and the rest mediocre, all 20 are bangers! Cop it now Bandcamp SuspectPackages
Review by Rikki, if you have anything you want shouted about email him: rikki@wordplaymagazine.com
. Production is something I feel I have to puruse as an MC to better myself but I havn’t really got involved yet at this point, I’ve been close a couple of times and I own a broken MPC1000 so as soon as I rustle the funds to get that fixed I can really get stuck in and start churning out the bangers!. Being around Zippo and Luca Brazi really inspires me to start making beats as they are both nice on the buttons.
