Hellfire Corner
Hellfire Corner is a label / platform representing the Folkestone / Dover area of Kent. Hip Hop culture and all that good stuff. Founded by Omus One and Amanda Murphy.
Sam Krats featuring Gee Bag and El Da Sensei – Annihilate MP3 [In the Line]
Bristol-based producer Sam Krats has been gaining momentum on the UK circuit recently, working with an ever-growing list of international talent. His latest single "Annihilate" pairs El Da Sensei of the legendary US duo Artifacts, with two-time EOW champ, member of the UK super-posse Gatecrasherz, and formidable soloist Gee Bag.
Real Talk Records
Real Talk Records is a label Chester P Hackenbush set up as a solo project after Task Force and Music from The Corner. Best known for the 2018 LP release P.A.S.T. (The Post Apocalyptic Storyteller).
We Stay True
We Stay True is a fully independent London based label doing business since 2010. Run by DJ / Producer / Engineer Mr Brown, they have a slew of heavyweight acts and a number of heavy releases behind them.
Burns Manor Records
Burns Manor Records is a Bristol based record label, established October 2017. The label was started by Rapper and Producer Montgomery Burns and is hope to a slew of artists based around the Manor Gang.
LyricL Interview
Kwaku Pen had been wanting to catch up with LyricL a pioneer of Spoken word, BEFFTA award winner and progressive performance poet with a multitude of talents that has been on his radar for a while. Now with her sophomore album just released now on Tokyo Dawn it was the right time to get to it. Read on to find out what LyricL had to say to Kwaku Pen...
Green Brick Records
Green Brick Records is an independent record label giving up and coming and established artists a platform and family from the underground up. Founded by Res One and Badhabitz in Bristol, U.K.
Official Recordings
Official Recordings is a Bristol, UK based collective that has been around since 2010. The record label was established in 2017 and has become a central hub for various artist and genres and creatives.
Configa – Configaration Volume 1 LP [SLAMJamz Records]
Configa has been deep in the trenches for several years and has finally emerged with an album the world needs to hear. Having refined his production process, Configaration Vol 1 can rightly be called a Magnum Opus (he wont mind me saying!) due to the quality of the music and selection of features who do not disappoint, from the endorsement of Public Enemy's Chuck D, to the Godfather of rap, Spoonie Gee, to Juice Crew legend Craig G, a banger with Reks, a welcome introduction to a dope emcee called Vietnam and even a feature from the late great Sean P!
Giallo Point
Giallo Point is currently blazing a trail with his production and getting the recognition he deserves. Someone who has been in the heart of the UK scene for decades and seen a lot, his traditional approach and ear for dope sounds and drums is now being appreciated globally on more projects than you can shake a stick at. I was lucky to get this Q and A from a man who is always working.