Sink @ Sin City
Sat 16 Apr
Swansea consistently punches above its weight when it comes to grime and garage lately, even outbooking Cardiff most of the time, and that’s largely down to the work of the Sink promoters. Last year alone they brought down DJs, producers and MCs including Big Narstie, Newham Generals, DJ Magic, Stormzy, Melé, Barely Legal, Redlight, DJ EZ, Mike Skinner and a topless, musclebound Tempa T.
They seem to be continuing their success with this double header. Sir Spyro’s widely considered as the most technically skilled grime DJ, a master of fast-cutting CDJ techniques. He’s been a regular on Rinse FM for a decade now, and mixed the Pure Grime series of CDs that aped garage’s equivalent chart-busting mix series. He’s also the DJ for legendary grime crew Ruff Squad and the tour DJ for crossover star Tinchy Stryder.
Alongside him is fresher talent Flava D, not only a strong DJ but a brilliant and unusually female producer in what’s often considered a man’s genre. She’s come through as one of the better producers of recent years, releasing on esteemed label Butterz and carrying out a high-level collaboration with DJ Q. It’s to Sink’s credit that, while it’s predominately a student-populated fixture – not that there’s anything wrong with that – they’re supplying Wales with some essential UK music. More power to them.
(GTDC)
Tickets: £8. Info: 01792 468 892Â