Fact Mix 880: Scratchclart

A legend of United kingdom club new music mixes grimey and funky tracks with major gqom and amapiano influences from South Africa ahead of his set at The Hydra’s 10th birthday this weekend.

Scratchclart is the most up-to-date moniker of a multifaceted United kingdom artist who has also long gone below the names DVA, Scratcha DVA and DVA [Hi:Emotions] through his prolonged and storied career. Coming to prominence via a legendary stint on Rinse FM’s breakfast slot, Scratchclart’s eager ear and adore for new and emerging sounds has kept him at the forefront of British isles dance music for 20 many years, by releases on Hyperdub and his own DVA Tunes and Allyallrecords labels.

As his profession has progressed Scratchclart’s audio has ongoing to innovate, going from grime and British isles funky to his very own strong choose on British isles club music that attracts inspiration from South African electronic types such as gqom and amapiano, both solo via his recent DRMTRK sequence and in collaboration with North London MC Lady Lykez. Scratchclart’s Simple fact Combine (published more than 13 a long time just after he initially shipped a mix for Actuality as Scratcha DVA – range 64, no considerably less) is a succinct snapshot of where by he’s at now, showcasing plenty of new solo content and collaborations with Girl Lykez, Citizen Boy, Trim, Ikonika and Mxshi Mo together with tracks from Bok Bok, Logan Olm and Toya Delazy.

You can capture Scratchclart actively playing at London’s Printworks this Saturday, 29 October, wherever he’s appearing alongside Girl Lykez as part of The Hydra and Hessle Audio’s enormous double birthday rave celebrating 15 years of Ben UFO, Pearson Sound and Pangaea’s label and a 10 years of The Hydra gatherings in the funds. The function is marketed out but resale tickets are offered.

Comply with Scratchclart on Instagram and SoundCloud, and come across his songs at Bandcamp. You can also tune into his weekly Soup To Nuts clearly show on NTS Radio just about every Friday at 11am.

Tracklist:

Woman Lykez x Trim – ‘Shapez’
Logan Olm – ‘Crash Dem Down’
Mez – ‘Big Seed’
Doller – ‘Vybz & Energy’
Toya Delazy – ‘Water’
Ikonika x Scratchclart – ‘Crash Riddim’ (Worst Conduct Remix)
Scratchclart – ‘Marixylo’
Girl Lykez x Lioness – ‘Muhammad Ali (Remix)’
Scratchclart x Citizen Boy – ‘Ammo VIP’
Sonia Calico – ‘Mukbang Roller’ (Scratchclart’s Afrotek Remix)
Whistle Dub
Lady Lykez x Scratchclart – ‘Killa Bee’
Scratchclart x Mxshi Mo – ‘Afrotek’ (9’s Combine)
Trim x Scratchclart – ‘Yardman’
Scratchclart – ‘Queen’
Lady Lykez x Scratchclart – ‘Buzz Lightyear’
Scratchclart – ‘Gun Walk’
Durrty Goodz x Scratchclart – ‘Ganja Time’
Bok Bok – ‘Ouais’
Mez x Scratchclart x Razzler Person – ‘Think About It’
Mak10 x Scratchclart – ‘Smoke Signal’
Lady Lykez x Toya Delazy x Scratchclart – ‘Woza’

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