Interview: Plastician

It's been a while hasn't it? Well Hype!Hype! is back on track with a few posts n bits coming up over the next few days.

First up, this interview with Radio One's own Plastician, held backstage at The Fix Up last Friday in Leeds.

The city's quickly establishing itself as a outpost of the Grime and Dubstep scene in the wild North of England. Dubstep's already well represented in the city through producers and DJs such as Ramadanman and DJ Distinction together with nights like DMZ North and Flux. Still, with the student heavy population it's rare to get a night focusing on the Grime element rather than skanky gap year Dubsteppers.

The Fix Up proved a good antidote to the usual Dubstep heavy vibe, providing the descerning Leeds heads with a line-up coupling the best of the North with JME, Frisco, Skepta and Plastician from the big smoke. Not wanting to be outdone by Londoners, there was a rare show of cross-pennine cooperation in the form of Grime crew Nextgen which consisted of the best from Manchester and Leeds. Despite being faced with a crowd eager for Skepta and JME to get serious and draw for the tool they held it down well n got a few people moving. Boy Better Know all madness ensued when Skepta, JME and Frisco took to the stage infront of Plastician who span a blinding selection of Grime n Dubstep to a receptive crowd.

The music was all good, but maybe the most exciting thing about the night was the good vibe and lack of any madness. A good look for two double oh seven.

The interview first went out last night on Leeds' How We Do, Thursday 8 til 10 on LSRFM.