Elijah and Skilliam grew up in east London and became friends at uni in Hertfordshire, primarily because they both liked grime. “We were outcasts,” jokes Elijah of their university friendship groups. “The majority [of people’s tastes] were like ‘Friday night, put-on-a-shit-shirt-and-listen-to-Baywatch-riddim.’ We liked our own kind of music from London.”
They were all set for successful if somewhat conventional careers when a setback changed their lives. Elijah had been offered a steady office job, starting the next Monday. “On Friday [the boss] called me up and said ‘bad news, this music thing. We looked at it on Google and we think it would be a conflict of interest.’” Grime had parred three years of uni. But in a trait that would become one of their calling cards, Elijah switched this setback to his advantage, making it a turning point for his life and soon, for grime itself.
On the foundation of their Rinse radio show, the duo soon built a label, merchandising, raves, an A&R consultancy but most of all a focused community, aligned to one mission. “Most other Grime DJs only see their job as playing good records,” explains Elijah “But Skilliam and I really go the extra mile to make good tunes happen in the first place. Hooking up producers and MCs with stuff they would sound good on. That is how most of the records have formed on the label, not just because we have picked up whatever has been working. We have built up most tunes from scratch as a team.”
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