Youngstar’s ‘Pulse X’ still does damage in the rave on a weekly basis, I don’t see that changing for the foreseeable future.

Walter Ego of Sheffield residency dropped this ‘Bootlegs* EP’ full of 130 shufflers; progressive, percussion led bubblers, some cheeky refix’s and outright mash up. To be honest I can’t believe that I just copped this for absolutely nothing!

Whoever said grime is dead needs to go and have a long hard think. 2012 in my eyes has already proved them very, very wrong. Someone who is fully sailing the flag at full mast is perennial grime vet Terror Danjah, who comes with some new fire for the Fabric crew.

After “that” inncident in Napa and famously leaving Roll Deep, Trim has been at the forefront of the grime scene, shunning the mainstream commercial success that a lot of his peers strive for whilst constantly pushing the boundary’s of the sound.

It’s been a long time coming, but Plastician is finally back on the buttons and producing grime once again. Fans who remember the man formerly known as Plasticman, will be happy to hear he is back and going in hard with the original 8 bar formula.

TRC has just dropped a free zip folder of 11 of the finest UK influenced grime, hip hop and garage tracks! Associated with the Butterz crew and their fresh approach to releasing music and giving away zip folders, this is no different, cop now and play out!

DJ Q dropped a massive show on 1xtra this week, featuring a guest mix/interview with man like Bok Bok. As usual, DJ Q lays down plenty of upfront garage & bassline bits, including this VIP of Pantha’s ‘Candy Shop’.

Life Of Rhyme aired on Channel 4 on Sunday night, the program takes a close look at how lyricism and spoken word works within the hip hop and grime world. It features UK artists such as Task Force, Devlin, P Money, Lethal Bizzle, Giggs and many more presented by Akala.

Brand new grime banger from Fraksha, who you may remember from a previous article here. This time round, the Melbourne badman returns with a new single called ‘Sparring Practice’, with myself (Arctic) on the buttons.

Following the second release from the Oil Gang crew, comes the ‘Cherryaid EP’, courtesy of Darq E Freaker. A somewhat underrated producer, the man responsible for the infamous, ‘Next Hype’, lays down three solid instrumentals, supported heavily by the Butterz mandem, Teddy and a whole host of emcees.