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Elijah x Shiftee - Just Jam Set. I have an odd phobia of balloons, and there were a lot in the room, hence the nervous performance. Strange, but true!
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- #Elijah x Shiftee
- #Just Jam
18 May 2013 / 9 notes
Flava D has dropped a free EP to warm up for Jamz and launch her new site FlavaD.com. Grab it here
- #Flava D
- #Jamz
12 May 2013 / 5 notes
A Tuesday night with the Butterz crew filmed in Nottingham by our resident photographer James Gould.
- #Butterz
- #Swindle
10 May 2013
Le Zoo in Geneva with Skilliam and Swindle on the weekend was heavy. Big up to Florence and the team for having us.
- #Geneva
- #Switzerland
7 May 2013
A special 2 hour back to back Rinse FM show with my regular collaborator from NYC DJ Shiftee. Recorded with two 1210s, two CDJ2000s a Native Instruments Machine and Traktor.
5 May 2013 / 5 notes
A couple of years ago I compiled a blog of 50 Grime sets I love. Now most of the links are dead, and 2 years of new sets to add to that collection I thought it would be a good time to compile again.

To me this is Grime in its most exciting form. Especially the sets recorded from raves.

Download them all… Spread them to the people that don’t get it yet, track down the tunes you dont know, show the artists involved love and most importantly enjoy the vibes.
- #Grime
4 May 2013 / 244 notes
Cable London has closed its doors for good today. First of all love to the staff for having us over the past two years. 70 staff have lost their jobs which is fucked.

Butterz had 5 major nights at Cable from 2011 to March this year where we had JME, Skepta, Shorty, Joker, The Heatwave, DJ EZ, Lil Silva, Kode 9, Scratcha DVA, P Money, Champion, D Double E, Footsie, DJ Tubby, Chronik, Logan Sama, Kozzie, Merky Ace, Preditah, Darq E Freaker, Mr Mitch, Flava D, Oil Gang, Notion, P Jam, Spooky, D.O.K, Bruza, Skibadee, Hyper, Riko, Silkie, Marcus Nasty and Serious One join us in creating really special nights.

I’ve archived the all the audio and the best sets here.

I’m obviously gutted as Butterz has lost it’s club home, but im more unhappy about the overall club landscape in London right now. Options are shrinking, club line ups are taking less risks, and when there nights in ‘Warehouse Spaces’ there is no guarantee of your safety, a good time or the night even happening. Hardly worth your hard earned cash on.

We are encouraged to create jobs for ourselves then they strip away our meeting points and cultural hubs and replace them with Costas, Subways and more retail units and housing nobody that works in those shops can afford.

We have young people up and down the country sitting in music, arts and fashion classes hoping to come to London one day to grow, but where are the opportunities at the moment? Not enough places to display, to perform, to practice to share ideas.

Councils, Governments and Police view nightclubs as a nuisance. The social goods are rarely considered. I think England thinks of nightclubs as home of binge drinking and civil disobedience.

Just speaking from the Butterz nights at Cable alone I can say it’s been the total opposite (especially with the ignorant Grime stereotype that people have) we brought together some of the most talented young producers, DJs, photographers, videographers (most under 25) and created a real energy that people came to see from all over the country (and the world!). Not one serious incident, just people coming together, young and old, from all different backgrounds. Music is one of the only things that can make that happen.

We had our first night on the weekend of the London Riots in August 2011, seems like nothing has changed since. We are slowly going to build another generation of lost youth in England.

Rant over

For now
- #Butterz
- #Cable
- #London
2 May 2013 / 105 notes
Flava D takes control of the next Jamz party at The Alibi. Jamz is here to stay London
- #Flava D
- #Jamz
29 Apr 2013 / 4 notes
Cancelled show this weekend in Stockholm, decided to take the flight out by myself anyway and see the city. The most random thing I have done in a while, need to do this more often. Busy next few months of shows and new projects launching so expect new stuff here daily again from tomorrow
- #Sweden
28 Apr 2013 / 2 notes
Shiftee & Elijah b2b at Plastic People tonight
- #UKMeetsUSA
26 Apr 2013 / 3 notes
Swindle & I talking about his takeover at Cable on 14th June and his new album on Deep Medi. Long Live The Jazz
- #Swindle
24 Apr 2013 / 9 notes
Some footage from the booth unearthed from the Butterz 3rd Birthday at 5am. Shot by James Gould.

Download the full set here
- #Butterzis3
- #Elijah & Skilliam
15 Apr 2013 / 5 notes
Wen joined us on Rinse FM Sunday. Stream here or grab the download over at Rinse.FM
15 Apr 2013 / 7 notes
From the latest Mishka look book. Working on the Butterz x Mishka 2013 Capsule at the moment. Keep watch
- #Mishka
8 Apr 2013 / 5 notes
Audio from our first ‘Jamz’ night alongside Spooky, Royal-T, Champion and Terror Danjah with Serious One hosting. Next one is May 31st
- #Jamz
3 Apr 2013 / 1 note