Friday Drive
Friday June 26th, 2020 with Trevor Walker
Brukin' it Down! "I.G. Culture Spotlight"

This week we take a look at some of the work of one of the founders of West London's Broken Beat scene, IG Culture aka Ian Grant. With the recent release of "IG Culture Presents LCSM" album "Earthbound" I thought it would be a good excuse to play a bit from the album and a few extra songs to show the depth of IG's musical breadth. I didn't realize the rabbit hole about to be opened, resulting in a 3+ hour Friday Drive. "Earthbound" is the latest stellar example in a long line of innovative and groundbreaking production from a real genius out of the UK's Soul, R&B, Hip Hop, Broken Beat, Nu Jazz and Acid Jazz movements. I was blown away to connect the dots between all the music he's been involved with as you'll see as you read on and will hear over the course of this week's show. Discogs bio: "Early innovator in Broken Beat. Ran Main Squeeze. IG Culture is perhaps best known as one of the most notable producers responsible for the wealth of material that has emanated from West London under the tag ‘Broken Beat’ and spawned the CoOp night at Velvet Rooms then Plastic People. IG Culture is one half of NameBrandSound with Alex Phountzi (Green Money, Bugz In The Attic) with releases on Ninja Tune and Arena Yard that blend the styles of footwork, dancehall, rare groove, and broken beat into their 'brukwurks' style. In 2017 launched "CoOp Presents" and founded "Selectors Assemble", a growing loose collective of DJ's producers, artists, movers and shakers that assist projects connected with CoOp presents and beyond." Aliases: Ian Grant, Instant Graffix, Likwid Continual Space Motion, Likwid Continual Space Motion Oper-Ra, Ma Futura, Quango, Smoke No Bones, Son Of Scientist, Tito Sensai Groups: Cool World Ensemble, Dodge City Productions, Likwid Biskit, NameBrandSound, New Sector Movements, Scienz Culture Discography & Credits: https://www.discogs.com/artist/5416-IG-Culture?type=Credits&filter_anv=0 I highly encourage you to check out IG Cuture's website, Bandcamp and Soundcloud links below: https://igculture.com https://igculture.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/ig-culture