Becoming Real

Spectre EP Becoming Real

Becoming Real is one of the most exciting producers around, forging a sound of his own and creating grime tracks that sound like how grime should sound, sinister, strangely suffocating and full of energy! To top it all off we got in touch with Chicago’s Juke pioneer DJ Rashad for remix duties and he duly delivered a brain melting remix for Like Me Before grime dominated the UK charts, there was a time when the genre still remained a firmly underground concern, born of frustration and a pure artistic vision. Channelling this early approach is Becoming Real‘s hyper-real form of mutant grime. Becoming Real first started making music in the forgotten suburbs of South London, influenced as much by a conceptual future dystopia as by luminaries Zomby & Mount Eerie. Forging his own deformed take on first wave grime, Becoming Real evokes a sense of dread that conjures images of seas drowned in oil and tar-coated forests. Following on from a 12” released in June through RAMP Recordings, Toby Ridler, AKA Becoming Real is back to haunt your speakers once again with another self-termed Ghost record, this time featuring guest vocals from enigmatic grime artist Trim. Toby says of collaborating with Trim: "The whole hook up came about through me making beats and sending them around. My friend got in touch with Trim and it seemed like a good match, as at the time I was making real cosmic/lucid beats and Trim’s vocals reveal a depth of imagery like no other MC I can think of. With “Like Me”, I was trying to conjure up a haunted image of a city at night, something that wasn't haunting in itself, but more that it was being haunted" For “Like Me”, Becoming Real enlisted the remix duties of Chicago’s DJ Rashad, infamous for his part in the creation of Chicago Juke music. DJ Rashad has masterfully turned “Like Me” into a double speed hyper-rhythmic monster.