Novelist & Dj Slimzee Live

Grime-heads step up for a Dekmantel debut that’s sure to be the stuff of legend: godfather of the scene Slimzee links with Novelist, of Square – the South London crew that helped rewire the sound in the mid-2010s with a sharper, more exploratory edge. Slimzee’s influence runs deep: as a founding force on Rinse FM, the station that gave early bass-heavy UK styles a home, his radio sets and records shaped the music’s character long before it had a name. Emerging a generation later, Novelist extends that lineage with surgical precision and political clarity, cutting through beats with control and power. His 2025 album Audacity – an eight-track, self-produced statement – threads old-school grit through a future-facing lens. In tandem, they lock into pure propulsion: pressure applied, discipline intact, vision locked forward.