James Massiah & Lord Tusk

Dub poet meets seismic beatmaker. James Massiah’s ice-cold, razor-edged delivery rides Lord Tusk’s stripped-back, swaggering productions – raw steppers built from heavyweight drums, dubbed-out synths, and just enough space for verses to land with sharp focus: deadpan, confrontational, darkly playful. Both artists emerged from London’s fertile overlap of club culture and DIY electronics. Massiah cut his teeth in spoken-word circuits and underground music scenes, while also shaping the abrasive, politicised edge of Babyfather (Dean Blunt’s experimental music project); Lord Tusk developed his sound through dub, house, and leftfield, dance-leaning records released on labels such as The Trilogy Tapes. Together, they deal in minimal means and maximum presence – language as melody, rhythm as attitude.