Grime Kids: NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA
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‘An essential read for anyone with the slightest interest in the birth of Grime’ The Wire
‘Sharp and nostalgic’ The Observer
A group of kids in the 90s had a dream to make their voice heard – and this book documents their seminal impact on today’s pop culture.
DJ Target grew up in Bow under the shadow of Canary Wharf, with money looming close on the skyline. The ‘Godfather of Grime’ Wiley and Dizzee Rascal first met each other in his bedroom. They were all just grime kids on the block back then, and didn’t realise they were to become pioneers of an international music revolution. A movement that permeates deep into British culture and beyond. Household names were borne out of those housing estates, and the music industry now jumps to the beat of their gritty reality rather than the tune of glossy aspiration. Grime has shaken the world and Target is revealing its explosive and expansive journey in full, using his own unique insight and drawing on the input of grime’s greatest names.
What readers are saying about Grime Kids:
‘Fantastic depiction of the inception of a genre that has spanned the millennium’
‘Brilliant insight in to grim music from one of the pioneers of the scene’
‘This book really sums up the feeling of being a DJ perfectly’
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Additional information
| Publisher | Trapeze, Reprint edition (16 May 2019) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 288 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1409179532 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1409179535 |
| Dimensions | 13.02 x 1.91 x 19.69 cm |
by 86
Grime kids is a amazing portrait of how the grime scene emerged threw the ranks of uk garage. As a young teen who started dj’in in 99 that tended to lean towards the more baseline heavy darker sounds of uk garage it was inevitable that when “grime” came along it would capture me and this book has all the essence and feeling of the time capsulated in the form of words. This is the closest thing a newcomer to the grime scene can get to living in the time of the birth of this music or someone like myself who is in his early 30s that was a participant in hunting for the new releases can get to reliving his youth. This book is a grime fan must read!!
by Berty
If you wanna know about how the UK music scene used to be away from the big labels, then let Target take you back and tell it how it was and is.
by Kindle Customer
This is a great look into the history of grime.music and the impact that it’s had for the culture. There were lots of things that I read which I didn’t know, and lots of stories which I’ll go and read further into. Dj Target is a true legend of grime and comes across as a genuine guy both on his radio sets and through this book.
by GT
A fascinating insight and a must-read for anyone interested in UK music generally as it spans beyond grime to show how the genre came to be. Really sets the scene well so you feel like you’re there. Definitely recommend!
by Katy
I thought I knew alot about grime but this book dispels any myths or stories about the legends of grime. Not only that, it’s the real story of grime and it’s blow up into mainstream music told by a man who was a part of it and helped define the genre. A must read for any music fan.
by Paula London
Great book.
I actually felt like I did the journey with them.
by B M BATES
Fantastic job by dj target telling the stories of the sound their (our) childhoods and how that became the sound of grime.
There is very little info on any beefs between anyone if you are looking for a more gossipy story. The journey through the music is very well narrated though and you will be constantly stopping to listen to the tracks mentioned.
Does jump around a little as others mentioned but I have no idea how he could have better strung it together.
Well worth reading for anyone even a little into grime.
by IM
Going through a similar story of falling in love with music and DJing in London (Southie though fam) around the same time, this book really sums up the feeling of being a DJ perfectly. You acknowledge your surroundings spot on. You didn’t labour it, but just focused on the things that propelled you to move forward in life, and that was through the love of music.
Listing off the same references such as the tunes, stations, DJs that got you into it all brought a smile to my face. It evoked pure memories bro. As I moved away from the DJing (but never my love of music) in early 2000s, it’s great to relive that period and the things. Also it really shows when you want to make something happen, working with a person or people that have the same drive and tenacity as can really make you do some mad things.
I highly recommend it to everyone, as this is a book written beautifully by someone who is obviously a DJ. It doesn’t mean you have to be a DJ to appreciate, or someone who was there, but trust me it represents it properly. He has summed it up beautifully and I’m glad it’s your own words and not no one else (well apart from your editor hey!). Respect Target.