FACT magazine

Slackk takes on David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto with ‘Bamboo Houses’ edit

15th April 2013 •

Bamboo you. Snatched from David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto's early 1982 collaboration Bamboo Music/Bamboo Houses, the duo's original track is a masterclass in synthesized restraint, with spin [...]

Slackk, Mr. Mitch, Logos and Oil Gang launch new grime night this weekend

22nd March 2013 •

Slackk, Mr. Mitch, Logos and Oil Gang this weekend launch a new instrumental grime night, Boxed, in South London. Armed with the strapline "no bars, just beats", the night has been founded to s [...]

Footwork sleazeballs Patrice & Friends team up with Greeen Linez for new EP: stream the first video inside

18th February 2013 •

Dance music's dirtiest midget will return at the end of February with a new EP. An alias of London-based producer Slackk, Patrice & Friends debuted in late 2011 with a series of videos that [...]

Monday mix round-up: hear MK on Rinse, Footsie team up with Butterz, and a new Slackk mix

11th February 2013 •

Monday morning's always good for mixes (you know - the whole FACT and Resident Advisor thing), but this Monday's already better than most. On top of FACT's session by sun-lounger pop king M [...]

Brace yourself for Slackk’s earthshaking ‘Shogun Assassin’

3rd December 2012 •

If Michael Bay made grime records… Last we heard from grime/footwork experimentalist Slackk, he was offering up the twilight G-funk cut 'Red Voodoo'. 'Shogun Assassin', by contrast, is a hulk [...]

Much-loved pirate radio recordings faculty Grimetapes returns: download classic Wiley, N.A.S.T.Y. Crew and more

9th November 2012 •

Much-loved pirate radio recordings faculty Grimetapes is back. The work of Paul Lynch, who would later produce as Slackk and Patrice & Friends, Grimetapes was for some time the best archive [...]

Download a kinetic juke mix Slackk assembled for Nail The Cross

18th October 2012 •

The grime mastermind explores juke on this powerhouse mix. London's Slackk starts off with the DJ Spinn and DJ Rashad party anthem 'She Turnt Up' and doesn't look back, supersaturating 35 minut [...]

BAFTA New Talent winner directs on the video for Slackk’s ‘Blue Sleet’

26th July 2012 •

'Blue Sleet', the lead track from grime mastermind Slackk's latest EP Raw Missions, now has a video. Directed by BAFTA New Talent award winner Natalia Stuyk, whose past work includes videos for [...]

Hear Starkey and Slackk’s remixes of Bloom’s staggering ‘Quartz’

3rd July 2012 •

Last week, FACT lost its collective shit over Bloom's staggering 'Quartz'. Now, the remixes bundled with the single - by grime space cadet Starkey and the reliably rowdy Slackk, who takes thing [...]