Classic Episode: Skream on flaming tour buses, stage invasions, and being marketed as a hellraiser

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Skream was the poster boy for the early dubstep scene, then made the charts as part of Magnetic Man, and since then forged a unique path through different areas of dance music while always maintaining the personality that made him a star in the first place.

This conversation was first broadcast in September 2023, episode 85 of our previous incarnation, the Not A Diving Podcast. And more people have listened to it than any of our other 200-odd episodes.

We discuss what the very early years of dubstep were really like, and what happened when the Americans got involved. What it was like being marketed as an old fashioned rock n roll hellraiser, the fun that was had and the pressure that came with it. And we get into how the music and the scene has changed along the way.

This is a great chat with a legend of UK music - worth a re-spin even if you listened the first time round, and absolutely essential listening if you missed it!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:45 Skreamizm 8

08:12 Lockdown Tunes & Addictive Process

20:40 Staying True, Not Conforming

30:48 Different Definitions of Success

34:15 Transition to House

43:46 Autonomic Influence

50:32 Stories Before the Sober Journey

1:00:41 Generational Marketability

1:07:54 Upbringing, Escapism, Maturing

1:15:55 How Magnetic Man’s Pop Sound Influenced American Dubstep

1:23:33 Genre Gatekeeping in DNB, Jungle, and Garage

1:28:40 (Big) Apple Records

1:39:10 Scene Development Differences

1:47:33 Panorama Bar & DoLab Experiences

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