After finding initial success with London grime collective, Roll Deep, MC Trim began building a sizeable body of solo work via a series of independently released mixtapes. The series secured him a dedicated following, not least thanks to a more leftfield approach to sound selection that looked far beyond the usual tried and tested sources of his contemporaries.
Collabs and releases on Tempa, R&S, Rinse and Planet Mu continued to follow more left of centre paths and last year’s debut solo LP on James Blake’s 1-800 Dinosaur was not so much an album, more an oddly compelling attempt to create a ground zero for a new genre.
Popping up here on Frits Wentink’s Bobby Donny label, we see Trim team up with Low End Activist mixing paranoia, self-aggrandisement and unexpected reference points within his unmistakable flow. Set to a background action of shuffling hats and low end rumbles, the resultant whole is a wonky garage track that skips along with such a natural momentum that it’s over before you’ve even processed half of it and you’re pressing play again. - Stamp The Wax
The Kampala producer's debut LP subverts the dominant paradigm of club music, providing a fresh, dark, and doomy soundtrack that is as meditative as it is danceable. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jun 22, 2021
From despair and grief to optimism, the subdued electronic compositions on the latest from Opus form a moving narrative. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 3, 2023