OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Opaque Artists
With Summer just around the corner the duo release a true Scott & Leon garage cover of Cold Play Adventure Of A Life Time, Featuring Leon on vocals. This track really catches there unique 2 Step old skool style feeling, one for the ladies.
About
Scott & Leon met in Bobby’s Nightclub in Tenerife in 1990 where they were both DJ’s. Scott was the promotional manager and head DJ; Leon was a young 20 year old looking for his break, Scott recognised his talent and immediately gave him a residency at the club. The pair quickly became great friends and teamed up to start to produce club music. In 2000, Scott & Leon brought their first single to the UK Garage community and before long You Used to Hold Me was a Top 20 hit, peaking at Number 19 on the UK Single Charts and the single went on to become one of the UK Garage scene’s biggest anthems.
AJ Tracey s comments speak to a wider - and unjustified - disdain towards the genre.
It seems like there’s a new national hobby in town, a kind of
whac-a-mole but played only by MCs. Whenever a journalist mentions ‘grime’ UK rappers dig out the mallet and smack that topic down into the ground, never to be seen again.
The latest to step up to the plate is AJ Tracey. The West London artist’s second album ‘Flu Game’ was released a few days ago, and it’s an evolutionary step – certain roots (such a UKG) remain, but he leans more on trap, drill, and Stateside variants, broadening his sound while honing his craft. It’s a solid album, but on release day
Ganni and Ahluwalia Collaborate on the London Brand s First Venture Into Womenswear
Could a fashion collaboration be any cooler? We don t think so. Circular-fashion advocate Ganni is collaborating with emerging London-based brand Ahluwalia for Ganni s 2021 reworked collection. Ganni x Ahluwalia includes an edit of outerwear, dresses, skirts, and tops made from the brands surplus materials. This will be Ahluwalia s first venture into womenswear and the first of two 2021 collaborations with Ganni.
Priya Ahluwalia is the trailblazing British designer of her eponymous fashion brand. The designer is the recent winner of the 2021 Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design, which is the latest in a list of impressive accolades including being part of the British Fashion Council s 2019/2020 NewGen initiative and the recipient of the 2020 LVMH Prize. Ahluwalia is known for using surplus materials in the creation of forward-thinking collections that are also informed by the designer s d
THE RETURN: Aj Tracey
‘Anxious‘; his first solo single in over a year.
A hard-hitting, atmospheric cut, “Anxious” arrives in the wake of a phenomenal run of six UK top-five singles in the past 18 months for the West London star. Produced by Remedee, the new single marks a notable switch of pace, and a bold statement of intent – speaking on the varying emotions felt by AJ in his current position.
The accompanying cinematic visual, directed by KC Locke and AJ Tracey, sees AJ running a commentary on his life and the opinions of those around him: a deluxe dinner at Novikov is followed by a shopping spree with his jeweller, and a night-time drive around London, before AJ steps perilously but defiantly onto the roof of a skyscraper; a stunning visual moment.