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Urban music aficionado and both a purveyor and pursuant of a hyper-specific movement in the scene; where the beauty of drill instrumentals come together with the trailblazing components of grime, Oblig’s practice bridges the gap between the two genres, putting drill directly alongside grime and subsequently into new ears and bigger conversations.
Having immersed himself in drill from close to its conception when living in the USA, Oblig boasts an encyclopaedic knowledge of the scene, with a particular focus on the producers. He fuses rave culture with drill on his weekly Rinse show and with longer term label plans in the works (look out for OBLIGATED Records), Oblig intends to fortify his position as an integral player in the evolution of the sound. For OBLIG it is all about legacy. He explains…
“You can’t watch a hip hop documentary without hearing certain names being mentioned. I want to be in future documentaries about drill and grime.”