Album lore

Shizam, released in 2014 on Polydor Records, presents a compact yet potent collection from Zed Bias, a figure rooted in the UK garage and grime scenes. The four-track set revolves around its titular piece, with reworkings by My Nu Leng, Mushy GrimeTech, and Plastician, each lending distinct inflections from drum and bass to dubstep. The record’s lineage touches on UK funky and bassline, threading in elements of dancehall and bass house, reflecting the eclecticism of the mid-2010s underground.This artifact, with its modest footprint—under 12,000 Last.fm scrobbles—offers a glimpse into the shifting contours of urban British music at the time. Zed Bias’s original and its remix variants balance the two-step rhythms and 2-step breaks familiar to garage enthusiasts with grime’s rawer edges, making Shizam a signal within the canon of UK dance music’s evolution. The My Nu Leng remix, in particular, sharpens the bassline thrust for the dancefloor, maintaining the record’s resonance well beyond its initial release.

Album lore

Shizam, released in 2014 on Polydor Records, presents a compact yet potent collection from Zed Bias, a figure rooted in the UK garage and grime scenes. The four-track set revolves around its titular piece, with reworkings by My Nu Leng, Mushy GrimeTech, and Plastician, each lending distinct inflections from drum and bass to dubstep. The record’s lineage touches on UK funky and bassline, threading in elements of dancehall and bass house, reflecting the eclecticism of the mid-2010s underground.This artifact, with its modest footprint—under 12,000 Last.fm scrobbles—offers a glimpse into the shifting contours of urban British music at the time. Zed Bias’s original and its remix variants balance the two-step rhythms and 2-step breaks familiar to garage enthusiasts with grime’s rawer edges, making Shizam a signal within the canon of UK dance music’s evolution. The My Nu Leng remix, in particular, sharpens the bassline thrust for the dancefloor, maintaining the record’s resonance well beyond its initial release.