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DBL A & Benwa – ZEMI (Ft. Sweets & Luke Royalty)

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DBL A & Benwa kick off 2024 with their new body of work, ‘ZEMI’. Manchester’s alternative and underground music scene continues to flourish as artist, DBL A and producer, Benwa team up to create the genre-bending lo-fi rap tape. With influence of indie as well as soul through to dark trap the 23 year-old artist displays his talents as a vocalist as well as showing his range of flows, rhyme-schemes and personal themes over a series of equally varied and detailed instrumentals. Both originating from Yorkshire, the pair take you on a sonic journey to Benwas home-studio in Manchester with a sound that’s reminiscent of rejjie snow projects from yester-year. curating lo-fi sounds that feel like the bread and butter of bedroom pop/rap, Alongside an array of features from other Manchester-based artists; Luke Royalty, Sweets and KHI-P all help add an extra layer of quality to the project. Synths, guitar and the occasional heavy 808 are all found carefully scattered across the EP, allowing DBL A to let his creative freedom roam wild, as he navigates a series of topics, from emotional growth, through to drinking liquor from a sippy cup. ‘ZEMI’ is only the first release between Benwa and DBL A which only makes the hint to a bright future of releases stronger.

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DBL A – Grabbing at my ankles

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Manchester-based artist DBL A and Manchester-born producer, Yves Jones, link up to create DBL A’s latest single ‘Grabbing at my ankles’. Following a spell of lyric and flow-heavy releases, the artist marks a sonic shift with his latest single. Showcasing stripped-back flows, as well as more melodic vocals, DBL A experiments with new sounds on a soulful and ‘genre bending’ track. The song came about as a result of regular sessions between the two. Off the back of their 2022 UK garage release ‘smarties’ Yves Jones (one half of rising Manchester based duo ‘Fieves’) displays experimental vocal processing that works hand-in-hand with DBL A’s delivery, showing just how comfortable the two young creatives are working together. introspective lyrics from the north Yorkshire native paint a vivid picture over soulful samples and synths as he talks on topics of self-destructive behaviour and overcoming negativity from exterior forces. The 23-Year-old artist looks to take larger strides in the UK music scene as well as within his own artistic development. Releasing on 13/10/2023, DBL A, displays his range on a song that likens itself more towards a genre-mixed sound than that of his previous releases – One that any fans of Sampha or Vegyn should be sure to check out. Having already shown his talents at a Ballami radio cypher, alongside Manchester-based artist ‘Finnerz’, earlier in the year ‘DBL A’ is one to watch in the UK scene as the artist promises that there’s ‘much more to see from him’ before the year is done.

DBL A – My Place

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‘MYPLACE’ is the third release of the year for DBL A. Continuing to evolve his sound alongside Manchester-based producer ‘B-SEEN’. The second collaboration between the two shows DBL A experiment with his signature style of 140 flows, introspective lyrics and creative wordplay. the two link up in song that shows B-SEEN’s distinctive glitch-hop style, with UK grime and drill influences. and shows the North Yorkshire-native MC take his unique sound forward, as he prepares to release a series of singles to further leave his impression on the UK Underground scene before the release of his second tape.