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| Grindie |
| Stylistic origins: |
Grime & Indie |
| Cultural origins: |
mid/late-2000s, London |
| Typical instruments: |
Synthesizer, Drum machine, Sequencer, Keyboard, Sampler, Turntable, Personal computer, MCing, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums |
| Mainstream popularity: |
Very small but expected to grow |
| Regional scenes |
| London |
Grindie is a hybrid form of music that emerged in London in early 2006. It combines influences from grime, a beat-driven form of hip hop that arose in East London, with indie rock. Notable pioneers in the genre include Marvin The Martian, Lethal Bizzle, and Statik, who has worked with musicians including Pete Doherty and Larrikin Love, as well as The Futureheads' collaboration with The Streets and The Ordinary Boys' collaboration with Lady Sovereign. The musical hybridization developed from mixtapes that combined indie guitar riffs and melodies, with grime-style beats and indie lyrics, often emceed by a grime artist. The first known "Grindie" release was a song by Marvin The Martian and his group Why Lout? sampling Art Brut's Summer 2005 single 'Emily Kane' to make a song called 'Stay Off The Kane' which was released as a free download through Artrocker and was downloaded over 30,000+ times within 2 months. Although now there is bands forming that fit into the Grindie genre, rather than DJs using samples of Indie tracks and getting MCs to spit over them. Bands like Hadouken! and Belle Crew both use the normal features of an rock based band (guitars, bass etc.) but with MCing and have Grime style beats. The Grindie and Nu Rave scenes are complimentary to each other.
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