Artist Spotlight: Biig Piig
At just 23, Jess Smyth a.k.a. Biig Piig has already enjoyed a busy life, full of what she happily refers to as “mess.” She had a sociable childhood spent between Ireland, Costa Rica, and London, growing up around, and later working in, the restaurants, pubs, and bars run by her parents. It was following the family’s move to the UK when Smyth was 14 that she first picked up the guitar, and it wasn’t long before she was performing at open mic nights in Battersea and beyond. She found her crowd at college, when she became part of the collective NiNE8, a group of fashion, art, and music-loving teens brought together by artist Lava La Rue. The open-minded creative sessions with NiNE8 led Smyth to settle into her style and to collaborate with the collective’s producers to create her first official tracks. Softly rapping and singing in a mix of Spanish and English, Smyth put her own idiosyncratic spin on neo-soul, mixing hip-hop beats with lo-fi jazzy
Features / / 08 · 01 · 2021
As we say goodbye to one masked legend, another masked man of mystery is plotting his own world domination from his secret London lair.
Rapper
Bone Slim, part of the scintillating
NiNE8 collective, has been turning heads with his fusion of nineties nostalgia with psychedelic future rap sounds.
His new single, âBATâ kicks off the year in style with his unique spin on a bounce back from a relationship. We went back and forth with him on his musical inspirations, upcoming project, and news yearâs resolutions.
Check out the premiere for the video below.
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