wallwork & nico lindsay: facts

Wallwork and London grime emcee, Nico Lindsay, deliver Facts. Wallwork and Tsvi's "Facts" sees the pair turn a stripped-back, minimalist hand to a beat that Lindsay takes on with a relaxed, near-horizontal flow. With neither afraid to deviate from grime's more familiar 140bpm template, their collision of styles is not only refreshing - it's fully vindicated. On "Fyah", Wallwork, assisted by Nan Kolè, leans more toward UK funky, with the beat patterns softer and the percussion less harsh, instead driven by a fierce, chugging groove and twisted, wonky bass notes that Lindsay again navigates.