Listen: Mala collaborates with Joe-Armon Jones and Nubya Garcia on new track 'Scratch & Erase'

Wednesday Jun 26th 2019

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Responsible for some of dubstep’s most iconic cuts, DJ, producer and label owner Mala is now part of a select group of producers taking it to thrilling forward-thinking pastures. His newest track is a collaboration with Joe-Armon Jones and Nubya Garcia. 'Scratch & Erase' is part of the compilation album 'Untitled', collecting seven collaborations inspired by the life and work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, "pairing emerging and established musicians to create a genre-defying compilation of new music." Also included on the album is a collaboration between LGW18 artists Shabaka Hutchings and Kojey Radical.

Stream 'Scratch & Erase' below. 'Untitled' is released by Lonely Table, Anja Ngozi and The Vinyl Factory, with support from the Arts Council England. It's available to purchase here.

"Known as one of the eminent originators of dubstep, the deep, dark and meditative genre simply wouldn’t exist without Mark Lawrence, aka Mala. The Deep Medi label head and Digital Mystikz co-founder’s influence can not be overstated – having entered London’s underground scene as a jungle MC as a 14-year-old, he went on to run seminal clubnight DMZ and worked on a wealth of his own, speaker-obliterating productions both in London and in Cuba, collaborating with local musicians there." - DUMMY

Mala performs at Le Guess Who? 2019 on Friday, 8 November, as part of the curated program by The Bug. Also performing as part of this curation are a.o. Jah Shaka Sound System, King Midas Sound, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, JK Flesh B2B Goth-Trad, Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force, Earth, LOTTO, Slikback, and more.