Mary Anne Hobbs
While in college I was put on to the still infantile Grime scene in East London by a friend who had been involved in its development. At the time it was difficult to keep up on the quickly developing sounds from here in NY so I was always on the lookout for up-to-date resources. Immediately I became hooked on 2 radio outlets out of the UK: RinseFM and Mary Anne Hobbs’ Breezeblock show on Radio 1. I’ve been a tremendous fan of this scene for a long while and I have the Breezeblock (later called simply Experimental) to partially thank for that. I’ll never forget hearing Vex’d live in the mix in ‘05 on Mary Anne’s show. Sad to see her go!
