Mystry

Mystry's "Pulse X" remix has been doing the rounds for some time now, and grime fans across the land have been screaming out for an official release. We've finally had our wish granted, as it has finally found a home on Stripes Records. "Pulse 8" is backed up another reworking, entitled "Impulse", and two original Mystry productions—"Eye Wonder" and "Calm"—that are a bit more in-line with his usual blend of trappy 808s and dubby low-end rumbles. Pulse 8 is out now on Stripes Records; take a listen to a preview of the EP below. - James Keith

First brought to light by the Boy Better Know camp at last years Red Bull Culture Clash, this tune has been doing the rounds snd getting reloads up and down the country with big support from Logan Sama, Spyro, Maximum, Huw Stephens, Elijah & Skilliam and more. Now being hailed as the "biggest grime instrumental of the moment", this track is one you should get familiar with ASAP. - i-D Magazine Team

For some, Mystry’s sudden, explosive breakthrough at the business end of 2014 might have come as a bit of a surprise. A DJ and producer from Birmingham - one who’d cut his teeth on the airwaves of legendary city-centre radio station Silk City - his early work was well received in the Midlands, but it lacked the momentum to make its way to London, for so long the stumbling block for artists hailing from further afield. Things would soon change though - and Mystry would never look back.

As a beat-maker who also shares a similar background to more established Birmingham producers like Swifta Beater and TRC, his initial break came in 2013 when he signed an EP to Spyro’s Dragon Punch imprint, although it was the story of ‘Pulse 8’ that would change Mystry’s trajectory for good. Remixing Youngstar’s seminal grime anthem ‘Pulse X’ is nothing new to contemporary producers – a lot of people have tried their hand at it over the years - but Mystry’s edit connected in a way that few others ever have. It’s dark, nasty and rasping - a track with enough fire in its belly to have MCs clawing to get their hands on it, but enough bite to turn clubs over by itself. The real acid test? Boy Better Know rolling it out as a dub in their Red Bull Culture Clash performance in 2014, a moment he recalls as one of the proudest of his career.

With the touch paper now well and truly lit, Mystry quickly signed his debut EP proper to Stripes Records earlier this year and the rest, as they say, is history. Now chilling with the artists he dreamed of working with, we caught up with him to take stock of his journey so far... - Tomas Fraser