BBC Introducing Scotland's Ally McCrae gets the low down from Joseph JP Patterson, as he reveals his latest top three underground tracks of the month.

3. Trauma – Go DJ

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You may remember us introducing you to a talented young 17-year-old girl from the west country who went by the name of Gabrielle Aplin.

Well, now we have another one for you! Her name is Jess Hall and she is also a 17-year-old singer-songwriter from the south west. Hailing from Wiltshire, a place just a hop skip and a jump away from Gabrielle, you have to ask yourself what they're putting in the water down there?

When singer-songwriters come through at young 'tender ages' you often hear words like 'mature' or 'beyond their years' as people decide they are slightly wiser than they ought to be. Well Jess has already been tagged with some of these expressions and she is certainly capable of manufacturing a confident tone that captivates the listener from the start. Jess grew up around music; both her grandfather and mother played the piano and the organ which inspired Jess to learn both the piano and guitar. On top of singing, songwriting and playing instruments, she also produces all of her own material from a studio she set up in her parents’ garage which makes her an impressive one man band (well technically a one 'woman' band, but that just doesn't have the same ring to it).

Depsite her individual talents Jess has decided not to go it alone and now comes complete with a band formed of childhood friends, how cute! Their mission statement is "We make music. Pure and simple", so let's hope they stay that way. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes and Damien Rice you can expect a chilled folky affair when you hear her track Play Shy on the Radio 1 playlist this week.

Links

https://www.facebook.com/JessHallBand

https://soundcloud.com/thejesshallband

This week's Label of Love is more than a Label of Love. A force to be reckoned with, representing a host of Oxford artists including Jonquil, Trophy Wife and Chad Valley, the Blessing Force crew also put on nights and look out for each other. Al and Andrew dropped in with some exclusives and the low down on the Blessing Force story so far..

Tracks featured: Jonquil - Mexico and Trophy Wife - Canopy Shade

Links

https://blessingforce.bigcartel.com/

Joseph JP Patterson was back on BBC Introducing in Scotland with Ally McCrae on Sunday, giving the lowdown on his favourite underground tracks this month...

3. Scrufizzer - Boom

Young Kye

My third track of the month comes from an MC who has featured in my top tracks a few times now, his name is Scrufizzer. The young spitter jumped on an instrumental made by Birmingham's producer of the moment, Preditah, and absolutely smashed it! Scrufizzer's rapid flow compliments the bouncy grime production. Preditah is getting a lot of love from the London grime scene right now, and you can see why after hearing Boom.

2. Young Kye Feat. Manga - I Kill It



My second track of the month comes from Young Kye. Now, I've known Young Kye for a couple of few years now, and it's been really good to see him musically grow. He jumped on a ZDOT and 4th Side production - alongside Roll Deep's Manga - for this dark, grimey hip-hop number. I was highly impressed with both MCs' deliveries on this track - the wordplay is also next level.

1. TRACK OF THE MONTH: Deadeye Feat. Nat Powers - One Life



My number one track of the month actually comes from a good friend of mine from Leicester, and he goes by the name of Deadeye. Back in the day, myself and Deadeye would drive up and down the country to bassline raves and he would always freestyle - he was good. I remember always telling him to seriously consider jumping on the music thing properly and focus - he clearly took the advice. On One Life, the rapper teamed up with Nat Powers - who produced the track and sung the hook - for this very emotional, and quite inspirational, track about the ups and downs of life. In other news, watch out for the rest of the his crew, Gwop Sqwad, because they're about to put Leicester on the map.

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The walk home after a rave can be a mixed bag of emotion. On one hand you could be left in that warm fuzzy reflective bubble watching the morning sun rise as you cross a bridge and feel like everything suddenly makes sense. On the other hand you could be in that freezing cold shivering state desperately trying to lift your sweat drenched shirt from your goosebumped skin whilst nervously avoiding eye contact with all those 'normal people' making their way to work. Quite different experiences following the same event, which makes it an interesting topic to write a song about.

Well Norwich rapper Context MC has done just that, and has released a track which pays tribute to music that was desiged for those walks home; the music of Burial. Critically acclaimed producer Burial describes his music as being:

“about when you come back from being out somewhere; in a minicab or a night bus, or with someone, or walking home across London late at night, dreamlike”

A vibe that Context MC has pounced upon.

Burial's Untrue album - Essential walk-home-from-a-rave music?

Through a slow Giggs like delivery, Context MC explains how he uses Burial to help him "float back down to earth" after those all nighter affairs. He calls his track Listening to Burial "the anthem to the walk home after a rave, the dreamlike, ambient city walk as the sun comes up. It's the tale of every weekend and a tribute to one of the most emotive producers in music."

He's been supported by 1Xtra's MistaJam, Ace and Vis, Twin B and Charlie Sloth, and Huw Stephens played his very first track all the way back in 2008 on Radio 1. Three years later and Context MC has moved from the late night depths of Huw's show, to the bright daytime lights of Fearne Cotton and co, which is a rather fitting story for this track. So as you leave the dark underground club of Huw and enter the real world with Fearne, whether you're in that warm fuzzy bubble or a quivering shivering mess, just make sure you've got some Burial with you.

Links

https://contextmc.co.uk

https://www.twitter.com/contextmc

Label of Love this week is Something in Construction. Home to Loney Dear and Memory Tapes and lots of other quality American and Swedish artists, David Laurie is the man behind the quality label that invests in its artists, loves their music and takes the mission to push their music seriously...

Links

https://www.somethinginconstruction.com/

https://twitter.com/sicrecords

Black Black Hills are a Brighton four-piece that are unashamed to make pop music, albeit at the more intricate intelligent end of the ever-present genre. Their sound is reminiscent of Nick Cave or some other deep voiced storyteller, mixing words and dark organ chords with driving, pulsating rhythms.

Their debut single, The Celebration, really sums up their sound; a militant introduction marches us bravely into a powerful wave of keyboards, drum crashes and dark blues vocals that make it near impossible not to be swept away by it all. They've got a pretty freaky video for it too which should serve as a stark warning to all you avid metal detector enthusiasts out there that plan to venture into the forest this week!

Having shared stages with bands like Maps & Atlases, The Fall, The Vaccines and Shy Child, they've been learning what it takes to create a captivating live show, and by many accounts it's something they've already acheived in venues across the country. The aim of this band is plain and simple:

“All we have ever wanted to achieve was to create a really strong collection of songs that we are really proud of. We want to release as much as possible, play lots of shows and just share our music."

You have to respect that.

Their latest single A Drowning has been described by lead vocalist Sammy as "a simple love song. It talks about the experience of drowning, but as a metaphor, that celebrates giving yourself up to something or someone". Something a bit thought-provoking on Radio 1 is always welcomed by me, but whether you want to get deep and explore your inner thoughts on love, loss and life, or you just wanna sit back and enjoy the music, it's on the Radio 1 playlist all week for your listening pleasure.

Links

https://www.facebook.com/blackblackhills

https://twitter.com/blackblackhills

https://soundcloud.com/blackblackhills

https://www.blackblackhills.com/

Tomahawks For Targets is an intriguing name for a band but not quite as intriguing as one description of these four lads from Newcastle: "What would happen if you combined the end of Flight of the Navigator with the beginning of Rocky III?"

Another way Tomahawks for Targets have been described as is ‘jigsaw pop’, a term the band are not uncomfortable with and fairly apt for the twisting, interweaving textures of their music. They took their textured sound to the BBC Introducing Stage at Reading + Leeds this summer, here are the highlights from their performance at Reading.

This track Total Collapse of it All is the latest addidtion to the Radio 1 playlist so will be filling the airwaves all week.

Links

https://www.myspace.com/tomahawksfortargets

https://www.facebook.com/tomahawksfortargets

https://soundcloud.com/tomahawksfortargets