₊✩‧₊ Glastonbury Interview ₊✩‧₊ Meg Ward
26 June 2024
Last week, London based producer and DJ, Fiyahdred, dropped their latest single “Bad Trip” in collaboration with SAFFRON, a community supporting women and non-binary artists. This marks the 6th of a steady wave of releases since embarking on their new musical journey, showing no signs of slowing down.
Born and raised in South London, Fiyadred’s distinct sound, Afro-diasporic meets UK Garage & Funky, is a direct reflection of their roots drawing inspo from their mum’s r&b, garage and loversrock collection, and brother’s stories of UK funky club nights. Formerly known as Bamz, they garnered a strong fanbase in the Funky and Amapiano scene by releasing under club Djembe. After a 2 year break, and a rebrand, Bamz – now Fiyahdred – set out on a path to create music more unapologetically, kickstarting with their first EP‘Anyway (Do it)’ in 2022. The artist soon gained recognition from major players in dance music and was dubbed ‘one to watch in 2022’ by factmag, and had several DJ mag features. Both sides of their art are equally praised, with radio appearances on NTS, Oroko and Balamii and gig highlights including Boiler Room & Glastonbury alongside other iconic artists like Karen Nyame KG and Ikonika. Now they’ve partnered with SAFFRON’s in-house label to bring you their new single ‘Bad Trip’ as well as an exclusive sample pack.
A time capsule back to the early-mid 00s, Bad Trip is nothing short of a dancefloor banger, and complements the ongoing y2k throwback internet craze by blending UK Funky signature sounds – bouncy, percussion and boomy basslines with catchy trance-like synths.
