Located on the sprawling outskirts of suburban west London, late-nineties Southall has innately informed the perspective of producer, songwriter and musician SLANG. Its multiculturalism provided a backdrop which allowed a surfeit of influences to simmer into his musical outlook, yet it was an undeniable tough town which suffered from a heroin epidemic that blighted the potential of its youth. 
 SLANGs circuitous journey commenced as a part of the initial wave of Grime during his time with the Gritty Committee collective and their sets at the pirate station Freeze 92.7, but ultimately he was one of the few of his contemporaries not to end up in prison. 
 Instead, SLANG stepped from the underground scene and into the mainstream music industry via a succession of collaborations with Wiley, which culminated in his first release as a producer with Bright Lights a collab between ZDOT, Wiley, Giggs & Roc-A-Fella rapper Juelz Santana. 
 Under the name Dan Dare, SLANG expanded his horizons to work with mainstream artists as well as people who had emerged from a similar environment as he had including Marina and The Diamonds, Charli XCX, Mario and WSTRN to name but a few!