Touching Bass: Boofy And Lemzly Dale

For a while now, Bristol has been grime's second city. Boofy and Lemzly Dale are two grime diciples whose earthy, unrelenting sound can be heard on their latest release comes in the form of "Catch A Body", a shadowy loner of the instrumental grime category and B-side "Banshee", another spooky yet enticingly melodic slice of bass which sprinkles in vocal snippets atop rolling claps and industrial hi hats. The release is out on white label only and limited to just 300 copies in a nod to the dubplate culture of yesteryear. But before diving into 30mins of bass laden audio in their exclusive mix for Touching Bass, we talked about corner shops, Mila Kunis and the state of grime right now.

Noisey: What have you guys been up to?
Boofy: Working. On this nine to five. Working as a what?
Lemzly Dale: I’m a retail pagan. It’s just for the time being.

So how long have you been working together?

Lemzly Dale: Probably about four or five months.

Boofy: Yeah, probably since around April because I’d just come back from 'Dam.

What was Holland saying?

Boofy: I need to go back. It was bare unorthodox. Just because I haven’t been out of the country in years, that was a weird trip. It was like an escape ting. That’s why when I came back I thought, let’s get something rolling. That’s when we made the first tune, after I had a fresh mind.

How did you guys first find music?

Lemzly Dale: I think it was when I came back from a festival in Leeds or something like that. I must have seen Benga or Caspa or someone like that and it was when I was into dubstep. I just came back and got straight into Reason. I was making shit tunes for a while, starting off with hip hop and then I jumped into grime.

What did you guys get in A Levels?

Boofy: I don’t even remember bruv. It took me about six months to find out my results. They try and make you do everything on computers so I tried to log in but they gave me some shit password or something. I aired it and waited for it to be sent to my yard. I just got them average grades.

What was the scenario when you guys were making “Catch A Body”?

Boofy: It wasn’t even pre-planned.

L: It was just one of those standard link ups that we do with any of our friends and it turned into something bigger.

Boofy: We thought we’d just upload it and then it started racking up thousands of plays each day. One day I remember thinking to put a release out and then I sent it off to get it mastered. Ever since it’s just been rolling. We made the second tune and everything’s been kush.

In the past few years there’ve been a lot of changes in instrumental grime. How do you feel about there not being as many MCs as there were in the past?

Boofy: It needs them again. Think about all the sickest hypes from grime. When we use samples we go back through old pirate station sets. We haven’t really got that vibe any more.

Lemzly Dale: Apart from the likes of Logan and a few others, radio-wise there’s not much stuff at all.

Definitely. Aite, so to end things, I’ve got a couple of quickfire questions. Who is your ultimate babe?

B: I’ve been stuck in the cage too long! Mila Kunis, we’ll go with her.

Would you rather be a dragon…

B: Beat a dragon?

Nah, be.

B: Oh, I was gonna say. Why would I be a dragon? I'd own a dragon. Then it could go corner shop for you.

Boofy & Lemzly Dale’s “Catch a Body/Banshee” is available to purchase via Sector 7 Sounds now from Boomkat

Tracklist:

Boofy & Lemzly Dale - Abyss

TMSV - Tourist Riddim

Bok Bok - Charisma Theme (Bok Bok Remix)

Deci4life - Modern Warfare

Deadly - Splasha Remix feat. Mayhem

OH91 - Skrilla

Impey - Bangclap

Hi5ghost - Kung Fu Kick (Student Spesh)

Breen - Hooded Up (VIP Mix)

Boofy - Since When (VIP Mix)

Filthy Vicars - Bars

Boofy & Lemzly Dale - Catch A Body

Chemist - Hoodrat

Gemmy - Volume Loud

Joker - Stuck In The System

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