15 questions with…
BLAY VISION
Do you love a plugin so much you’d get a tattoo of it? Meet Blay, a grime producer with Vision (and a hedgehog hero)
Blay Vision is a Tottenham-based rapper and producer becoming widely known for both MC-ing and his dark, melodic grime productions. He has now worked with many influential artists in that scene including Jme (with whom he collaborated on the twomillion streaming track Gone Mad, as well as producing the Grime MC album) plus Dapz On The Map, Skepta and P Money. And as for his rather unique outlook on production? Well that all started with Sonic and might well end up with tattoos of his favourite synth plugins. That’s dedication to the cause for you…
1 How did you get into music?
BV: “I’m just a guy from North London who played Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Mega Drive to listen to the music rather than enjoy the game, and it kind of just spiralled out of control from there.”
2 When and how would you say you became successful, or at least able to make a living from music?
BV: “Because my goals are always changing I feel like I’m still working towards that goal, through many, many trials and errors. I learnt that one income is never enough so at the moment I have three jobs: my nine to five, production and MCing, and they all play their own little part in helping me towards achieving the bigger goal.”