London’s Benin City have built a reputation on brilliantly experimenting with sound and genre blending, resulting in their own distinct style.

For their latest single ‘Lord Of The Manor’, Benin City continue to push sonic boundaries whilst delivering thought-provoking lyrics, shining a spotlight on a young working class Londoner. Produced by James Greenwood, the husky production encompasses rumbling bass liners topped with slight distortion on the vocals of Joshua Idehen and Shanaz Dorsett. Crossing between futuristic and dystopian, the track yet again demonstrates Benin City’s mastery of grooving rhythms with content to get the brain thinking.

Touching on the inspiration behind ‘Lord Of The Manor’, Joshua Idehen stated:

“I saw a young boy doing a wheelie with no front wheel down Morningside Lane Street, staring down all comers with a “yeah, and what?’ grin on his face. The image appears to be as a moment of defiance, like not even a stolen wheel can steal momentum, which seems to encapsulate my understanding of my working class upbringing in Britain: defiance, survival, and a grin.”