![]() She was going mad! She’s the person I wanna play our tunes to, you get me?” Big up the girl, who was on the right hand side behind us. Yeah, it’s about us as well, because we’ve got something to contribute. “And we get to see how the people react to the music in real time,” Jammer continues. Both men are rocking heavyweight chains too, adorned with jewel-encrusted ‘Más Tiempo’ pendants that shimmer blue and red when they catch the light. He’s a calm, meditative presence in a black beanie and black custom varsity jacket, ‘Más Tiempo’ emblazoned in colourful letters across the back. ![]() “Unreleased, unmixed,” Skepta adds from across the table. “The adrenaline is mad though, because we’re playing all our own music,” he says. “I shouldn’t even be vaping!” Jammer’s energy while DJing is relentless, reacting to every mix like he’s just struck gold, sometimes even corralling ravers with an imaginary lasso. “I'm still breathing very heavy, still,” he jokes, from behind his sunglasses. “That jumper, it’s a hot jumper … next time just wear a tee,” Jammer advises another member of the crew who’s on their way out, dressed in a roll neck. It’s family in the room: Skep’s long-time manager Sam producers J Kolo and Ossie, who feature on ‘Touch Me’, from April’s two-track drop ‘Mas Murder’ Stokey grime vet turned house head Jammin, who produced ‘Down Shovel’, a Más Tiempo release from July and the legendary Zed Bias, who gifted garage skankers with ‘Neighbourhood’ in the year 2000. The word ‘entourage’ summons images of hangers-on and security. To say we’re joined by an entourage isn’t fair. Read this next: The Cover Mix: Skepta & Jammer (Más Tiempo) And then we stream into the green room for the interview. Everyone, cover stars included, sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to the mag’s editor. The rider is full of mixers, but there’s a conspicuous lack of booze, so a member of their team is quite literally sent to the shop. Jammer changes his black T-shirt for a vibrant yellow one. After a late arrival that heightened the crowd’s excitement, and an hour of spinning everything from minimal tech to deeper house cuts, the Más Tiempo figureheads are understandably buzzing and eager to carry on the party. There’s a lot going on inside Mixmag HQ, in the immediate aftermath of Skepta and Jammer’s live Cover Mix recording in The Lab LDN.
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