Full Circle: Grime In Japan

→ FIND OUT MORE: → SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: → And go to for the best of underground music: videos, articles, mixes and exclusive tracks Grime has a lot to thank Japan for. Gaming and martial arts film references — whether overt or concealed — and even the use of the pentatonic scale (all the black keys) all link back to the Eastern hemisphere. With the emergence of heads like Stormzy and Novelist, plus the continued services of names like