LCSM (Likwid Continual Space Motion)

IG Culture has been a fixture of London’s music underground for a quarter of a century. While the sounds of British capital have continually shifted, spouting new incarnations at the expense of old ones, IG has remained, deeply involved in the city’s burgeoning hip-hop, soul, funk, rare groove, and broken beat movements. Beyond this, IG is a key protagonist in “London Bruk Boogie,” shortened for “Bruk” or sometimes “Brok,” essentially a strain of jazz-infused broken beat cultivated within west London’s deepest musical pockets.

Growing up in Acton, in London’s west, IG connected with reggae and soundsystem culture before moving onto electro, soul, and even pop. He made a name for himself in 1991 as one half of hip-hop and acid jazz duo Dodge City Productions alongside DJ Dodge, real name Roger Drakes. The group arose largely by accident, but within six months they had signed a recording deal with Island Records, before going their separate ways.

In the wake of the group’s success, IG, originally an MC, sought to reinvent himself as a producer, digging deeper into fusion, jazz, reggae, and soul before acquiring his first studio setup. These beats have since formed the basis for a wealth of material as IG Culture, but also as NameBrandSound with Alex Phountzi and Likwid Biskit with Kaidi Tatham, among others.