Braintax speaks out with new single 'Syriana Style'

Braintax is best known as one of the UK’s foremost solo Hip Hop artists, rapper and producer, and the driving force and owner of Low Life Records, a pillar of the UK Hip Hop scene. Based in central London, Brains has spent well over a decade building a reputation based on hard work and fresh, creative music. Testament to this success is the Gorillaz’ use of Low Life’s logo in their video artwork, Arctic Monkeys citing Braintax as an influence on their myspace page and Mr Scruff requesting a Braintax feature on his huge ‘Trouser Jazz’ album.

In the last 2 years Braintax has been pushing Low Life Records to new heights with his own projects taking the back seat due to label business. Nevertheless he has still contributed dope beats to new projects by Rodney P (with whom he also now runs the Riddim Killa label) and Verb T & Kashmere as well as legendary rhymes on tracks by Mr. Scruff (Ninja Tune) and Copperpot from the US and of course signing and overseeing albums like SkinnyMan’s ‘Council Estate of Mind’, Rodney P’s ‘The Future’ and Jehst’s ‘Falling Down’.

‘Syriana Style' is the new single from rapper, producer, label owner, and luminary of the British hip-hop scene, Braintax. Born in the Yorkshire Dales and now residing in central London this is not your average hip-hop artist. Both tracks are taken from the incendiary new album ‘Panorama’ and showcase Braintax’s distinctive Northern delivery and always-original lyrics.

‘Syriana Style’, due for release on 12th March, is perhaps the most outspoken track from the ‘Panorama’ album; a record that’s already picked up attention and praise from the New Statesman, Socialist Worker and Hip-Hop Connection, and lead to Braintax appearing on BBC2’s Daily Politics show.

“The whole point of Panorama is to think outside the box, see the bigger picture and broaden our minds,” he explains.

The record successfully avoids the usual cliché-ridden rap topics, instead casting an unflinching eye over the racism of the war on terror, Bush’s disregard of environmental issues and the media’s lack of criticism of events abroad. A respected personality within UK hip-hop, Braintax is on a mission to kick the politics back into rap with this release.

Check out the 'Syriana Style' video here in our media pages.

Written by: Pete