Butterz is an independent record label based in London that specializes in

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. It was founded by DJs and

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s Elijah and Skilliam. The label helped bring grime instrumentals to the forefront of the electronic music scene, and was ranked 10th in '' Fact's'' "The 10 Best Record Labels of 2011".

History

Butterz began as a blog in 2007, run by Elijah and Skilliam. The blog consisted of downloads, interviews and features with

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musicians. The label was formed in March 2010 and has since released grime music both digitally and on vinyl, from artists including Terror Danjah,

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Royal-T Mark Taylor, professionally known as Royal-T, is a British UK garage, bassline and grime DJ and music producer from Southampton. He is signed to Butterz and Rinse Recordings. Taylor was spotted in 2010 by Butterz label founders Elijah and Ski ...

DJ Q Shollen Quarshie (born 1985), known by his stage name DJ Q, is a DJ and record producer from Huddersfield, England. He forms part of the group TQD alongside Flava D and Royal-T. Early life DJ Q’s musical journey started from a young age at ...

Flava D Danielle Gooding, professionally known as Flava D, is an English UK garage, grime and bassline DJ and music producer. She was previously signed to the Butterz record label and is now signed to Hospital Records . She is one third of the UK gar ...

Swindle, Champion,

P Money Paris Moore-Williams (born 8 April 1989), better known by his stage name P Money, is a British grime MC, rapper and songwriter from New Cross, South East London, who is also active in the drum and bass scene. He is best known for his live pe ...

and

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. In 2010 it was announced that the blog was ending so as to focus solely on the label. David Kelly has designed all of the label's artwork, which for a long time, only used two colours: black and yellow.

Radio show

Elijah and Skilliam had a weekly regular show on

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from 2008 to 2014. In 2011, Elijah and Skilliam released ''Rinse: 17'', a mixed compilation album featuring material from the radio show and the label.

Events

Butterz events take place in various nightclubs with label artists alongside guests. They have included appearances from JME, Skepta,

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, DJ EZ, Joker and

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. From 2013 to 2016 Elijah & Skilliam ran an offshoot night Jamz, with regular parties in Leeds, Manchester, Berlin and Liverpool, which ended with a final session streamed live on Boiler Room.

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