It’s hard to believe that former rapper Dary and producer Jreel merged to create Ill Blu in just 2008, especially considering the explosion of the production duo following the release of funky club banger Frontline featuring Princess Nyah, which was an integral moment in the growth of the funky scene. Since then, the funky scene has become somewhat obsolete but the north Londoners are kept busy working with artists from all genres, clocking up radio rotations and perfecting a variety of production styles. One to watch soul singer Jacob Banks (YOLO), emerging pop star and Roll Deep collaborator Camille, they even ensured underground rapper Sneakbo snuck into the Top 40 (Wave, Zim Zimma, Ring A Ling). Amongst these projects and having brought remixes (Cheryl Cole, Hot Chip, MJ Cole) to a standstill, Dary and Jreel have been focussed on their new sound. Previous EPs like their first, Bellion in 2010 to 2012s Illusions hinted towards their ability to produce house – which they actually discovered around the time of Frontline but they had no idea how to push it out, so it simply stayed on their hard drive. Not just generic house either judging by the labels who picked up the tracks, such as Hyperdub (Burial, Ikonika, Terror Danjah), Numbers. (Jamie xx, SBTRKT, HudMo) and Kerri Chandler’s label, Mad Tech (Krystal Klear, Citizen), proof of how on the radar the pair are when it comes to releasing relevant and innovative tunes.