King Cannibal (b. Dylan Richards, aka Zilla), is a London, UK breakbeat / b… Read Full Bio ↴King Cannibal (b. Dylan Richards, aka Zilla), is a London, UK breakbeat / breakstep / dancehall / drum and bass / dubstep artist. He signed to Ninja Tune in 2008, following projects on Combat Recordings, Kriss & Rag & Bone Records - which crafted his ferocious take on dancehall & filthy bass-driven beats.
It all began with a series of super-evolved mixes towards the latter end of the nineties as a reaction to the glut of uninspiring mix compilations that had began to flood the industry. The first salvo against conformity was A Friendly Game of Chess , a self-funded, hand-sprayed, highly under-the-counter mix project with Lex Records DJ and friend Buddy Peace . The highly stylised conceptual expression of work that combined a rich fusion of textures together with strong themes and motifs began to ignite more than their own imaginations, selling out in just 48 hours and earning high praise on a global scale.
A Friendly Game Of Chess was swiftly followed by solo mixtape strike One Foot In The Fire, One Fist In The Air which earned numerous comparisions to Coldcuts 70 Minutes Of Madness’. Comprised of almost 100 tracks from Autechre to Britney Spears, interviews and spoken word interludes, the CD sold-out in a day, attracted attention from all corners and ended up in many a Best of 2004 list. Among those with their ears to the ground were Trash supremo Erol Alkan, notorious London promoters Wheels Instead of Hooves and the heads of both Ninja Tune and Warp Records.
After 2 appearances on the legendary Solid Steel radio show, the honour of being the first unsigned act to play at Strictly Kev & D.Ks Solid Steel clubnight, 4 sets with Buddy Peace at Dedbeat 04 in the course of one weekend and a number of European dates, Warp Records stepped in and invited Buddy Peace & Zilla to compile a retrospective of the label. Released late September 2004 as part of the ‘WARP VISION The Videos’ DVD, the mix entitled ‘Watch And Repeat Play‘ was a startlingly original tour de force, over 70 minutes the two DJs re-worked and re-wired the label’s back catalogue, twisting the already twisted into sonic maelstrom.
The Warp Vision Audio Visual / Resfest Tour followed, with appearances alongside artists such as Plaid, Chris Cunningham, Seiji, Mike Paradinas and Funkstorung and invitations to play at the Glade Festival, Trash, The Warp Summer Ball and The Poke Xmas Rave. It was these shows and the experience of playing live that inspired ZILLAs latest mix Grinted Teeth & Brawlsville , a year in the making, it was a more uptempo and aggressive yet challenging body of work that manages to find the link between party starting crunk of Lil’ Jon and the dancefloor destroying sonics of The Aphex Twin.
Once again the great and the good were suitably impressed with praise coming from the likes of Kid 606, Knifehandchop and, again, Erol Alkan. The success of Grinted Teeth and ‘ZILLA’s growing reputation led to Domino Records inviting him to remix the final single from Test-Icicles, ‘Biggest Mistake’, a remix which has been rapturously received by everyone from Laurent Garnier to Lo Recordings Jon Tye.
Punishing remixes of Black Grass (Catskills), and New Flesh (Big Dada) have followed as ‘ZILLA’ perfected his twisted industrial take on dancehall, dubstep & drum n bass and in late 2006 he was asked to produce an EP for kid606’s Shockout label.
Recieving massive support from Amon Tobin (Ninja Tune,) Combat Recordings and Rag And Bone Records, the results were so good that the one EP quickly became two, both of which are due for release in 2008 under ‘ZILLA’s brand new new alias KING CANNIBAL alongside other releases including work for Combat Recordings and Bong Ra’s Kriss Records. Recent highlights from the past few months have included the ‘ZILLA’/Autechre remixes of Unique 3 ‘s The Theme (Fat! Records), Premier At Last featuring on The Chap’s The Chop EP. and King Cannibal’s – Beneath The Surface on Uncharted Audio’s new Signals imprint
Its not often that someone comes along and defines your opinion of the potential of djing. Over the course of two under-the-counter mix-cds, the man known as ZILLA has done just that. – Fact Magazine
“Too dark, love this tune”- Marry Anne Hobbs (BBC Radio 1) on Aragami Style
“..a great tune…put together like a dj’s wet dream.”- Amon Tobin writing about Aragami Style (forthcoming on Shockout) for Urb
someone please give this guy a residency! – D.K (Solid Steel/Ninja Tune).
It completely blew me away’ – Erol Alkan on ‘One Foot in the Fire, One Fist in the Air’
A phenomenal mix by UK up-and-comers Buddy Peace & ZILLA… Besting even some of the most accomplished feats of creative cutting-and-pasting, the Watch And Repeat Play mix is a rarity that you have to get your paws on – Scissorkick.com on ‘Watch And Repeat Play’
“Heavy as fuck!”- Parasite (Deathsucker Records)
“Heavy as fuck tech step dancehall!!”- Bong Ra
“Slamming ragga rinse out”- Kid 606
“Zilla remix is absolutely brilliant – I will playlist on the radio and play the hell out of it on the dancefloor!”- Laurent Garnier on Test-Icicles – ‘Biggest Mistake (Zilla remix)’
“Fucking great….I love it!”- Knifehandchop on Grinted Teeth & Brawlsville
Other reactions for Grinted Teeth… Album of the Week- Boomkat, Warpmart and Banquet Records “..the mix album of the year”- Fact Magazine “stunning …”- Sounds Of The Universe
It all began with a series of super-evolved mixes towards the latter end of the nineties as a reaction to the glut of uninspiring mix compilations that had began to flood the industry. The first salvo against conformity was A Friendly Game of Chess , a self-funded, hand-sprayed, highly under-the-counter mix project with Lex Records DJ and friend Buddy Peace . The highly stylised conceptual expression of work that combined a rich fusion of textures together with strong themes and motifs began to ignite more than their own imaginations, selling out in just 48 hours and earning high praise on a global scale.
A Friendly Game Of Chess was swiftly followed by solo mixtape strike One Foot In The Fire, One Fist In The Air which earned numerous comparisions to Coldcuts 70 Minutes Of Madness’. Comprised of almost 100 tracks from Autechre to Britney Spears, interviews and spoken word interludes, the CD sold-out in a day, attracted attention from all corners and ended up in many a Best of 2004 list. Among those with their ears to the ground were Trash supremo Erol Alkan, notorious London promoters Wheels Instead of Hooves and the heads of both Ninja Tune and Warp Records.
After 2 appearances on the legendary Solid Steel radio show, the honour of being the first unsigned act to play at Strictly Kev & D.Ks Solid Steel clubnight, 4 sets with Buddy Peace at Dedbeat 04 in the course of one weekend and a number of European dates, Warp Records stepped in and invited Buddy Peace & Zilla to compile a retrospective of the label. Released late September 2004 as part of the ‘WARP VISION The Videos’ DVD, the mix entitled ‘Watch And Repeat Play‘ was a startlingly original tour de force, over 70 minutes the two DJs re-worked and re-wired the label’s back catalogue, twisting the already twisted into sonic maelstrom.
The Warp Vision Audio Visual / Resfest Tour followed, with appearances alongside artists such as Plaid, Chris Cunningham, Seiji, Mike Paradinas and Funkstorung and invitations to play at the Glade Festival, Trash, The Warp Summer Ball and The Poke Xmas Rave. It was these shows and the experience of playing live that inspired ZILLAs latest mix Grinted Teeth & Brawlsville , a year in the making, it was a more uptempo and aggressive yet challenging body of work that manages to find the link between party starting crunk of Lil’ Jon and the dancefloor destroying sonics of The Aphex Twin.
Once again the great and the good were suitably impressed with praise coming from the likes of Kid 606, Knifehandchop and, again, Erol Alkan. The success of Grinted Teeth and ‘ZILLA’s growing reputation led to Domino Records inviting him to remix the final single from Test-Icicles, ‘Biggest Mistake’, a remix which has been rapturously received by everyone from Laurent Garnier to Lo Recordings Jon Tye.
Punishing remixes of Black Grass (Catskills), and New Flesh (Big Dada) have followed as ‘ZILLA’ perfected his twisted industrial take on dancehall, dubstep & drum n bass and in late 2006 he was asked to produce an EP for kid606’s Shockout label.
Recieving massive support from Amon Tobin (Ninja Tune,) Combat Recordings and Rag And Bone Records, the results were so good that the one EP quickly became two, both of which are due for release in 2008 under ‘ZILLA’s brand new new alias KING CANNIBAL alongside other releases including work for Combat Recordings and Bong Ra’s Kriss Records. Recent highlights from the past few months have included the ‘ZILLA’/Autechre remixes of Unique 3 ‘s The Theme (Fat! Records), Premier At Last featuring on The Chap’s The Chop EP. and King Cannibal’s – Beneath The Surface on Uncharted Audio’s new Signals imprint
Its not often that someone comes along and defines your opinion of the potential of djing. Over the course of two under-the-counter mix-cds, the man known as ZILLA has done just that. – Fact Magazine
“Too dark, love this tune”- Marry Anne Hobbs (BBC Radio 1) on Aragami Style
“..a great tune…put together like a dj’s wet dream.”- Amon Tobin writing about Aragami Style (forthcoming on Shockout) for Urb
someone please give this guy a residency! – D.K (Solid Steel/Ninja Tune).
It completely blew me away’ – Erol Alkan on ‘One Foot in the Fire, One Fist in the Air’
A phenomenal mix by UK up-and-comers Buddy Peace & ZILLA… Besting even some of the most accomplished feats of creative cutting-and-pasting, the Watch And Repeat Play mix is a rarity that you have to get your paws on – Scissorkick.com on ‘Watch And Repeat Play’
“Heavy as fuck!”- Parasite (Deathsucker Records)
“Heavy as fuck tech step dancehall!!”- Bong Ra
“Slamming ragga rinse out”- Kid 606
“Zilla remix is absolutely brilliant – I will playlist on the radio and play the hell out of it on the dancefloor!”- Laurent Garnier on Test-Icicles – ‘Biggest Mistake (Zilla remix)’
“Fucking great….I love it!”- Knifehandchop on Grinted Teeth & Brawlsville
Other reactions for Grinted Teeth… Album of the Week- Boomkat, Warpmart and Banquet Records “..the mix album of the year”- Fact Magazine “stunning …”- Sounds Of The Universe
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@beccagrantham5978
Used to listen this song when I was deep in addiction. I listened to anything that made it feel like someone understood and this one was one of my favorites. 3 years off street drugs and down to 10mg of methadone and tapering ❤
@Akk.bandoo
My mom would play this loud while she was high on drugs it’s my childhood song
@kherrera2009
It's so crazy if you lived through this phaze in your life how spot on you can relate to this song. Im going on 13 years sober. i lost everything chasing that dragon, did some things that im embarrassed to admit to facing a 10-year binge, but ended up doing 5 years probation, so grateful to be alive sober and free. God is good when you realize his way is the only way.
@christinaklee
Congratulations on your Sobrilty. It is not easy.
@user-vc7jy6ft6u
Don't kid be. Yourself
@user-vc7jy6ft6u
Common lady.❤
@neeleydev2596
I’m fighting my addiction which is drinking
@kherrera2009
@neeleydev2596 I'll pray for you. I know we can all get through what, ever it is, each and every one of us goes through. We just have to stay positive and put God 1st. i know God's blessings are real i witnessed it 1st hand i was in the game as deep as it got. Trucked in the mud as thick as it gets. Got caught up faced a 10-year binge and got 5 years probation. Still wasn't flying straight, putting my body through Hell trying to clean my system 1 week sometimes 3 days before going and seeing my p.o. Then, one day, i was so tired of living the way i was. I knew i had to make a change, or else i was going to screw up my probation and have no choice but to do my binge or I was on the verge of messing my body up or even the people i was associating my self with probably end up dead i look back and I think how grateful i am i didnt get robbed or killed. So 1 day i dropped down on my knees and pleaded for help begged for help. It was like a miracle next day i woke up felt a great surge of energy i ended up quitting all my addictions and bad habbits cold turkey. Got a job and started a family and never looked back. I put God 1st in everything i do. Here I am a decade later, fully sober flying straight. Became a project superintendent with my company Living how i should have this entire time. All that phaze in my life did was set me back in time. i could have been so much further ahead in life but it is what is its never to late to change our lives for the better. I pray that God blesses you with the strength the courage, and thw wisdom to get through what you are going through for the best. God bless!
@DynaFXD1999
5 years sober here!!! Brings back some wild memories, don’t miss it what so ever!!!!
@Expiredgamer13
3 years sober from whatever you have still drink and smoke weed but left the rest of it behind XD