Skuff

Skuff is the name of two separate acts. One is a UK rapper and producer, and the other is a Canadian bass-and-drum powerviolence trio from Kamloops, British Columbia.

UK rapper and producer

Skuff is a UK rapper and producer. He co-founds and designs for Supremebeing clothing, and his work there includes clothing, footwear, graphics, illustrations, hats made with New Era, and a vinyl toy range. He also shoots, directs and edits his own videos, and creates his own cover artwork.

As a recording artist, he appears on records with Mr Scruff, Roots Manuva, Task Force, Phi Life Cipher and Dirty Dike. His releases include Headcleaners 1 and Headcleaners 2 with his crew Delegates of Culture, his solo LP End of the World News, and The Skuff & Inja Show with Inja. He also issues the free releases Deep Covers Project and Smash Anything, both presented as lead-ins to later work, and his cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” becomes one of the better-known tracks from that period.

He produces beats for his own recordings and for other artists, and he often plays guitar, bass, keyboards and drums when needed. His track “Darkside”, from the LP Destroy Everything on Audio Danger Records, gains BBC Introducing airplay on BBC Radio 1Xtra.

Canadian powerviolence trio

The other Skuff is a Canadian bass-and-drum powerviolence trio based in Kamloops, British Columbia. The lineup includes Harrison Dempsey on bass and vocals, and Lewis Jay on drums and vocals.

The group’s releases include Skuff Demo Tape from 2011, a four-way split tape in 2012 with Violent Gorge, Prison Violence and Selfish Beings, SKUFF DEMO 2012 TAPE, and a split cassette with CancerxPatient titled Skuff/Bridgeburner split CS. Their recorded output also includes planned splits with SBR in Seattle and MEAT in Orange County.