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In 2012, Jamie Roberts, AKA Blawan, was poised on the verge of breaking through to a mainstream that he wasn't sure he wanted any part of and then fate intervened in the form of a life-threatening illness. On the release of his debut album Wet Will Always Dry, he talks to John Doran about how this ended up being a blessing in disguise
As dubstep originator Skream's most successful year yet comes to a close, Angus Finlayson speaks to him about touring the world, the changing face of dubstep and why Skrillex shouldn't be seen as a death knell for the genre