There’s something to be said for getting noticed, for standing out from the crowd. West London’s T.Williams is one of those people, having accomplished a full sweep of merited recognition over the years. Emerging onto the house scene in 2010, T.Williams instantly marked himself as a breakthrough artist with a difference; his unique take on house music turning heads.

Far from a newcomer, his path as a musical artist started in the grime scene as Dread.D. Signed at the tender age of 17 with grime anthem Invasion on Jon E Cash’s Black Ops label, Williams went on to have mass success in the grime and bass world selling thousands of singles worldwide. After a five-year reign, Williams found himself veering towards the world of house music. With a new found love for the sound and its sub-genres, T.Williams forged a signature sound influenced by his grime days, jungle, and garage. With a style that undoubtedly impacts, T.Williams’ crossover has been the catalyst for his success. Not only rife with groove and feeling but meticulously produced and engineered with deep rumbling basslines, the unapologetic bounce of grime and smooth vocals that bleed through African infused percussion work.

While in 2010 the industry took note when hit record ‘Heartbeat’ featuring vocalist Terri Walker made an impression, it was throughout 2011 that T.Williams defined himself - releasing solo works on his imprint Local Action and Pattern with remixes for Maya Jane Coles, Ben Westbeech and Skream. Not stopping at pricking the ears of fellow artists and those on the dancefloor, the end of 2011 saw Williams nominated for ‘Best Breakthrough DJ’ by DJ Mag, ‘DJ Stars of 2012’ by Time Out and featured in The Guardian.

Two relationships came to the forefront in 2012 that propelled Williams to greater heights. The first was his weekly show on legendary London station, Rinse FM and the second, Williams’ relationship with label PMR through his remix of Javeon McCarthy’s ‘Lost Time’. The remix was named Record of the Week by BBC Radio 1 and supported by tastemakers Annie Mac and Fearne Cotton. From here T. signed to the label exclusively releasing his debut EP for the label in September 2012, and in the process receiving further support from BBC Radio 1. Further remixes of Mikky Ekko, Wretch 32 and Lianne La Havas followed suit, as well as his biggest to date - Disclosure’s ‘Latch’. Powering dancefloors across the globe, T. went on to play three US tours, numerous festival stages, and deliver a second EP on PMR titled ‘Feelings Within’. The EP once again spanned a number of bases, from club bangers to heartfelt vocal driven tracks alike. Gaining his own monthly residency show with BBC Radio 1, 2013 ended with T. having played over 100 shows across four continents.

2017 marked the launch and release of the first collaborative EP with UK producer Julio Bashmore, via their joint independent Conch Records, a label aiming to push out more underground cross-genre music with heavy rotation from the likes of Moxie and Shy One. With an ever-expanding global tour schedule and further solo releases on the legendary NYC house label Strictly Rhythm turning heads, T.’s upward trajectory has never showed signs of slowing down. Selected to soundtrack the social media campaign for boxer Anthony Joshua in 2019 and now using his technical prowess as a musician to educate the next generation of rising stars at London’s respected Point Blank Music School has cemented his status as one of the UK music scene’s key players. More

Following on from his releases Pain & Love & Feelings Within EP’s T returns with his latest offering – ‘Shake That’. This is T’s 3rd EP to be released on PMR Records & leans more towards the dance floor. No featured vocalist’s on this one just straight Bangers More

Following drops for Sneaker Social Club, Domino and Alex Nut’s Ho_Tep label, Throwing Snow makes his debut on Local Action with an ice cold three-track EP. Opening track ‘Pyre’ is the straightest thing here, with vocals from Augustus Ghost (Throwing Snow’s collaborator in Snow Ghosts) riding bitter hi-hats and an heavyweight bassline, while ‘Equuleus’ (also featuring vocals from Augustus) takes things into lo-fi pop territory, with a swelling synth climax kept together by tight drum rolls. ‘Too Polite’ is the title track for a reason though - it’s torn-out jungle driven by a jagged Reese bassline and rolling toms. Each track on this EP is totally different in terms of style and tempo, but it’s all brought together by a bitter, icy feel. As Local Action’s last release of 2011, the first run of vinyl copies will come packaged with a CD-R label compilation, featuring 100% unreleased material from T. Williams, Contakt, Laurel Halo, Throwing Snow, Damu, Jacques Greene and more.

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?Such an intense, variegated, and singularly saccharin sound can only come from the mind of someone who's in love with life and music. It's what puppy love sounds like for our generation.? Following the Paul Woolford remix of T. Williams and Terri Walker?s ?Heartbeat? comes Local Action 006, the first 12" release by an amazing new artist from Manchester, UK, called Damu. After this, he?s got material penciled in for Blackdown?s Keysound label and more. The title track, a stand-out from Girl Unit?s XLR8R podcast last year, is one of the best tunes we've put out yet, full of colour with just the right amount of lushness to it. While a lot of UK dance music right now seems to use colourful synths in an unimaginative way, Damu?s drip, glow and fizz at every turn in the same way that Ill Blu or Funkystepz do. Listening to ?Mermaid??s like diving head-first into a lagoon. After that you've got three more killers: the iron assault of ?Beat of Zen? and the few-more-intense ?Sequinny?, plus a ?Beat of Zen? remix by Chicago juke titans DJ Rashad and DJ Earl. Early support comes from LV, Girl Unit, Sinden, Brodinski, Starkey and more. More

Following the shock success of T. Williams’ ‘Heartbeat’, voted #3 dance track of the year by US iTunes, Local Action returns for 2011 with the debut 12” by Contakt. Contakt hails from the Midwest, but now lives in New York, where he helps run the acclaimed TURRBOTAX® parties. The Sinden-championed ‘Not Forgotten’ is an ideal introduction to the balance he gets between Detroit techno and contemporary underground club music, with huge galloping drums and fiery synths, while the B-side is dedicated to a stunning remix by Rolando (Underground Resistance / Ostgut-Ton), and a real sleeper hit in the dark, stabbing ‘Rhodophyta’.
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