Jon E Cash – Sublow

Rephlex Records nodded to sublow when trying to introduce a wider audience to the sounds which had been tearing up the London underground. "Grime. Sublow. Dubstep... It's Music. Different people call it different things depending on when they discovered it." But Jon E Cash's sound was rooted in more than the UK garage that had dominated the clubs through the late 90s, reaching way back to his pre-teen days when the first waves of hip-hop culture crossed the Atlantic and broke in the UK.

By 14 Cash had already peaked in graffiti. Writing as Rich, he and Rage, State of Art and Cane linked up to create one of the most legendary pieces in UK street art history. Over 10 days in August 1987, their two crews Non Stop and No Limits battled to paint The Earth's Edge, a sprawling mural at iconic London spot Trellick Tower. The front cover of this compilation shows Cash hanging off the wall after the piece was finished. Having topped the competition in the graffiti scene, they needed to look elsewhere for a new challenge.