Thoughtful, frank and brimming with 90s pop culture references, speaking with local masked rapper and producer B of Briz is a lot like listening to her music - inciteful, inspiring and just a bit mysterious. Fresh from winning the Future Sound of Bristol competition held last month by local grassroots streaming platform Audiotarky and Factory Studios, B of Briz spoke to Bristol Live about her atypical path to making beats and what it feels like to have been selected out of 110 artists, as the next big thing.
As her name suggests, B of Briz hails from Bristol, a city she says is "full of experimental beats and unusual perspectives." Embracing the city's eclecticism, B's music is full of unexpected contrasts, with hooks and earworms hiding in the most surprising places. Her beats manage to be bold, multilayered, and minimal simultaneously, delicately woven together like an intricate quilt of unconstrained influences.
Rhythmically angular and weighty but dreamy and ethereal, B of Briz released her seven-track EP, Forty-Two, last year. Her lyrics are sharply philosophical, delivered with palliative ease, making for a remarkably polished and self-assured debut. Even more so considering that she only started writing and recording a few years ago.
