Conscious Route - ‘Underground’ ft Becci Wallace b/w ‘Original’ ft Solareye

Edinburgh-based rapper, Conscious Route returns with a new two-track release due out in April 26th 2024.
It kicks off with ‘Underground’ featuring Becci Wallace, an atmospheric, mid-tempo breakbeat backed track that deals with mental health in the face of toxic friendships. The pair split vocal duties with Becci’s sing-song style complementing Conscious Route’s spitting. This is not the first time they have connected on a track, as Conscious Route was inspired to work with Becci after hearing her ‘Present Tense’ album and going on to record the single ‘Orphans’ together in 2022.


The lilting tones and personal struggles of ‘Underground’ give way to a harder edged feel on ‘Original,’ as Solareye kicks off a politicised look at the struggles of life in Scotland and Conscious Route delves into how culture is used to create narratives to influence society before the duo mock the lack of originality in the scene.
These two tracks offer a snapshot of Conscious Route’s ability to flip his style track-to-track, showing his skills while avoiding tired cliches.

Both tracks produced by Mackenzie and mastered by Forest DLG @ KMJ45 Studio
Guitar and Keyboard on ‘Underground’ by Scott Bathgate

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Conscious Route is a rapper, MC, poet and singer-songwriter who was born in London before moving to Edinburgh over a decade ago. In 2020, he unleashed the collaborative ‘Lost Routes’ album, alongside producer True Note, which went on to receive a 4-star review in The Scotsman upon its release.

His most recent album, ‘Belterz’ has also received 4-star reviews from The Skinny Magazine and The Scotsman. It has been supported worldwide, including ‘Day Ones’ being named in the top tracks of 2023 on London-based Itch Fm's Exposure Show with DJ Sammy Jay and on Sheffield-based Mama RaRay’s Break & Bass Fam show. The album has received worldwide coverage with multiple songs played on radio and digital broadcasting platforms. It also was given a featured spotlight on PortlandMetroRecords.com and was featured on Blacksmith and Frenic’s Rinse FM show.

Other recent releases, ‘Trojan’ and his feature on ‘Dragons Jaw’ by Post Coal Prom Queen, were named as tracks of the week on BBC Introducing Scotland. ‘The Sensory EP,’ a collaboration with producer Toni Smoke, also saw two tracks receive worldwide airplay on Rapstation 365 radio, being played by the UK’s DJ Shorty on the London Chip Shop show, then re-spun by the legendary Chuck D in the USA. His ‘Lost Routes Flip Tape’ was supported by Tom Robinson’s BBC 6 Music’s Fresh On The Net BBC Introducing mixtape show and he has seen his music named among the Herald’s top 100 Scottish tunes of the year in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

His 2023 release, ‘Jazz Unsung’ was featured among the top tracks of the year on Itch FM, the 6th Floor Show, the U.S.A.-based Puso 82.3 FM and on SWH Cam Glen Radio. It was also featured on Tom Robinson’s ‘Fresh on the Net Fresh Picks’ and on BBC Introducing Scotland radio. The track, ‘Galactic’ was featured on the BBC 6 Introducing Mixtape and on BBC Introducing Scotland, where Shereen Cutkelvin said, “Can I just say this trio together are absolute fire! I mean it just all works so perfectly together, it’s by far the best track I heard here, like he’s just taken the bar so high, he’s knocked it off to a whole other room.” Elsewhere, the track, ‘Dripping Sauce’ with producer Subject 13 (recently released on R&S Records), has been getting hyped reviews and worldwide attention including on platforms YORAPS.COM and DMCWORLD.NET.

Meanwhile, the live music scene has seen Conscious Route headline The Queens Hall in Edinburgh, as well as support Dabbla, Dead Prez, Akala, Marlowe, Pan Amsterdam, Wiki, Jelani Blackman, Onyx and, most recently, Manga Saint Hilare, to name a few.

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Glasgow based singer-songwriter and producer Becci Wallace is firmly placed at the heart of Scotland's songwriting community. Her most recent project, ‘Present Tense’ was released in November 2020 to critical acclaim, featured as BBC Roddy Hart’s ‘Record of Note’ and across national radio in Scotland and on local radio across the UK and Europe.

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Dave Hook writes rhymes. Sometimes Dave Hook calls himself Solareye. Sometimes he raps with Stanley Odd. Mostly he makes stuff rhyme…