Trim joined Roll Deep in 2003 and immediately began recording music with the collective. He was featured on Roll Deep’s Creeper Vol. 1 and Creeper Vol. 2 before being featured on the highly successful debut album In At The Deep End, contributing to hits such as When I’m Ere and Heat Up. In 2011 he spoke to Huw Stephens about how leaving Roll Deep on 2006 helped him find his own musical direction and stand on his own as an artist.
After leaving Roll Deep Trim has independently released ten mixtapes, working at a prolific rate. When asked about his mixtape series by The Guardian’s David Stelfox, he said:
“I treat them as training, I’m not trying to make the best record in the world. What I’m doing is pushing myself, being different and seeing where that takes me. Mixtapes are all about challenging myself and experimenting. There are lots of sides to me, musically and as a person. This is a way for me to get all of that out there and show people what I can do.”
Trim had a prolific 2011, releasing four independent mixtapes , collaborating with Skream on a track named Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum which was released on Tempa recordings, recording I Am, which was released as a single on Butterz recordings and an EP called Stereotype with Mark Pritchard, which was released on Planet Mu.
Now 2012 saw the release of The Nangest EP with longtime collaborator Roachee and the long anticipated Confidence Boost, produced by James Blake – a track first heard as an accapella preview on Soulfood Vol. 2 in 2007. The final version had existed as a dubplate since 2010 and was finally released as a 12” single in September 2012 on R&S Records.
