A few years ago, Skream got as big as you can get in music without being a superstar. He had two choices then:

– go in all the way and cash in (by now he would be doing collaborations with Kesha, Katy Perry, and that lot).

– stay true to the heritage and spirit of what all this was trying to do in the first place.

He chose the second: He did techno, house, etc (the UK knows) and hasn’t released much stuff.

“…it’s the last dubstep show I’ll play until further notice. Dubstep is just a name now. It doesn’t have a meaning any more and the movement is over. It’s like the end of a relationship but it’s ended on a high. I’ve done dubstep since I was 14 but there’s no way I’m going to be dictated to. I stopped because I’m not inspired by it any more.”

• Skream — BIS Radio Show #977