Conscious Route (Scotland, UK)
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. Italso 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,’ received 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, 2022, and 2024. 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.” Meanwhile, the live music scene has seen Conscious Route support Dabbla, Dead Prez,
Akala, Marlowe, Pan Amsterdam, Wiki, Jelani Blackman, Onyx, Manga Saint Hilare and, most recently, Dizraeli, to name a few. Plus guest appearances with Pro Focus supporting Souls of Mischief and Kryptik Supporting Fliptrix. Conscious Route also added musicians to bring brass, keys, and guitar along with some Scotland's most talented guest rappers to create ‘The Collective,’ which saw him headline the Queens Hall Edinburgh, and perform at Kelburn Garden Party among other events in
the UK in 2024.
