2003–2006: Roll Deep Trim joined Roll Deep in 2003 and immediately began recording music with the collective. Trim 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 the hit singles "When I'm Ere" and "Heat Up". Trim then began working on Roll Deep's second album
Rules and Regulations in 2006 but left the group by the time it was released in 2007, after a disagreement with fellow MC Flowdan. In 2011 Trim spoke to
Huw Stephens about how leaving Roll Deep helped him find his own musical direction and stand on his own as an artist.
2007–2014: Solo Work After leaving Roll Deep Trim distanced himself from the group and has since started his own collective known as "The Circle". He has also independently released ten mixtapes, working at a prolific rate. When asked about his mixtape series by
The Guardians 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 as well as 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. 2012 saw the release of
The Nangest EP with longtime collaborator Roachee and the long anticipated "Confidence Boost" single, produced by
James Blake - a track first heard as an a cappella 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.
2012–present: debut album In late 2012 Trim signed a contract with
Rinse Recordings to work on his first album, tentatively titled "Crisis". However, during 2013 Trim had an acrimonious split from his label after growing frustrated with a lack of releases and limited creative control. In early 2014 he premiered new music on
James Blake's BBC Radio 1 show and confirmed his intentions to release his album independently on an imprint called Secluded Area Of Music. The album will have no choruses and no features, its release will be preceded by two further mixtape releases and a second collaborative EP with Roachee. Trim's first single "Vending Machine" was released in March 2014 and this was followed by the mixtapes "Fresh Trim" and "NFA" in May. In June 2016, James Blake's label 1-800 DINOSAUR released a long rumoured Trim EP, a double A side called "RPG/Man Like Me". Later that month it was confirmed that Trim would release a full album on the label on 29 July 2016 entitled "1-800 DINOSAUR Presents Trim". ==Feuds==