Trudging through the inverted worlds of Staten Island, Putney and Prestwich come a crew of rappers, a poet/ engraver and a dyspetic singer, says Tom Ellen. They steel themselves against the disappointment of the surface world - the feeling of 'Is this it?' - by doodling on the maps of their cities, adding monsters and demons, gods and angels, hidden passageways and secret portals.
The first in a new series. Now that a question mark hangs over the future of live touring, we ask some of our favourite artists to tell us about some of their more eventful experiences on the road. Ren Schofield, aka Container, casts his mind back to a bumpy few days visiting Eastern Europe