As their careers continue to go from strength to strength, both individually and as a unit, NiNE8 Collective — which includes Biig Piig, Lava La Rue, Mac Wetha, NAYANA IZ, LorenzoRSV, Nige, Bone Slim, L!BAAN and Kxrn — return with their brand new project No Smoke Vol. 2.

Since the first edition dropped last year, every member of the collective has enjoyed successes in their own right, so finding the time to come together for a new group project required a massive force of will.

"This specific tape came about from every member booking out a month from all our hectic solo projects, to spend back to back weeks recording in our second home, the iconic MAP STUDIO CAFE in North West London," they explained. "Individually, we'd just spent a year debuting; shows after shows, selling out our first headline tours, playing our first major festivals, six EPs/tapes dropped between us, and even more singles all introducing individually who the collective are. But as the nine of us returned to the studio, the theme was — this time, how do we progress what we have already, and make music we'd listen to regardless?"

As you might expect from the nine-strong team, it's a case of expecting the unexpected here. Various strains of rap, R&B and club electronics are effortlessly woven together. Make the most of it below, because it's only going to get more difficult to get these increasingly busy stars together in the same room.