(UK) ROCK Grade 9 Records is a non-profit record label founded by musician and music lecturer, Ray XVX Holroyd 12 Ton Method, Needleye ). All label and artist proceeds go to Music for Africa and Buskaid, two registered charities that provide music lessons and instruments to children in the townships of South Africa, Ray's home country. Ray's vision for Grade 9 Records was to recreate the old "development deals" that labels once offered young artists who had the raw talent but needed to gain knowledge, skills and experience before being launched into the music industry. To realise his mammoth dream, Ray partnered with the legendary Metropolis Studios, Copro Records, Plastic Head Distribution and Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College. "Metropolis Sessions 2007-2009" was produced by Ray, recorded/mixed by Neil Tucker (Kylie Minogue, Black Eyed Peas, etc.) and Rohan Onraet (Slipknot, Machine Head, etc.), and mastered by Andy 'Hippy' Baldwin (Coldplay, Robbie Williams, etc.) and Stuart Hawkes (Amy Winehouse, The Prodigy, etc.), all at Metropolis Studios. The debut release from Grade 9 Records not only features 5 seriously composed collaborative singles (influenced by everyone from Bach to Portishead to Red Hot Chili Peppers to Rage Against The Machine to Meshuggah) involving almost 30 musicians, it also features cover art by the world-famous tattoo artist, Kamil Mocet.