D’Lyfa burst onto the UK hip-hop scene in 2011 aged 19. After releasing a slew of mix tapes and videos he gained
notoriety across the UK, most notably being featured on BBC Introducing and Charlie Sloth’s 1xtra national radio shows.

It was during this period that D’Lyfa befriended fellow Mancunian hip-hop producer Aver. The two had a shared vision
of an alternative, no-nonsense approach to music and worked together for years on a number of projects that never saw
official release. ‘Time & Tide’ is a combination of reworked tracks from this era and new music the pair created in 2019.