Birth...life...resurrection without death. Who is truly the alchemist of identity? What is belonging? Polish-born but raised in the concrete jungle, New York City. Educated in the most illmatic of boroughs, Queens - the place where "stars are born", fostering emcees that had to lyrically fight it out with titans in the Bronx.
Sinead O'Brien makes her return with a new track dubbed 'Strangers In Danger'. The song is taken from her upcoming EP 'Drowning In Blessings', landing this September on Chess Club Records. Produced by Dan Carey, with the music written by Sinead herself along with Julian Hanson and Oscar Robertson, 'Strangers In Danger' finds the Irish poet dissecting the idea of one thing existing in the state of duplexity.
Alison Mosshart is set to release a new spoken word album titled 'Sound Wheel' on August 7th via Third Man Records. One of the pieces taken from the upcoming LP is the track 'Animals'. Just a little over a minute in length, Mosshart has also dropped a self-directed video to accompany the track.
Known for his exquisite lyrical content, Joshua Luke Smith presents a moment of reflection with his latest video 'Heart Of Man'. Filmed by Dominic Döring, Smith performs the song whilst meaningful projections float behind him. Always one to put his money where his mouth is, all proceeds from the track will go to the Preemptive Love Coalition.
East London's Rude Kid and Ghetts possess a special kind of magic when collaborating together. With their 2015 EP '653' proving to be an absolute smash, the two come together yet again for a remix of the Chase & Status single 'Spoken Word'. Whilst the original version combines a piece performed by George The Poet over drum and bass, Rude Kid and Ghetts deliver an all-out bass-shaking grime take. The rework was chosen as Annie Mac's 'Hottest Record in the World'. You can listen to the tune down below.
Saul Williams teams up with Emily Kokal of Warpaint for the hard-hitting track ‘Burundi’. The …
These days, eclecticism will either be joyously celebrated or unsparingly bashed, depending on the presenter. It takes a certain level of courage to create art from the heart and not by hopeful acceptability or fear of critique. Through honesty and a strong love of music, Benin City has been able to incorporate a wide array of sounds without being unnecessarily cavalier but based more on purpose.
Saul Williams perform "DNA/Coded Language" in the streets of Toronto, Canada.
