The result is Double Density, an LP that oozes with the character of that infamous instrument which laid much of the foundation for the earliest Hip Hop artists and still manages to evoke those raw and visceral sounds of that era. Reinforcing those sounds are the voices of Planet Asia, Pink Siifu and Blue November, who deliver lyrics from US coasts to Scandanavia’s fjords.
The duos collaborative effort swims in a sea of eclectic influences where Jazz, Soul and Hip-Hop thrive in the construct of this unique instrument. The drum machine pops, crackles and hisses on a bed of big bass lines through 13 tracks that go from short instrumentals to fully arranged songs.
Taking Hip-Hop back to its origins, everything is stripped bare to its essentials and for every vocal track, there’s its antithesis in the form of an instrumental break. It’s a record that plays with the archetypes of Hip Hop and Rap as something that we’ve lost over the years that begs for revocation. Double Density sounds exotic in the world of today’s gleaming beats.
Tracklist:
1. Double Density
2. Smoggy
3. Playing With Time
4. Mobbin’ For A Hobby (feat. Planet Asia & Waz)
5. Closer
6. Trapped (Feat. Pink Siifu)
7. Intermezzo
8. 2night
9. Rings Around Saturn
10. The Maxi-Single (feat. Planet Asia)
11. Omnichord
12. Spark Lah (feat. Blue November)
13. Outro
