Stephane San Juan & Sambacool

On their maiden voyage, the New York based trio led by drummer Stephane San Juan, pianist Vitor Gonçalves and bassist Eduardo Belo, perform an expertly curated selection of modern and classic Brazilian & international Jazz, Soul and Pop standards recreated in a straight-ahead early-60’s Bossa and Samba Jazz style. Produced by San Juan, co produced by Béco Dranoff, the self titled debut album, mixed by Scotty Hard, includes a remix from Kassin.

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Ivy Hollivana

Multimedia Artist Ivy Hollivana has always been motivated, developing herself as a singer at the age of 12. A classically-trained soprano, Ivy Hollivana's ethereal, operatic vocal style collides with glimmering electronic production. The D.I.Y mentality of Ivy's pop rings true with audiences, most recently with her successful album "Loverdiamond" and her consistent Patreon fanbase. When she isn't doing album production, remixes, or vocal features musicians, she's creating art assets for collaborators and clients alike.

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Andrew Anderson

My favourite thing about making music is collaboration. So a few years ago I decided to make an album where I’d write and record each track with a different person. The only rule was that we had to co-write and co-record the entire song – no one else could play on the track. It took a while to bring it all together, but here it is: Be My Guest. Each song came together in a different way, from jointly scribbled lyrics and singing together in a bedroom to emailing separate parts back and forth across continents. Thanks to the fourteen people that took part – you’re all excellent, and my favourite track from the album changes daily. Any money we make from Be My Guest will be split between two charities: Booth Centre, Manchester, which supports people coping with homelessness in Manchester; and Black Lives Matter UK, a coalition of black activists and organizers across the UK.

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Lauren Bousfield

Composer and electronics mastermind Lauren Bousfield has always displayed a virtuouso flare while ecstatically flying by our ears at lightning speed, seemingly from 10 directions at once. On her latest album, she brings a new found expertise in orchestral arranging from her other work as a cinema composer, and puts vocals to the front. Much like her finger blurring piano playing, these vocals seem to be passing us by at the speed of light. We know they're there, but they dance around us rather than beat straight into our bodies. Our souls feel these songs, not just our hips.

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Titan to Tachyons

New York City-based avant/instrumental metal trio TITAN TO TACHYONS presents their debut album, Cactides, through Nefarious Industries.

Newly formed TITAN TO TACHYONS is led by guitarist Sally Gates (ex-Orbweaver, ex-Gigan), backed by the powerhouse rhythm section of Kenny Grohowski (Secret Chiefs 3, Imperial Triumphant, Brand X) and Matt Hollenberg (Cleric, John Zorn). Instrumentally depicting the realms of surrealistic sci-fi, the band makes use of angular and experimental passages, juxtaposed by fluid grooves and metallic flurries.

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Dominique Fils-Aimé

Dominique Fils-Aimé is a JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter from Montreal who draws inspiration from soul icons of the 40's and 60's such as Billie Holiday, Etta James, and Nina Simone. While her musical roots are grounded in early soul and jazz, her voice transcends contemporary urban soundscapes.

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Gordon Koang

Music in Exile is proud to present Kone Ke Ran, the third single from Gordon Koang’s forthcoming album, Unity. Kone Ke Ran is Gordon’s musical offering to thank an aid worker and counsellor who was working with a UN organization in a refugee camp. “I love him, he’s a very good man. When he talks to the people, I hear his voice and he talks to the people in a good way.” Singing in Nuer, Gordon thanks this man for his wisdom, kindness and help. In true Gordon style, positivity shines throughout this track! He reminds us that we are all connected by our humanness and we can make the world a more caring place by helping each other. The underlying connection throughout all of us is love!

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Mamie Minch

Mamie Minch is a longtime staple of New York’s acoustic blues scene. Listening to her sing and play is like unpacking a time capsule of American music that’s been stored in her 1930’s National steel guitar for decades and filtered with a modern femme sensitivity. Her newest release, a collaboration with drummer Dean Sharenow called Slow Burn, sees her traditional influences stretch out, turn up, and get deeper, groovier, funkier. She spends her days restoring guitars as half of Brooklyn Lutherie, the only woman owned instrument repair shop in New York City.

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Hubby Jenkins

I’m an old-time musician from Brooklyn, NY. I focus on pre-WWII American music (i.e blues, fiddle and banjo, jazz, country). I’ve been a touring musician for about a decade doing most of my traveling with an all-black string band called Carolina chocolate drops - on a mission to reinsert black people into the narrative of our musical history.

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Antti Löjönen

Antti Lötjönen (b. 1980) is one of the most used bassists of the younger jazz generation in Finland. Lötjönen plays in several internationally known and highly acclaimed bands, such as the Timo Lassy Band, the Sun Trio, The Five Corners Quintet and the Verneri Pohjola Quartet. He has performed at several of the industry’s largest festivals and jazz clubs around the world.

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Pure Bathing Culture

Pure Bathing Culture’s new EP Carrido is out on Infinite Companion today, the two-year anniversary of Richard Swift’s death. Pure Bathing Culture’s Sarah Versprille and Daniel Hindman shared a connection to Swift beyond friendship; the band credit him as “a catalyst for the last decade of our lives, spent creating music as Pure Bathing Culture.” He was an essential proponent of the band and recorded both their self-titled EP and debut album. Because of this profound tie, Swift’s wife Shealynn invited Pure Bathing Culture to be the first to return and record at National Freedom, two months after the beloved musician, producer, and muse passed. Swift’s ashes lovingly placed at the console, Pure Bathing Culture recorded four songs over four days, doing what they do best: transforming ever-present energies and unseen magic into a sonic experience. Carrido contains three brand new Pure Bathing Culture originals and a rendition of Swift’s “Would You?,” selected as an emanation of his outright love for his family.

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Elissa Pernu

Elissa Pernu is an Australian singer-songwriter who has recently released her debut Album, "Flames to Ashes". The album features 13 original songs, and also features special guests Bill Chambers and Mali Freeman. Chambers produced the album, played multiple instruments and also co wrote 5 of the songs with Elissa. Mali Freeman is the other half of the duo Elissa belongs to called Woven Hearts, and her harmonies feature on "Flames to Ashes".

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Efy Hecks

Efy Hecks is a project created by Vincent Lemay in the small suburb of Sainte-Thérèse in 2014. Inspired by the bedroom pop movement, he produced the recording all by himself in the comfort of his room. Many members joined him in the following years to bring those compositions onto the Montreal scene. Their sound is often described as psychedelic rock, soft rock and even sometimes jazz. In 2020, after releasing only anglophones compositions, they’re taking a new road and will from now sing in their native language under the wings of the new Quebecker label Bonbonbon.

Their two new songs ‘’Tu s’ras pas là’’ and ‘’Aujourd’hui’’ will project you into the universe of Efy Hecks without a doubt. These two songs who were composed while recording their latest album are now coming out with a brand-new sound and a new ‘’francophone’’ voice. Vintage organs and synthesizer, clarinet, acoustics, and fuzzy electric guitars will all be there for you to dive into the mysterious world of theses two concept singles.

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Cinder Well

Cinder Well is at the vanguard of a different kind of transatlantic folk revival, one forged amidst the uncertainty of a global pandemic. However, Irish-based songwriter Amelia Baker’s music isn’t nihilistic; instead, it strips traditional forms to their bones, creating a meditative, trance-like space for sonic healing. The sparse soundscapes and haunting stillnesses of her new album No Summer (coming July 24 on Free Dirt Records) are not meant to be paens to loneliness. Rather, Baker was inspired by the rich musical connectivity of the pub scene in Ireland, and her move from California to County Clare to study traditional music of the region. A member of anarchist folk project Blackbird Raum, Baker’s time on the circuit with Irish trad-punk group Lankum eventually led her to a small settlement in County Clare, and to the rich dissonance of her music as Cinder Well, a dissonance caught between worlds and histories. Recorded by Nich Wilbur (Black Belt Eagle Scout, Angel Olsen), the original songs on No Summer boldly rub shoulders with careful reworkings of traditional Appalachian sources. Baker’s songs parse these transatlantic traditions, and throughout, her remarkable voice cuts to the bone like some ghostly ballad singer bound to sing these words from here to eternity. From the eerily prophetic title track—which presaged a season of canceled shows—to “Our Lady’s”’s imagined stories of spectral abandoned asylum residents, No Summer is as haunting as it is connected, as dark as it is sacred, a kind of ritual healing that’s existed through the ages.

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Nasambu & Mbaluka

The Acoustic Duo, Nasambu & Mbaluka, have embarked on this musical project during a global season of great change and upheaval, in order to bring about an artistic interpretation of what is truly of value when everything is stripped away. Through this album, the duo have delved into the recent and ancient past, reviving the words and lifestyle of the elders, bringing messages of blessings to the children, of a never ending commitment to love and the need for strong leaders to guide and protect their communities.

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Crowstick

Crowstick has been recording and making music with blood brother ‘The Grimm Hermit’ for over 15 years. Crowstick’s whole discography of 15 albums is available for free on Bandcamp. Stay tuned for the newest album, coming soon…

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Group RTD

Groupe RTD, one of East Africa's best kept secrets, are the national radio band of Djibouti, a small country next to Ethiopia on the Red Sea. Their music is a stunning collision of Somali funk, Indian Bollywood, Jamaican dub and reggae, jazz, and the haunting synthesizer melodies of the Red Sea.

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La Lande

Lia Braswell grew up in a family that valued musical and free expression. She has been working on her own music while playing in various projects for the last decade. After a slew of setbacks, she is now embracing her expression with a new perspective. Her current focus, besides getting a degree, is collaborating with her brother, Sebastian. The project is called sAYViour (dedicated to their late brother, Adam York Visser) and will be releasing music soon.

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Grin Hound

/grun, hund/

333 demons on their knees. Degenerate Doo Slop Egg Punk with Rock 'N' Roll love songs to this Abyss.

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Babs L’Bluz

Bab L’ Bluz are reclaiming the blues for North Africa. Fronted by a Moroccan woman in a traditionally male role, the band are devoted to a revolution in attitude which dovetails with Morocco’s ‘nayda’ youth movement a new wave of artists and musicians taking their cues from local heritage, singing words of freedom in the Moroccan-Arabic dialect of darija. Ancient and current, funky and rhythmic, buoyed by Arabic lyrics, soaring vocals and bass-heavy grooves, Nayda! seems to pulse from the heart of the Maghreb.

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NUBE

NUBE, the psychedelic rock group from Argentina´s Alto Valle, announces the launch of their new production, ASPERATUS, a record recorded live at El Arrimadero (Neuquén, Argentina) in January 2020. ASPERATUS presents a review of the compositions from NUBE´s all eras, being the song “Analizandolo”, originally from the album Vol. I (2014), chosen as a preview of the album. Accompanying the announcement is an official video clip of the song recorded live the same night.

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As A Friend

As A Friend is a 2 piece Post-Punk band from Knoxville, TN. The band includes Spencer Shelton on Vocals/Guitar and Dillon Sizemore on Drums/Vocals. Since 2018, they’ve had multiple tours spanning across the country. In January 2019, their first album, All Heart, No Fight, was released with Coffin Curse Records. They followed up with 2020’s Sun-Shine Acres EP. Since touring isn’t currently feasible, As A Friend will spend 2020 working on a sophomore album and creating more content.

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Ultrabann

Ultrabann is the quarantine release outlet of rock and rollers Justin Savage (Ghettoblasters) and Ashley Krey (Future Virgins / River's Edge) of Chattanooga, TN and Jerri Queen (Vacation) of Cincinnati, OH. Justin had some spare rock and roll riffs that came out of his jeans in the washing machine and instead of spending them on B-list horror movie reels, he tossed them over to Queen and Krey to add some rhythm tracks and some words. The result is a 4-song EP titled "Big Trouble In Little Haiti" recorded solely to cellular devices when the quarantine was still potty training. More rock to come!

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Miror Gala

We are Miror Gala, a trio making new music together in Southern Michigan and Chicago. Our names are Alec, Connor And Kai, and we met via Craigslist with an ad titled "Starting an Experimental Pop Folk Rock band". "The Miror Gala" was recorded and produced in Kai's basement studio. It is an album which reflects the times in which we are living, which we have lived, and which we hope to live.

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The Mammals

The Mammals are an indie-Americana supergroup from New York’s storied Hudson Valley carrying on the work of Pete Seeger & Woody Guthrie with a stunning original repertoire, searing American roots sound, and a message of hope for humanity.

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Sutari

Polish trio SUTARI was created by three singers, instrumentalists and performers: Basia Songin, Kasia Kapela and Zosia Zembrzuska - continuing the traditions of Polish folk singers. Their work set a new direction in thinking about traditional music in Poland. They experiment with various vocal techniques, polyphony, traditional Polish rhythms, and explore the musical potential of everyday objects used as instruments. They arrange traditional Polish songs as well as compose their own, based on various female musical traditions.

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Mert Spalty

There’s a lot to keep track of. 1 - I’m Mert Spalty 🙂

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Thibault

Thibault is the long-awaited new project for Melbourne musician Nicole Thibault. Her drily-titled debut album Or Not Thibault is full of harmonic invention, unexpected arrangements, and atmospheres so lush they make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. It moves seamlessly from humour to genuine pathos, from spacious mystery to kinetic energy.

Nicole’s former band Minimum Chips were a cornerstone of Chapter Music’s fabled 90s roster. For a decade or so, Minimum Chips played Moog-driven motorik pop that made them support band of choice for touring artists like Stereolab, Pavement, Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Nicole’s vocals, trombone, keyboards and songwriting helped grow a cult mystique around Min Chips that persists to this day.

Nicole took time off in the late 00s to raise a family, but recently returned to music with the support of a new generation of Melbourne pop kids. Or Not Thibault includes contributions from Zak Olsen (Orb, Traffik Island), Rebecca Liston (Parsnip), Lachlan Denton (The Ocean Party) as well as Minimum Chips co-conspirator Julian Patterson. The live Thibault band currently features Zak, Rebecca and Stella Rennex (Parsnip).

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Unbite

UNBITE are a trio from Stuttgart founded in 2019. They combine the energy of punk and noise rock with danceability and a dark side.

UNBITE are Dani on bass and vocals, Helge on drums (both ex-Buzz Rodeo) and Basti on guitar. In April 2019 the first EP "Unbite" was digitally released on Bandcamp. In summer 2020 some shows with Buildings (Minneapolis) were planned but canceled during the Corona-Crisis… On September 12, 2020 the LP “Fang” will be released on the Polish label Antena Krzyku. “Fang” was recorded on our own and mastered by Carl Saff. The artwork was created by the London artist Joni Belaruski. "Fang" is released as a 180g colored splattered vinyl, limited to 300 copies, with a stamped cover. In the attachment 3 Songs we published on Bandcamp for the Pre-Order.

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TV Face

The band called TV FACE are a DIY, post-punk trio from Lancaster, UK. Formed in early 2019 they are sTeVe (vocals/guitar), Brigit (bass/vocals) and Neil (drums). They write angular musical missives about things like potato salad and urban planning.

The band called TV FACE are called TV FACE because sTeVe has a childhood memory of finding a smashed-up TV on a military firing range in Scotland and being blown away by seeing its insides. He’s been obsessed with TVs and other electrical doodahs ever since. And because Brigit loves putting her face in front of the TV instead of looking directly at the world outside. And because none of them have faces for TV.

The band called TV FACE embarked on a project to release a single on the last Friday of every month during 2020. All tracks are recorded and produced by the band, in a variety of locations, including cellars, bedrooms and cupboards under the stairs.

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Zé Bigode Orqestra

Formed in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in June 2016, Zé Bigode Orquestra is established in authorial instrumental music and has mixes ranging from Afrobeat to Reggae, passing through Jazz and rhythms of Brazilian popular culture in his discography.

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The Uncanny Imp

Imp is an MC and producer who posits theirself at an intersection between eclectic metaphors, socially progressive content, and a cornucopia of comic book references. Imp is very atypical of most rap music coming out of Atlanta, eschewing triplet flows on trap music for densely compacted rhymes on beats more akin to boom-bap and jazz. Imp is currently a member of the music collectives Sober Addicts and African Space Program.

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Fatou Yakar

Fatou Yakar, is a sensitive senegalese artist with penetrating voice, her texts in Wolof speak to us about love, exile, sorrows and joys of life. She made her 1st Ep 6 titles in 2011. Since then, the public has been able to discover her in multiple rooms and various festivals. She is releasing today a very Afro-rock EP 4 tracks, which she is impatiently waiting to present to you on stage.

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Ronnie Luxe

Ronnie Luxe is a dynamic singer/songwriter from Richmond, Virginia. In an era of music where the “soul” component of the R&B genre has become widely less prominent, Ronnie is committed to not only restoring, but also magnifying an authenticity of soul that R&B in today’s climate is lacking. Having begun singing in the choir at 5 years old, Ronnie’s thorough experience as a vocalist illuminates every track her voice graces. While she’s been singing for the overwhelming majority of her life, Ronnie took her time in finding the lane she wanted to operate in, as a musician. While in college, Ronnie was a popular member of the Ebony Impact Gospel Choir before branching off and locking in on her career as a solo artist. She released he first song in 2017, and has been consistently building since.

– Curtis Rowser III

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Blake Fusilier

Blake Fusilier is the singer, songwriter, producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and outré genre-bender from Atlanta who, at times, can be located somewhere between Nine Inch Nails, James Brown and Fela Kuti. Now living in Brooklyn, he was educated as a neurobiologist which might explain the thoughtful layers in his work. A Fusilier song is: polyrhythms, precise yet opaque lyrics, indie-rock guitar riffs, classical motifs and sometimes-soaring-sometimes-crooning melodies which merge into what has been called “experimental alt-R&B”.

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Mark Cooper

Mark Cooper (Player One) is a Nerdcore Hip Hop artist/ producer from the heart of Detroit,MI. Currently his is under the record label Titan Records.

Although he is a new face in the community, he has definitely made it known that Detroit has their share of nerdy artist. Mark has shared the stage with incredible artists such as Substantial, Sammus, Mega Ran, and various others to name a few. In 2019 alone, He was able to go on his first tour where he made stops at BlerdCon, Times Square at Liberty City Anime Con, and even Magwest! One word to describe his style of music is “Nostalgic”. The content he brings to the table can definitely relate to anyone childhood memories and trigger a great experience. Currently Mark has released his new project “Test Drive” which is taking the internet by storm.

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Bruce James & Bella Black

Bruce James and Bella Black joined musical forces in Austin, Texas in 2011 and have been on a mission spreading the word of Guerrilla Soul ever since. While living in Europe between the summer of 2012 and November of 2019, James & Black laid a foundation in Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Bulgaria, the UK and Slovakia, as well as tours in China and Tunisia, playing close to 150 shows per year and covering over 700,000km in the process. 2020 finds James & Black back in the US working on an upcoming American tour. Their new EP, 'Be Water, My Love', was released on July 20th.

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Taylor Mallory

Taylor Mallory is a professional singer, songwriter, actor, educator, and looping artist. As a music artist, he’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal, JET, Windy City Live! and nominated for Best Male Vocalist for the Chicago Music Awards. His acting highlights include national print, radio, and commercial ads from Corona, Newport, McDonalds, Rocket Mortgage and many more.He made his film debut on NBC’s Chicago P.D. as Darius Brown. Above all, Mallory uses his artistry as an entertainer to uplift and encourage those who have experienced childhood trauma and sexual abuse; his message is simple “You are enough and your healing starts with you. Embrace all of your different “selves!” In addition, Taylor is a proud SAG-AFTRA member and a vocal mentor for the F.A.M.E. foundation. He currently teaches a course entitled Professional Development for Vocalists at the Chicago High School of Arts and directs a 20 student rock band at the School of Rock—Oak Park. His artistic statement is simple: “My passion is my profession”

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Agrupacion Chango VIA Discos Pacificos

Agrupación Chango is a marimba de chonta ensemble directed by master Wisman Tenorio. Winners of the Petronio Álvarez Festival in 2014, the band has gone deeper like no other in the further regions of the Pacific Jungle, recovering rhythms and music that was almost forgotten and that is the sound of the rain and the water itself representing ancestry of African people settled in this area for centuries.

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Retiroliniers

We are a duo from Argentine, (Julián Pedrola and Lucas Pérez Scigliano). We musicalize the Buenos Aires' bus lines and other videos of autobuses from aroud the world. The videos are in our Instagram page ( www.instagram.com/retiroliniers)

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Phodiso

Phodiso (Phodiso Dintwe) is a songwriter, singer, rapper, actor and poet. Born in Gaborone, Botswana, he began learning Tswana percussion styles at the age of four, and became multilingual as the rest of his community. At five years old he moved to the UK, and then New Zealand in his early teen years. Since then he has brought his thought-provoking lyricism and experimental artistry to stages all over New Zealand, the UK, South Africa and back in Botswana.

Phodiso takes influence from Motswako (a Southern Afrikan sub-genre of Hip-Hop), various other styles of Hip-Hop, Afro Jazz and poetry. His influences have seen him express his musicianship in a number of ways including on his 2019 debut single ‘The Entry Point’, as a former member of Auckland band, New Telepathics, on the main stage at Northern Bass as an MC with UK hip-hop outfit Foreign Beggars and as a feature artist on tracks by locals such as JessB and Mazbou Q.

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