They splice doo-wop harmonies to scattered dub rhythms during “Light Up Ahead (Time Mirage),” hard-edged verses to industrial din during “ Mr. President.” Colossal drums puncture walls of labyrinthine noise sculpted from deranged synthesizers and mutated guitars during “Seven Wheel Motion,” an absolute powerhouse. 1 Time Mirage represents a playground for Butler and Blood, a free space for unfettered exploration, and a radically adventurous start to something much more than a mere production duo or side project.Butler and Blood met in 2003 at a Spiritualized show in Seattle, introduced by a mutual friend who was soon set to record Butler in his studio. As a part of Melber’s “The Beat with Ari” show, the pair spoke at the Brooklyn Museum, where Bey’s “Earl Sweatshirt always. Black Star is an American Hip Hop duo, formed in 1997, from Brooklyn, New York. Butler seems to rap in dialogue with himself, detailing a threatening streetscape and shaping the experience into personal realizations. Now, after more than a decade of collaboration and the development into of a rich friendship, Butler and Blood have made a proper full-length record together as Knife Knights: 1 Time Mirage, an eleven-track odyssey that finds the pair and a cast of their friends weaving together a singular world of soul and shoegaze, hip-hop and lush noise, bass and bedlam. I … He and Ferrari Sheppard (known as Dec. 99th) release “Local Time.” Yasiin Bey discusses his long-awaited new album Negus, living on Spaceship Earth and overlooked historical figures at the Brooklyn Museum. and Tupac Shakur, during which an adolescent Hip Hop culture suffered in the vacuum of iconic leadership provided by Smalls and Shakur. The duo is composed of artists, yasiin bey and Talib Kweli. In order to keep the business running, they re-shoot every film in the store with their own camera, with a budget of zero dollars. Directed by Michel Gondry. They released one album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star on August 26, 1998. Blood, meanwhile, was an ardent hip-hop fan who had always been an inclusive listener. He unveiled his new outlet, Shabazz Palaces, in the summer of 2009 through a pair of self-released EPs, surrounding his hyperlinked verses with webs of psychedelic textures and refracted rhythms. Both Mos Def and Talib Kweli’s solo careers have continued with both commercial and critical success.Black Star’s content is deeply rooted in social consciousness and political issues. Black Star (and other members of the Native Tongues Posse) helped shape underground alternative rap, bringing it into the mainstream. It is an abstract anthem to astral love.“Low Key” suggests a radiant daydream, with kaleidoscopic synthesizers and faded harmonies pirouetting over puzzle pieces of dizzying percussion and understated funk.
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