Atmosphere - Jestures - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Following their last , The Day Before Halloween-an imaginative, distorted-synth-driven concept album-Atmosphere returns with a refreshing new project, simply titled WORD? Steering back toward their signature sound, the album further highlights producer Ant's undeniable talents as the project leans into the classic boom-bap aesthetic, bringing a unique energy out of Slug's wisdom, wit and delivery. From onset, WORD? proves to be every bit an exercise in refining and advancing their craft as it is a harkening to earlier work. That is, while their releases have grown more broodingly cinematic, and increasingly concerned with the human condition and mortality, WORD? manages to reintroduce moments of levity and lightheartedness throughout, an approach seldom heard on their albums of late.From album opener InchFleetwood,Inch with it's razor-sharp snares and warm fleshy bassline, to the resonant melody of InchClockedInch, there are strong hints of Atmosphere's nascent years within the sound. Meanwhile, songs like InchWoesInch, InchStrungInch and InchVanishInch cheerfully make light of daily hardships, but they're more likely to be remembered for making listeners want to bob their heads and sing along. With Slug and Ant directing the course, the album plays like a joyride through a range of experiences and emotions, with an extensive cast of special guests hopping in and out along the way, including Evidence, Muja Messiah, Musab, Nino Bless, Nikki Jean, Anwar HighSign, BlackLiq, Sa-Roc, Haphduzn, Lateef the Truthspeaker, Aesop Rock, and the late MF DOOM (RIP). The result is a project that feels like it came from the era or, perhaps more fittingly, the mindset that created albums like God Loves Ugly, Seven's Travels, or the popular Sad Clown series, while sounding as polished and perfected as more recent albums like Mi Vida Local or Whenever.Ultimately, WORD? pairs the breadt

2020 . For over 20 years, Atmosphere has pursued the underbelly of what it means to be human with a rabid curiosity. Ant's dusky production has provided the pulse for Slug's evolving and matter-of-fact pen. As Slug transitioned from throwing-up-in-the-backseat-raps to holding-hands-when-you-cross-the-street-raps, Ant has grown to be a master of crate digging and unearthing the humanity of a drum loop. Thriving at the intersection of guttural and self-effacing, Atmosphere will go down as some of America's best archivists. On Whenever, the duo continue to move in lockstep. Within the minutiae lie clues they're still struggling with mortality and the need to protect emotional energy, as on previous releases, but there's a quiet romanticism now, with Slug sounding-reluctantly-in love with life. And no other producer can pull truths out of a rapper like Ant fishes the blues out of Slug. The album breathes in the way only Slug and Ant could summon a collective breath. On Whenever, the duo inhale panic and exhale greatness. Album Tracks 1. Bde Maka Ska 2. Push Play 3. Postal Lady 4. Love Each Other 5. Romance 6. Dearly Beloved (Feat. Musab and Muja Messiah) 7. The Hands of Time 8. Whenever (Feat. Gifted Gab, Murs and Haphduzn) 9. Lovely (Feat. Nikki Jean) 10. Son of Abyss 11. You're Gonna Go 12. The Ceiling

Finally, after years of being secluded in the basement, this stormy 18 track debut from lyrical word workers slug and spawn has arrived and is rippin' it's way across the globe towards your local underground scene, urging all heads to keep their eyes to the sky and check the weather. Contains the underground classic InchScapegoatInch plus two bonus tracks, one being the trailer park anthem InchPrimerInch. Production by Ant.Track Listing 1597Brief DescriptionCurrent Status feat. BeyondComplications4 30amAdjust feat. BeyondClay@Sound Is VibrationMultiplesScapegoatOde To The Modern Man (Lightning Blend)WNDMultiples (Reprise)Caved InCuando Limpia El HumoThe Outernet Album Tracks 1. 1597 2. Brief Description 3. Current Status Feat. Beyond 4. Complications 5. 4 30Am 6. Adjust Feat. Beyond 7. Clay 8. @ 9. Sound Is Vibration 10. Multiples 11. Scapegoat 12. Ode to the Modern Man (Lightning Blend) 13. WND 14. Multiples (Reprise) 15. Caved in 16. Cuando Limpia El Humo 17. The Outernet 18. [Untitled Hidden Track]