Sound

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Unmatched Sound Innovator of 1952-2023

Tright here’s a league of musicians whose deaths have felt significantly earth-shattering, due to a naïve, however broadly shared, presumption that they’d merely reside on ceaselessly. That pantheon consists of – to call however a number of – David Bowie, Prince, MF DOOM, and now, Ryuichi Sakamoto. The Japanese artist and innovator died final Tuesday … [Read more…]

Increasing the Sound of Irish Rap: Meet Dublin’s Upstart

“I’m a council child / Had nothing however desires,” spits Abdu Huss, generally known as KhakiKid, over the menacing home occasion bassline of his new single ‘Underbite’. The accompanying video captures the turmoil and tedium of rising up, as associates push one another in buying trolleys. At 22 years outdated, KhakiKid is poised to be … [Read more…]