Black Soap
Fifteen minutes of submerged soul and monotone poetry. Murky, tape-hiss-heavy loops create a private sanctuary for processing grief and growth in the city.
May 25, 2018 · Lex Records
Fifteen minutes of submerged soul and monotone poetry. Murky, tape-hiss-heavy loops create a private sanctuary for processing grief and growth in the city.
May 25, 2018 · Lex Records
Black Soap is a masterclass in the sLums sound: a claustrophobic yet deeply comforting blend of abstract hip-hop and lo-fi soul. Produced by Gio Escobar of Standing on the Corner, the EP sounds like a transmission from a radio station that only exists in the early hours of a humid New York morning. The samples are not just flipped; they are submerged, filtered until only the emotional core, such as a warm piano chord or a dusty vocal fragment, remains. It is music that feels lived-in, carrying the weight of the city's concrete and the intimacy of a whispered conversation.
How does Black Soap sound next to the rest of MIKE's catalogue?
The production is pushed a touch harder into lo fi than this artist usually allows.
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