High-velocity South London rap fused with jagged industrial electronics. Visceral, metallic, and relentlessly energetic music for high-stakes movement.
Listening to FLOHIO feels like being caught in a high-speed chase through a digital landscape. The production is sharp and metallic, often leaning into the cold, aggressive textures of industrial techno and IDM rather than traditional hip-hop loops. It is music that demands your physical attention, vibrating with a nervous, electric energy that never quite settles into a comfortable groove.
What truly sets her apart is the sheer kinetic force of her delivery. She possesses a rare ability to navigate complex, jagged electronic beats with a flow that is both mathematically precise and emotionally raw. While her peers might lean into the swing of grime, FLOHIO often pushes past it into something more experimental, using her voice as a percussive instrument that cuts through dense layers of distorted synths.
Start with 'Wild Yout' to hear her at her most explosive, or 'Out of Heart' for a more nuanced look at how she integrates melody into her high-octane sound. It is the perfect soundtrack for moments that require absolute focus, high energy, or a sense of urban defiance.
Funmi Ohiosumah, known professionally as Flohio (stylised as FLOHIO), is a Nigerian-born British rapper based in South London. Her music is characterised by unusual beats, expansive themes, genre fluidity, and periodic double-time flows. Though some have characterised her work as "grime," Ohiosumah rejects this term as too limiting for her style and approach. As FLOHIO, she performs as a solo artist, but has also collaborated with God Colony and Modeselektor. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, her family immigrated to Bermondsey, South East London when Ohiosumah was nine. Her first EP, titled Nowhere Near, debuted in 2016, followed by her second EP Wild Yout (2018), and her debut mixtape No Panic No Pain (2020). Ohiosumah released her debut album, Out of Heart, on 7 October 2022. FLOHIO has described some of her early influences to include Channel U, Eve and Lil Wayne.
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