Kimmortal
Fluid alt-rap and soul that feels like a deep conversation in a rain-slicked city. Intimate, politically sharp, and sonically submerged.
Fluid alt-rap and soul that feels like a deep conversation in a rain-slicked city. Intimate, politically sharp, and sonically submerged.
Kimmortal is a Vancouver-based multidisciplinary artist whose work spans music, visual art, and theater. Their sound identity is rooted in 'alt-rap,' a classification that fails to capture their heavy use of field recordings, particularly water, and their background in spoken word.
Since their debut, they have evolved from a more traditional singer-songwriter approach into a sophisticated electronic-soul hybrid. Their cultural position is central to the queer and BIPOC arts scene in Western Canada, specifically within the Coast Salish territories. Critically, Kimmortal is recognized for their ability to weave together the personal and the political, earning a Polaris Music Prize longlist nod for 'X Marks the Swirl.' Their influence web connects them to the broader Filipinx diaspora in hip-hop, sharing a lineage with artists like Ruby Ibarra while maintaining a more experimental, electronic edge. For collectors and deep listeners, their work is valued for its high level of intentionality and the 'bedroom-to-stage' intimacy of the production.
Shares neo-soul, contemporary r&b (subgenres); analog_warmth, minimalist, bedroom_production (production style)
Shares contemporary r&b, neo-soul, art pop (subgenres); drum machine, keys/synth, bass (instrumentation)
Shares defiant, vulnerable, empowering (moods); urban_night, basement_show, solitude (atmosphere)
Shares contemporary r&b, art pop, cloud rap (subgenres); vulnerable, contemplative, empowering (moods)
Shares contemporary r&b, neo-soul, cloud rap (subgenres); drum machine, keys/synth, bass (instrumentation)
Shares contemporary r&b, neo-soul (subgenres); bedroom_production, minimalist, analog_warmth (production style)
Shares contemporary r&b, neo-soul (subgenres); analog_warmth, bedroom_production, layered_dense (production style)
Shares contemporary r&b, art pop, cloud rap (subgenres); bedroom_production, minimalist, analog_warmth (production style)
Shares bedroom_production, minimalist, analog_warmth (production style); contemporary r&b, cloud rap (subgenres)
Shares bedroom_production, minimalist, layered_dense (production style); contemporary r&b, neo-soul (subgenres)
Shares alternative hip hop, neo-soul, art pop, vulnerable (signature)
Shares alternative hip hop, identity, cloud rap, vulnerable (signature)
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