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Atmosphere Pays Homage to The Egyptian Lover Throughout New EP “Talk Talk” (EP Review)

Minneapolis duo Atmosphere consisting of Slug on the mic & Ant on the boards following up their 13th LP So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously. Initially a trio from the beginning of their formation up to release of their critically acclaimed debut Overcast!, they would later go on to build an independent empire with their Rhymesayers Entertainment whether that be signing acts from Brother Ali to the late Eyedea or putting out their best bodies of work like God Loves Ugly of Sad Clown Bad Dub 9. But it turns out Atmosphere has some outtakes from the sessions of their latest album & are compiling them into Talk Talk.

“Wetter” starts the EP for all the party people down the electro-trap instrumental whereas “Attachings” works in some synthesizers advising to never change & that everything’s happening whatever that even means. “Rotary Telephone” goes for a funkier approach to the beat so he can think out loud on wax prior to the dance-inspired “Don’t Mind Me” talking about deserving some levity & that everybody gets left behind in the end.

Meanwhile, the futuristic jam “Where I’m / You’re At” asks if anyone’s in the back of the front or the front of the back while the title track is taken straight from the new full-length that Atmosphere put out this spring. “Hear Hear” experiments with trap again saying you need someone here when you got something to hear while the wavy “Hello Pete” featuring Buck 65 & Kool Keith pulls out the receipts on the titular character.

“Make Party Politics” continues to draw near the end of the 2nd body of work from Slug & Ant this year fusing trap with electro music once more detailing that you don’t even know what the Hell you’re looking at & to not hold your breath prior to “Traveling Forever” ending the EP with a calming boom bap instrumental portraying himself is an endless traveler.

So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously evoked the multiversal storytelling that’s recently vaulted into the mainstream consciousness & with this EP that came out of those very sessions, they dart across threads of space-time to grab hold of the one becoming titans of the sounds that was foundational to their youth. Ant’s production is more inspired by the likes of Kraftwerk & The Egyptian Lover so Slug can make visions of the future from 4 decades ago seem new once again.

Score: 7/10

Source: UndergroundHipHopBlog.com

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Atmosphere Discuss “So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously” Origins and Recording Process in Exclusive Interview

I got the opportunity to sit down with Atmosphere to talk about “So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously“. Slug & Ant give me key facts on the recording process and their new approach to creating the album.

We highlight the creation story behind the “Bigger Pictures” music video, collaborating with Bat Flower on “Talk Talk”, as well as the production style of “Holding My Breath“. They will embark on a European & domestic tour, so press play to find out what to expect from the new live show.

This interview was conducted inside the UGHH Studios with the help of Adam Stanzak of DRASTIC and is a collaboration with Soundwaves Radio, hosted by DJ Seano and Val the Vandle. Seano plays a mix of funk, jazz, instrumental, and everything in between during the first hour of the show – while the Atmosphere interview starts at the 1 hour marker. Press play and enjoy!

Atmosphere dropped their new album this past Friday, don’t forget to check out LegendsNeverDie’s review.

Source: UndergroundHipHopBlog.com

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Atmosphere’s Video Is A Father & Son B-Boy Team Becoming Stick-Up Kids For A Reason

Last October, Atmosphere’s Slug and Ant released their ninth studio album, Mi Vida Local. In support of the LP, the Minneapolis, Minnesota duo have released a handful of videos that play to themes of aging, death, alienation, and finding the good around despite so much bad news.

Atmosphere now drops “Stopwatch,” shot in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the video’s opening, producer Ant lays down a haunting, piano-driven introduction to the song before quickly picking up the pace in both tempo and ambiance. As the clock ticks, a man and his son are shown in a small café among a group of other customers. After a quick conversation with his son, the two quickly get up from their seats in a blaze and B-Boy dance across the room in a stick-up fashion. It’s a robbery, as the two take cash and abruptly end calls for help, ahead of escaping with the loot.

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The pair eventually make its way to a van to escape. They change their clothes as Slug’s “If you don’t stop then you won’t get caught,” plays in conjunction. After almost getting stopped by the police, they use their breakin’ talent to dance their way to freedom once again.

Then, the true nature of their theft is brought to light. As the video rounds, the young boy leaves a pile of money for a sick, dying woman under her arm at a hospital and a message, “help me,” written in red on her hand. Perhaps it is his mom, and the father’s partner.

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As noted in a recent conversation between Slug and Ambrosia For Heads, Mi Vida Local, 2014’s Southsiders, 2016’s Fishing Blues, and videos like “Stopwatch,” are drenched thematically in ideas of life, death, and mortality. As Slug stated, “They’re all my ‘get comfy with the idea of death’ trilogy [albums]. These LPs also focus on family, loss, and challenging times.” Slug states, “Just in case anybody ever wanted to put them together, there’s a connection, a stream that runs through all three of them.” Mi Vida Local, is Atmosphere’s conclusion to that philosophical journey on wax.

Under the lens of their album trilogy, the imagery of the man and his son breakin’ for money to pay for the health and well-being of another is powerful and poignant. Some dancers leave a hat for donations to support themselves and those around them. These two in the video are not in a position where waiting for generosity will cut.

Atmosphere’s Graffiti Video Provides Poetic Closure To The Group’s Album Trilogy (Video)

AFH TV features a 2018 interview with Slug. We are currently offering free 30-day trials.

Last October, Atmosphere’s Slug and Ant released their ninth studio album, Mi Vida Local. In support of the LP, the Minneapolis, Minnesota duo have released a handful of videos that play to themes of aging, death, alienation, and finding the good around despite so much bad news.

Atmosphere now drops “Stopwatch,” shot in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the video’s opening, producer Ant lays down a haunting, piano-driven introduction to the song before quickly picking up the pace in both tempo and ambiance. As the clock ticks, a man and his son are shown in a small café among a group of other customers. After a quick conversation with his son, the two quickly get up from their seats in a blaze and B-Boy dance across the room in a stick-up fashion. It’s a robbery, as the two take cash and abruptly end calls for help, ahead of escaping with the loot.

Atmosphere Makes An Album For Life’s Changing Seasons. All Can Listen Here (Audio)

The pair eventually make its way to a van to escape. They change their clothes as Slug’s “If you don’t stop then you won’t get caught,” plays in conjunction. After almost getting stopped by the police, they use their breakin’ talent to dance their way to freedom once again.

Then, the true nature of their theft is brought to light. As the video rounds, the young boy leaves a pile of money for a sick, dying woman under her arm at a hospital and a message, “help me,” written in red on her hand. Perhaps it is his mom, and the father’s partner.

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As noted in a recent conversation between Slug and Ambrosia For Heads, Mi Vida Local, 2014’s Southsiders, 2016’s Fishing Blues, and videos like “Stopwatch,” are drenched thematically in ideas of life, death, and mortality. As Slug stated, “They’re all my ‘get comfy with the idea of death’ trilogy [albums]. These LPs also focus on family, loss, and challenging times.” Slug states, “Just in case anybody ever wanted to put them together, there’s a connection, a stream that runs through all three of them.” Mi Vida Local, is Atmosphere’s conclusion to that philosophical journey on wax.

Under the lens of their album trilogy, the imagery of the man and his son breakin’ for money to pay for the health and well-being of another is powerful and poignant. Some dancers leave a hat for donations to support themselves and those around them. These two in the video are not in a position where waiting for generosity will cut.

Atmosphere’s Graffiti Video Provides Poetic Closure To The Group’s Album Trilogy (Video)

AFH TV features a 2018 interview with Slug. We are currently offering free 30-day trials.

Source: AmbrosiaForHeads.com

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Atmosphere’s Graffiti Video Provides Poetic Closure To The Group’s Album Trilogy (Video)

I wrote this one while I was still alive,Atmosphere’s Slug spits on the opening line of “Graffiti.” Setting the stage for a metaphoric glance at both the romantic MC’s inner workings and the heavily layered track, the video takes that authentic grittiness a step further. Directed by longtime collaborator Jason Goldwatch, the purposefully wobbly and out of focus visuals jarringly accentuate the meaning of Atmosphere’s latest album, La Vida Local’s closing track.

Slug takes his verses slow and steps with purpose on this track. The track’s producer (and Atmosphere co-founder) Ant, on the other hand, uses fanfare and a touch of melancholy to drive the point home. Equal parts reminiscent and progressive, “Graffiti” serves as one of La Vida Local’s highlights and makes fair work in closing out the album trilogy.

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In the video, we see Slug as he maneuvers through cutty Minneapolis spots, sometimes with a tiny white chihuahua. The mural that provides the initial backdrop, of a dove leaving hands, provides another layer of symbolism of rebirth. With almost as much to see as to hear, each watch sheds new light on the track’s implied meaning. The quality of visual appears like 1960s and 1970s family movies.

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“Graffiti” marks the concluding track on the final album of a trilogy created, as Slug says in a recent Ambrosia For Heads interview, to “get comfy with the idea of death.” Preceded by Southsiders in 2014 and Fishing Blues in 2016, the final album ties up loose ends, still floating the same themes of home, mortality and family. “This record isn’t about dying. But is the final of this particular trilogy of mortality. That’s why [I say on ‘Graffiti’], ‘I wrote this one when I was still alive,‘ to put closure on that. Then, for the next record, I can start fresh. I don’t have to do anything that has anything to do with what I just did,” Slug recently revealed. “It took me f*ckin’ five years to complete this weird trilogy. Sh*t. I’m so glad that it’s done.”

When we revisit that opening line, Slug provides closure, so the duo can move on to something completely different.

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Atmosphere is currently touring La Vida Local with Rhymesayers artist, deM atlaS, as well as supporting acts The Lioness and DJ Keezy. The next leg kicks off in mid-November and covers the nation well into spring of 2019.

Mi Vida Local is also available on vinyl and CD.

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Press photograph by Dan Monick provided by Rhymesayers Entertainment.

#BonusBeat: Ambrosia For Heads‘ recent conversation with Slug about Mi Vida Local:

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