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I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses - Backxwash (2021)


30 anni, nata (uomo) a Lusaka, Zambia, Ashanti Mutinta aka Backxwash comincia a rappare prima di trasferirsi in British Columbia, Canada, per gli studi di informatica. Dopo la laurea si stabilisce a Montreal, comincia ad esibirsi dal vivo, pubblica i due EP F.R.E.A.K.S. e Black Sailor Moon nel 2018, e più o meno in quel periodo si identifica come transgender. Prima di questo I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses, uscito nel giugno 2021, pubblica anche altri due album, Deviancy (2019) e God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It (2020; con questo vince il Polaris Music Prize), e un EP, Stigmata (2020). Oltre all'hip hop, è ispirata dall'heavy metal e dal post-rock, cita e campiona dai Black Sabbath ai Godspeed You! Black Emperor, ed il risultato è un rap metal durissimo, sperimentale, che possiamo avvicinare alle ultime cose di Ghostemane, ma che conserva tra le righe qualcosa di tribale. Aiutandosi con molte collaborazioni underground, l'atmosfera che se ne ricava è teatrale e quasi horror. Interessante.
30 years old, born (male) in Lusaka, Zambia, Ashanti Mutinta aka Backxwash began rapping before moving to British Columbia, Canada to study computer science. After graduation she moves to Montreal, she starts performing live, she releases the two EPs F.R.E.A.K.S. and Black Sailor Moon in 2018, and around that time she came out as transgender. Prior to this I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses, released in June 2021, also releases two other albums, Deviancy (2019) and God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It (2020; with this he wins the Polaris Music Prize), and an EP, Stigmata (2020). In addition to hip hop, she is inspired by heavy metal and post-rock, she quotes and samples from Black Sabbath to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and the result is a very hard, experimental rap metal, that we can approach the latest Ghostemane stuff, but which preserves something tribal between the lines. With the help of many underground collaborations, the atmosphere is theatrical and almost horror. Interesting.

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