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Viscacha Tapes
Viscacha Tapes is the first of King Poobah's informal beat tapes. It is a compilation of various tracks and projects with primarily hip-hop influences, though it is more varied in character and tone than many of King Poobah's past projects. This piece contains songs that range from broken beat and boom-bap to instrumental rock and indie, it demonstrates the artist's range and songwriting capabilities.
Filled with Jingle-y dreamy melodies, groovy crunchy basslines, tight punchy drums, atmospheric arrangements, and samples pulled from early ecological documentaries, Natural Coarse brings a unique approach to the Instrumental Hip-Hop genre.
After years of producing sample-based Hip-Hop in other projects, this work represents a move by King Poobah to emphasize original songwriting and arrangement while preserving the sonic qualities of Hip-Hop and Pop Electronic.
Conceptually, this album attempts to re-mystify the natural world by exposing some of the most quirky and impressive behaviors in the animal kingdom and provokes the listener to interrogate their relationship to the environment. All in all this record serves as an example of King Poobah’s capabilities as a solo artist and songwriter.
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Coarse
Natural Coarse is a bass-driven view through shafts of sunshine into the development of evolutionary ecology accompanied by cheeky observations that bounce in your brain regarding the extraordinary niches in which life succeeds and flourishes. King Poobah, the simple sultan, stumbles down some bunny-holes exploring this rich world, vaguely searching for some semblance of normalcy as he struggles to reconcile the divisive understanding of nature and culture.
Crown of Down
Crown of Down is a chill and wavy Lo-Fi Hip-Hop Beat Tape. Including 19 tracks and over 45 minutes of quality content, the record has a laid back study-friendly energy level, while still prompting a strong head knock with driving and gritty drums. The songs were assembled on SP series drum machines and are full of the quintessential tonal qualities and FX that make these samplers iconic. ‘Crown of Down’ utilizes samples from vintage nature documentaries to add an avian motif to the soft melodies and punchy drums.
