krakin

kraKIN is a more-than-human hip-hop collaboration that brings together the sonic and lyrical stylings of Ruby Singh, the amphibious intellect of Professah Exile, and a boom-bap menagerie of banging Westcoast flora, fauna, and fungi. In an age of climate crisis, this multi-species mob aims to decompose the human-centred and reintegrate our minds with the resonant ecology of our world. kraKIN cuts, cross-fades and chops field recordings of local biomes with "biosonification" (a technology that turns the bioelectric signature of living beings into musical information) to create a truly place-based sound. Tracks include everything from cedar tree bass lines, to soaring wolf-howl synths, to polypore fungi triggered 808s, to woodpecker snares. A sonic portrait to shapeshift our perceptions and stay awake to the changes needed in our world.

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"a visionary artist ... blending the technological world with art, social and environmental causes ...

Singh's work reveals a new, malleable reality that is long overdue."

CBC Radio Canada

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"Mesmerizing, vibrant ... Singh isn't just crossing genres, he's stradling astral planes"

Globe and Mail

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"Ruby Singh keeps on dropping dynamic sonic experiments"

Vancouver Sun