Submerged, noir-inflected abstract hip-hop with a heavy trip-hop pulse. Ghostly vocals and dusty loops for late nights in the city.
Sheridan creates a world that feels permanently set at 3 AM in a rain-slicked city. The music is built on a foundation of dusty, crackling samples and slow, hypnotic drum patterns that owe as much to 90s Bristol trip-hop as they do to modern abstract rap. It is a sound that feels submerged, as if you are hearing a jazz club through a thick concrete wall, filtered through layers of tape hiss and analog warmth.
What truly sets this project apart is the vocal delivery. It is often a detached, breathy monotone that treats the voice as just another texture in the mix rather than a focal point. The lyrics feel like overheard fragments of a private conversation or half-remembered dreams, contributing to an overall sense of urban isolation and quiet introspection. It is music that doesn't demand your attention so much as it haunts the space you're in.
Start with the earlier EPs like 'In Self-Defense' to understand the project's roots in the Russian abstract scene, where the interplay between cold atmospheres and warm, soulful samples first took shape. It is essential listening for anyone who finds beauty in the gray areas of electronic music and hip-hop.
Shares abstract hip-hop, trip-hop, downtempo (subgenres); lo fi, sample based, tape saturation (production style)
Shares abstract hip-hop, trip-hop, downtempo (subgenres); lo fi, sample based, tape saturation (production style)
Shares abstract hip-hop, trip-hop, downtempo (subgenres); urban night, rainy day, late night (atmosphere)
Shares abstract hip-hop, trip-hop, downtempo (subgenres); brooding, melancholic, mysterious (moods)
Shares abstract hip-hop, trip-hop, downtempo (subgenres); brooding, melancholic, mysterious (moods)
Shares abstract hip-hop, trip-hop, downtempo (subgenres); lo fi, sample based, tape saturation (production style)
Shares abstract hip-hop, trip-hop, downtempo (subgenres); urban night, rainy day, fog (atmosphere)
Shares abstract hip-hop, downtempo (subgenres); lo fi, sample based, tape saturation (production style)
Shares abstract hip-hop, trip-hop, downtempo (subgenres); lo fi, sample based, tape saturation (production style)
Shares abstract hip-hop, trip-hop, downtempo (subgenres); lo fi, sample based, tape saturation (production style)
Shares dusty, turntables, trip-hop, abstract hip-hop (signature)
Shares dusty, trip-hop, abstract hip-hop, tape saturation (signature)
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