Various Artists - The Silhouttes Project

Format: Vinyl LP
Catalogue No.: MPM288LP
Barcode: 673793328813
Release Date: 27th November 2020
Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop (Instrumental East Coast)

01: Bel Cobai & Lex Amor At the Bay
02: Manik MC & Elisa Imperilee July
03: Enny For South
04: Louis The Hippie Blessings
05: Summers Sons, Majical & C.Tappin Free Your Mind
06: KeepVibesNear & Nix Northwest What U Need
07: Summer-Pearl Rising
08: Natty Wylah Eucalyptus
09: Kofi Stone & Joe Beard Like We Used To
10: Elisa Imperilee Closer
11: Pedro Retro & Meron T Standing There
12: Kosher & Eerf Evil Chase It
13: Turt & Stephanie Santiago The Process
14: Kieron Boothe & Morgan Lorelle No Peace
15: Louis The Hippie Fruits

Here is the story of the Silhouettes Project as told by its founders Jaden and Asher: "We started The Silhouettes Project in February 2019, to shine a light on the new generation ofunderground Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Soul music in the UK. Community is everything to us, and wewanted to show that with a proper support network, access to professional facilities, and theencouragement of a family of artists, our community could produce something incredible. We felt a joint frustration that the current music scene in the UK only had structures in placeto support talent of a certain genre whilst overlooking a buzzing alternative Hip-Hop culture.We wanted to unify artists who are making ground-breaking music but who are in need of asolid structure to work within - artists who we felt deserved more recognition. This led us tothe name 'The Silhouettes Project', as we wanted to shine a light on those artists in theshadows. The journey started by embarking on a collaborative album project which allowed us to bringtogether more than 30 artists on a single tape and to create a network of incredibly talentedartists of the same calibre. The album took more than a year, working almost every day at theRoot 73 studio, a community space in Hackney. We knew from the first few sessions that wewere on to something, and the energy around the project kept it moving. As artists ourselves we understood that the creative process can be challenging and sometimesisolating, especially when there is no clear support network to fall back on. This led us to bringour efforts into the physical realm by organising a series of free live music events for all ofthese artists to come to, showcase their work alongside our house band, and connect witheach other. These events take place at The Total Refreshment Centre in Dalston, anunderground studio complex and warehouse space, which gave the events an intimatecommunity feeling and the people a sense of belonging. There is a desperate need for spaces in which people can come together and develop theircreative potential, especially with the consistent withdrawal of funding from the arts sector inthe UK and with the constant threat of gentrification which has seen the closure of countlesscommunity and grassroots creative organisations. As we grew as a brand and organisation, webegan to fully understand the importance of what we were doing. From the studio sessions tothe events, we saw the impact on people's outlooks on their own careers, we saw them growin confidence in performing and collaborating and even taking their own initiative to utilise thenetwork provided for them. We heard their feedback, we felt the excitement in theatmospheres at our events and studio sessions, and we saw the community grow every timewe brought it together."

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