News / / 05.07.13

Lee Bannon

Despite having plenty of high-profile hook ups on his CV, you could make the case that the California-born, Brooklyn based experimental hip-hop producer Lee Bannon is still underrated. He’s had Talib Kweli, Ab-Soul, Curren$y and Joey Bada$$ (the latter who he joined as tour DJ) rap over his beats, yet his name has never quite flared up among the blogosphere in the same way as contemporaries such as Keyboard Kid 206 or Clams Casino. And just like Mr. Casino, Bannon’s beats work nicely in instrumental form. Rummaging around his catalogue you’ll find some lo-fi boom bap (see Chuuwee’s Hot N’ Ready tape), but we’d like to draw your attention to his new Never/mind/the/darkness/of/it EP, where tripped-out, smudgy synth ambience juxtaposes with hyperactive trap hi-hat rhythms to brilliant effect.

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