GODSPEED by SMT3X

SMT3X - GODSPEED [OMB013]

Godspeed is an eclectic six-track EP that explores various facets of global bass music, bringing an experimental, radical, post-club edge to French pop. Framboise’s sensual vocals and incisive flows merge with indus-tribal beats, blending influences from gqom to hardcore drums and IDM textures. The EP includes “DESPOTE/FROST,” a collaboration with Kenyan producer Slikback, and “CHAV,” featuring Franco-Chinese rapper LK de l'Hotel Moscou, based in London, featuring two remixes by Endgame and B E N N, the visionary heads of Precious Metals & Over My Body, two of the most cutting-edge labels in new club music scene today.

“DESPOTE/FROST” is a hybrid, experimental track that sits at the crossroads of French rap and apocalyptic post-club sounds. In this piece, SMT3X and Slikback draw on the energy of their origins (Iran, Italy, Kenya) to produce an abrupt, uncompromising sound. Their rhythms move between tribal and industrial, evoking artists like Kavari, Arca, and Amnesia Scanner.

SMT3X is a Paris-based duo: Framboise, an Italo-goth singer from the French Riviera, and Guiv, a nerdy Persian producer. Their sound is as fiery as the energy of Naples and as chaotic as the sprawling arteries of Tehran, weaving southern European and ghetto-gothic Middle Eastern influences into dark and seductive deconstructed club music. SMT3X enjoys pushing the boundaries of rap and French pop, combining sensual lyrics and grime flows with elements drawn from hardcore, IDM, and gqom to create something both brutal and caliente.

Taipei based label focusing on avant-garde sounds.

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