Friday 8 April 2016, 8pm
“If jazz experimentalist Sun Ra and manic-depressive lo-fi genius Daniel Johnston had a love child, he would surely be SENSATIONAL. Known to his fans as the king of “Freak Style”, avant-beats, and blunted flows, the former Colin Julius Bobb holds center court on hip-hop’s extreme outer rim.”
Sensational is an experimental hip hop artist based in New York. Over the last three decades he has challenged the boundaries and pre-conceived notions of hip-hop with his idiosyncratic surreal flows, lo-fi production and abstract approach to beat-making; utilising the likes of field recordings instead of any pre-recorded samples. Over time he has collaborated with the likes of Spectre, Kid 606 and Kouhei Matsunaga and released on labels as diverse as Ipecac, Matador and Werk Discs. He continues to be highly prolific to this day – constantly releasing new and challenging works.
Klein is an artist and musician whose work often blurs the lines between fact and fiction. Her music releases, films, and performances are often informed by urban mapping, surveillance, humor, hip-hop, noise, identity, and beyond. Her work has been shown and/or performed at Museums, Galleries, yards, squats, and pubs, including the infamous The Old Blue Last and the New Cross Inn.
