Perth native Bitter Belief (Syllabolix) drops his sophomore album The Gallery through Obese Records Distribution today! The LP features the likes of The Tongue, Purpose, Briggs, Hau, Creed Birch, Mr Grevis and more.
With producer Creed Birch handling most of the album’s production, the two have been working together for years developing their sound. Production credits also include M-Phazes, Cam Bluff and Rob Shaker, who also handled cuts, mixing and mastering. You can purchase The Gallery here.
Growing up in a family of musicians Bitter Belief was constantly surrounded by the sounds of his cousins and uncles jamming. At the time never taking an interest in any of the instruments he found more enjoyment in just sitting, watching and soaking it all in.
Bitter Belief then began writing poems at the young age of 14 but with his growing love for hip hop by the time he was 15 that love for writing had transcended into rhymes/raps.
Influenced by the likes of Nas, 2pac, NWA and other rappers Bitter then discovered his passion for the music and using the most basic and cheap equipment he would then record and write as much as he possibly could over the next few years. After being heard by an independent record label he was then signed at the age of 17 where he released an EP and later left to recreate his style and start from scratch.
Since that day Bitter has released over 10 mixtapes that were distributed by himself locally and then followed up by his debut album Isolation. Since Isolation Bitter has been lucky enough to tour the country with Drapht and his band on more than one occasion and along the way has learned enough to develop into the MC he is today.
Bitter Belief was then honored to be asked and accepted into the WA family/crew Syllabolix! In early 2012 Bitter B dropped a mixtape titled The Tour Guide Mixtape which was the lead up to his upcoming album May 2013 release The Gallery which features the likes of The Tongue, Purpose, Briggs, Hau, Creed Birch, Mr Grevis other SBX members and more! On the Production is mainly Creed Birch, with M-Phazes, Cam Bluff and Rob Shaker, Rob also handles all the cuts on the album and did all the mixing and mastering. Look for The Gallery it drops at the end of the month.
Track Listing
01 The Gallery
02 Break The Chain
03 Into Fear (ft. Matty Gresham)
04 The Circus
05 Didn’t I Fool You?
06 Stand Up
07 High On Life (ft. The Tongue, Purpose & Sarah Pellicano)
08 Outerspace
09 Snakes And Ladders (ft. Layla, Mortar, Mr Grevis, Optamus, Dazastah & Drapht)
10 Never Mind (ft. Creed Birch & John Barrett)
11 The Sweet Science (ft. Briggs & Hau)
12 Mr. Big Man
13 Hitch Hiker
14 All I Need (ft. Cortext)
15 Face Off
16 Paranoia (ft. Sarah Pellicano)
Release Date: May 31, 2013.
Released By: Soul Clap and Obese Distribution
SBX crew member Bitter Belief first started writing poems at the young age of 13. In time with his love for writing combined with his love for hip hop it evolved from poems to rhymes. Recording over downloaded instrumentals with very basic cheap equipment Bitter B put his head down and got to work recording at least a track a day for the next few years to come.
At the age of 17 he was signed to an independant label but left two years later to continue his journey alone. After leaving the label Bitter put out a series of mixtapes and later released his debut album Isolation in 2010. He has since put out The Tour Guide Mixtape, which was the lead up to his next album which is titled The Gallery, coming early 2013.
The first leak we’ve seen from The Gallery, comes in the form of The Circus. Produced by Creed Birch, the track is currently sitting at number 1 on the triple j Unearthed Hip Hop charts. You can pick up the The Circus for free download below.
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After a short absence from touring, he’s back on the road, we’ve got the Downsyde and SBX general himself headlining the upcoming show with his solo project Optamus, backing him up is Obese Records latest distro signee launching his debut album The Sampler – Mr Grevis!!!
No stranger to Adelaide after extensive touring with Drapht, is Bitter Belief, he’ll be dropping tracks off his last mixtape The Tourguide and also drop some sneak peaks from the up coming album The Gallery, which is set to do some big things. Holding down the decks for nearly everybody on this night, is the widely respected Dj/Producer Rob Shaker.
First time in Adelaide for WA’s current number 1 producer Creed Birch and the last cat from WA to grace the stage with tracks from his debut album One Of A Kind is veteran MC Adam Crook!!! Special mention needs to go out to our very special friend, hometown king K21, who will also be doing his thing on stage with tracks from his recently released LP Single Minded Civilian. This all goes down Friday, Oct 19, @Higher Ground – Tickets $10 get there.
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