In the last 5 years P. Smurf has released two solo mixtapes, an EP and two 7” vinyls, while touring extensively across Australia as both a solo artist and with his respective groups. As a founding member of Daily Meds, … Continue reading P. Smurf releases new 7″ Vinyl ‘Lock Outlaws’
Sensible Antixx and Smart Base Entertainment announce MATHAS joins the Neighbourhood Rhapsody line up! Already spilling over with your neighbourhood’s freshest, today The Music premiered the news WA rapper MATHAS has joined a star-studded line up set to rock The Northcote … Continue reading Neighbourhood Rhapsody announce surprise headline Mathas
Showcasing the sounds and visions of Sydney based hip hop record label Big Village Records, co-founders Rapaport and P.Smurf have just announced that they will be joined by two of the label’s most prominent signees in Mathas and Omar Musa for ‘The Big Vacation’ national tour! Fresh, deft and banging, ‘The Big … Continue reading Be Ready feat. Mathas, Omar Musa, Rapaport & P.Smurf
News recently in, Perth MC / Producer Mathas has just signed to the Big Village Records roster. Mathas has been turning heads for a moment now, with a massive last few years winning the WAM song of the year in 2013 for Nourishment … Continue reading Mathas signs to Big Village Records
Perth’s multi-faceted and genre-bending rapper Mathas is certainly an artist that can’t be pinned down by the rigid genre boundaries of hip-hop. The ferociously talented songwriter, producer, poet and performer brings you ‘Free Shit’, the next installment and the fourth single to be taken from his highly-anticipated sophomore album Armwrestling Atlas, due for release in the second half of 2015. Fellow Perth contemporary Mei Saraswati has been enlisted as guest vocalist, along with producer Ylem to create the cloud-like ambient spaces and warm, synthetic textures of ‘Free Shit’, while lyrically, we journey through the mine-field of modern consumerism and its … Continue reading Mathas gives you ‘Free Shit’ and announces national tour dates
Ascendant West Australian hip-hop luminary Mathas has unveiled the film clip for his recently released single Stone Cold Sober featuring Empty. The track follows on from lauded earlier effort Nourishment (featuring Abbe May), as well as a guest spot on Birds Of Tokyo’s Like A Version rendition of Kendrick Lamar’s Swimming Pools (Drank), and marks another step towards the imminent release of Mathas’ forthcoming studio full-length Armwrestling Atlas. Stone Cold Sober is a deeply personal track, its seeds laid in a moment of reflection, or maybe even epiphany, on the Hawkesbury River, in NSW, following a friend’s death. Drawing on … Continue reading Mathas Stone Cold Sober feat. Empty
One of Australia’s most charismatic showmen hits the road to mark the release of his most compelling and personal record to date, Blue Volume. Rolling Stone have called Joelistics’ album “a celebration and mourning of the current state of the world, voiced by a smart, incisive writer.” The Sydney Morning Herald have hailed him as “an exceptional storyteller” for delivering “a personal, lyrically intelligent album with an intense emotional rawness and vulnerability”. We just think he’s dope. There’s always an uplifting feature to be found in the honest and rebellious music Joelistics creates. The song and video for recent single … Continue reading Joelistics Announces Blue Volume Tour
While a founding member of Perth music and arts collective The Community and heavily involved in underground hip hop and electronic music since 2004, it’s only now that master MC/producer/singer/genre-bender/song psychologist Mathas is truly ready to make a massive statement far wider than at home. Releasing his 10 Pound Hairless Sasquatch (Paper Chain/Community) album to rave reviews in 2009, an evolution in style last year saw Mathas taking out the WAMi Award for Best Hip Hop Artist and a Most Popular Single nomination for White Sugar, a sweet taste of new things to come. His sophomore album Armwrestling Atlas is … Continue reading Mathas – Nourishment feat. Abbe May
