{"title":"Myst Milano","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"beyond-the-uncanny-valley","title":"Beyond The Uncanny Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrucial Toronto rapper \/ producer \/ DJ myst milano. returns with thrilling new album \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Uncanny Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, an exhilarating ride through hedonistic experimental hip-hop and house music that reinterprets the breadth of Black electronic music with addictive singular energy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I offer Beyond the Uncanny Valley as a working anthology of Black electronic music across generational, geographical and genre lines,” myst milano. writes. “I thought a lot about staples of Black art across the world that can be traced back to Africa, and that link the diaspora regardless of where our people end up and throughout all eras.”  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mighty example of this omnivorous and multifaceted awareness of Black creativity, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Uncanny Valley\u003c\/i\u003e is a tidal wave, swallowing up Canadian House, Detroit Electro, Chicago Footwork, UK Jungle and Dubstep, Jersey \/ Baltimore \/ Philly Club, Southern Hip-Hop and West Coast Funk into the trail of euphoric destruction left by myst milano.’s trademark grimy, sweaty, lusty neo-R\u0026amp;B take on contemporary hip-hop. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening with “Thirteen”, the album hits with punch and immediacy. The track’s thumping kick and swirling, haunted synthesis represent myst milano.’s keen ability to nurture perfect symbiosis between production, arrangement and lyrical theme. It is equal parts dreamy, provocative, sexy and powerful, and, together, entirely unique to myst’s creative voice. As with Beyond the Uncanny Valley as a whole, it is evocatively storytelling, mixing vivid imagery with slick wordplay. We are introduced to myst’s groupie (formerly “a hater”), as their crew “causes damage you can’t afford”, while witty threats and erudite posturing flow out over a steadily expanding instrumentation that mimics myst’s breathless, sweatbox DJ sets.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ring Ring” is another key track. Glitching nuclear alarms give way to a bulldozing kick drum and in-the-red distortion on myst’s voice. The vocals hit at breakneck speed while the production retains a dirty, dirging stomp. It is formidable, intense, fun, and intimidating in all the right ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderpinning the album is a mechanised female voice that has possessed the record like a replicant ghost. “When we go beyond the uncanny valley, we reach a state of perfect harmony where the robot has mimicked the human to the point of being indistinguishable,” myst says. “Who are we when we become perfect imitations of what the world wants instead of who we really are, which is imperfect and flawed and a little uncanny, anyway?” While the music of \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Uncanny Valley\u003c\/i\u003e is human, with real emotion and expression, it occasionally flirts with the beyond, reaching into a near future where reality and technology bleed into one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Uncanny Valley\u003c\/i\u003e is myst milano.’s second full length, following 2021’s rapturously received debut \u003ci\u003eShapeshyfter\u003c\/i\u003e, and a monstrously successful accompanying house remix on the UK’s legendary Defected Records. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phantom Limb","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50509610090827,"sku":"2027989","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/62e7d156-309b-c4dd-62de-d202ff89d38d_b9360f8d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727866742"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/myst-milano.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}