"You won't find it in the gift shops or on the tourist board website, but amnesia is about as precise a postcard of a certain side of London as you'll find. While on paper this is a transatlantic link-up- Jawnino is from South London, while the production collective Surf Gang reps New York-it was recorded entirely in the UK capital, and these hazy London conjurings are hugely evocative of the city."
"Songs are littered with knowingly niche local references: tiny east London pub-clubs, competing rap rivals from the DVD era. But beyond these details, amnesia -in its blend of moody cloud rap, club trap, and stormy breaks-also invokes a specific malaise that has squatted over the UK for the last stagnating decade. It's the aural equivalent of being folded into the sofa, having a nice, long doomscroll."
"The EP conjures, in particular, those liminal hours that stretch from club to couch. The synths on opener "40pageant" trickle like rain down a steamy bus window, while Jawnino skids over a scratchy breakbeat. His noncommittal drawl on "telly on the blink" sits somewhere between John Glacier's trippy streams of consciousness and Giggs' sullen cadence during road rap's late aughts peak."
amnesia was recorded entirely in London by South London rapper Jawnino with New York production collective Surf Gang. The EP mixes moody cloud rap, club trap, and stormy breaks to create hazy urban soundscapes evocative of the city's liminal hours. Songs include niche local references like east London pub-clubs and DVD-era rap rivalries. Opener "40pageant" features synths trickling like rain over a scratchy breakbeat, while "telly on the blink" pairs a noncommittal drawl with trippy, sullen cadences. The track "bored of the uk" explicitly conveys boredom and the fading club buzz. The overall mood suggests soggy weather, sticky spliffs, and stunted ambitions.
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