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Kaliburg DJ King XL Joins Skinny J in Hip Hop Collective
Duo aim to promote Hip Hop in the Capital
Kaliburg, Ananto
January 5, 5036


Producer Skinny J and DJ King XL to build Hip Hop Collective Brethren

Two regulars of Kaliburg's local Hip Hop scene, Producer Skinny J and DJ King XL have joined forces to build a new Hip Hop Collective. "We were sitting around one day," said King XL, "and Skinny was like 'yo, let's make music and get different dudes to rap over the tracks, and put out records." King, who was looking for a new project at the time, was totally down with the project and the new Hip Hop collective "Brethren" was born.

"So, the idea here is to get a bunch of really dope, experimental tracks laid down, and then find some MCs to write some bars and lay them down over the tracks," said Lord. "Skinny basically produces beats anyway for rappers, and I think between the two of us, we're gonna make some bomb tracks. And we'll listen to any independent artists who want to try our tracks."

The idea of a hip hop collective is similar to scenes in rock. "But not quite," said Skinny J. "When you rap with The Brethren, you're actually a member of the group. The Scenes had independent artists who hung out, played shows together and toured together, like brothers and sisters who had their own bands, and hung out together. The Brethren are just one group with like, ideally 200 members or whatever. When we want to go play shows, we'll invite collective members, and whoever shows up, those are the songs we'll do, and like some can do verses on other people's songs, and whatever, you know. The idea is we all put in and we all advance together."

The duo said they already had backing tracks for seventeen songs, and are scheduling time at ARC studios in Sulari. "We already got some interest in Kaliburg," said Lord, "and this new MC, Lady Rey from Sulari has heard of us and wants in. So we're going to go record with her next month, and see what she can do. She'll be the first MC in the collective if we discover we have some synchronicity, you know?"

The Brethren, who aren't affiliated with the faith, haven't announced plans for a full LP. "Well, we're gonna release singles on streaming, and maybe put together an album when we have enough material. But the backing tracks are on stream right now, so if MCs' want to download and rap over them and send us some tracks, we're down for that."

The Brethren hip hop collective represents the first stirrings of a new National scene, as Kalistani music culture takes its first steps toward revival.