This one's a big one! Mars Kumari returns with a debut-proper "I Thought I Lost You". Proper 2000s underground vibes here. Featuring a plethora of eclectic MCs, who find themselves comfortably at home here, Kumari expertly blends hip-hop, jungle and dark ambient elements into a captivating sonic cocktail. The album is out now on Mars' own imprint Bruiser Brigade.
Order the CD here, and stream the whole LP below.
Mars Kumari is back with a new single "Isolatra", which in fact is a remix of a track from LA-based producer brz. His original track was released by Nicholas Jaar's Other People earlier this year on the "Portals" compilation. Mars gives it her own spin that reminds me a bit of Jneiro Jarel. Total bop. Get it here.
Mars Kumari is a producer from Davis, California who I discovered a couple of days ago while randomly browsing the witch-house tag on Bandcamp. Her latest album, released last month on tape by Deadverse Recordings, is a collection of ten atmospheric, lo-fi compositions that carry the same cinematic and quietly sombre vibe as proto-dreampunk music of Kid Smpl and illusive beats of Shtyro. Entitled "Mars Kumari Type Beat", the LP hovers at the eerie intersection of nocturnal ambient, sluggish instrumental hip-hop and droney witch-house. Best experienced from start to finish, it's a fascinating trip through bleak and otherworldly sounds that lure the listener down the rabbit hole occupied by spectral drag reminiscent of Ghost Houses, haunting ambience mastered by Leyland Kirby, beatless shoegaze of Eyes Behind the Veil and experimental beat tapes Leaving Records would put out back in the day - all effortlessly mixed together into a cohesive album. One to follow for sure!
You can buy "Mars Kumari Type Beat" directly from her here, or order the tape from the label here.