The project was born in October 2024 in a home studio, while Lins EFX and Breitwieser were working on an LP. During the recording of one track, they encountered unexpected challenges… A surprising sample sparked the idea: “Naked Lunch”, the second track on the record, set the tone and aesthetic for the entire project.
The first three songs are all built from the same musical source — samples taken from a single record — and were initially intended to form one long piece. The result evolved into a 7-track EP with a highly cohesive sonic identity. This is a sonic experiment that challenges the boundaries of conventional rap: beats with little to no predictable structure, minimal compression, yielding a raw and organic sound, with transitions between tracks designed to evoke the feel of a cassette mixtape or a DJ set.
Key influences include: Roc Marciano, Mach-Hommy, Sterling Toles, Nicholas Craven. Also producers such as Preservation (Aethiopes, Eastern Medicine, Western Illness) and The Alchemist (Russian Roulette, Yacht Rock).
L’Atelier draws inspiration from the cinema of David Cronenberg — especially his theory of The New Flesh — as well as from ’70s European progressive music, jazz fusion, and rare groove. All samples were sourced exclusively from vinyl records released between 1972 and 1977, along with fragments of Cronenberg’s interviews and films. Out of respect for digging culture and to avoid sample snitching, the original records used are not disclosed. Out now on Empty 6 Pack.
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