A current snapshot of the UK's thriving "underground" rap scene – a stylistically diverse collection of artists pushing uncompromising beat selection, unconventional flows, and taking heavy influence from trending US sounds.
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A student and admirer of all forms of music, LA-bred John Tiangco cites the sounds of various public local hip-hop radio as his formative influences. Join him one Monday a month on Rare Species - an hour of music bridging several genres from underground/ indie hip-hop, neo-soul/ RnB, jazz, electronic, rare grooves/samples and psych/alt rock--both old, new and everything in between.
A student and admirer of all forms of music, LA-bred John Tiangco cites the sounds of various public local hip-hop radio as his formative influences. Join him one Monday a month on Rare Species - an hour of music bridging several genres from underground/ indie hip-hop, neo-soul/ RnB, jazz, electronic, rare grooves/samples and psych/alt rock--both old, new and everything in between.