It’s taken one confusing name change and nearly a year, but the Artist Formerly Known as Malakai (that’s Malachai to you, North America) finally delivered their stateside debut on Domino today. A genre-less string of samples and mid-fi melodies, Ugly Side of Love basically sounds like a twisted pop take on the following mixtape, a Needle Exchange exclusive that features swift snippets of DJ Shadow, Gang Starr, James Brown, the Flaming Lips, a Malachai drop or three, and much, much more.
It’s 30 minutes of pure madness, and it’ll be paired with a Malachai guide to Bristol later this week. For now, we strongly urge you to Name That Sample and help us piece the playlist together in our comments section…
