A decade and a half ago, crunk beats emerged screaming from a pool of purple drank in the American south. Today, kids from Montreal are outfitting the style with jetpacks and hydraulic joints yielding something brand new and, some would say, much, much better. Turbo crunk is the style, and Lunice is its king.More than any other kid in the scene, Lunice knows how to gut a radio-ready, otherwise disposable track and turn it into something that takes you at the club and plays just as nice through your headphones on the train the next morning. The way Lunice struts and swings as he rocks the decks conveys the dichotomy of his sound: calculated and precise in his hands, yet wild and unpredictable in your ears.Late last year, Lunice's Stacker Upper EP earned him a place in the heart of every serious club kid in Montreal, and since then the pulsing low end of his tracks and remixes has shaken its way all over Canada, the US, and the UK. Now sitting pretty on Glasgow's Lucky Me imprint alongside Hudson Mohawke, Jacques Greene, and Machinedrum, Lunice is about to drop a brand new EP entitled One Hunned (due out July 19th). Here's the incredible rudimentary album art:
I recently caught up with Lunice to catch some details.Lunice: My take on 70BPM blockbuster rap instrumentals.Somewhat yeah, but not too much of a shift. Stacker Upper was more like an experimentation of commercial rap music whereas One Hunned is more of a better understanding of how to create that "blockbuster" feel that you'd hear in either "I See U" or "Juice".Plans on a performance for the release date are still in the works and yeah, I'll be wildin' out.[Video of Lunice dancing real crazy while performing live]I will always lean towards hip hop no matter what I do. It's just where I generally came from growing up. But I'm an open minded dude so different sounds and genres intrigue me and make me wonder, "How can I infuse that rhythm into what I do?"Nothing much is wrong with hip hop lately. It's the most entertaining and creative it has ever been, in my opinion. The political rappers are still doing their thing, club rappers still talking about bottles and hoes, college rappers still talking about weed and fucking shit up. Everything is happening at the same time and it's creating new talent, new sounds. It almost feels like another golden age of creative music is coming through. But I'm just enthusiastic about it. Some people might feel different about this. I just like to embrace everything because it's all positive in the end.French Fries - "Champagne."Good question. I wish I knew!Rap Game Stoopid.[One Hunned sampler mix]
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