the beautiful now: current
Coming up with a warm and late summer eve crispy feeling to it, CURRENT is The Beautiful Now’s follow up of 2018 MOES. Part of a bigger body of work created in the last couple of years, CURRENT it’s also an introduction to what will come out in the near future from the Swiss hip hop/r&b act. All four tracks composing this new EP are a natural development of the blueprint that laid out ever-so-precisely on MOES, showcasing analogue tendencies in a project that was mostly recorded live, including vocal work from Dizzy Senze, J.Hoard, Yamin Semali, Spooks McGhie, BIGYUKI and Kay.
The arrangements remain detailed, polyrhythmically like a clock-work – steady and relentless. Hints of tropical elements are still legible, yet more subtle this time around, indicating that The Beautiful Now crew has distilled all of their musical obsessions into a cohesive signature sound. The newly introduced lines are socially conscious, informative, at times mildly militant, and full of love. CURRENT is food for the soul, now available via Boyoom Connective.