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KID ACNE is a UK-based artist, illustrator, print-maker, and emcee. Many of you may recognize KID ACNE's name from Part II our recent Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique 30th Anniversary All-around Breakdown , AKA #PB30 . KID ACNE submitted a blurb on Track 12. "What Comes Around" and supplied original artwork from Beck's Music Inspired Art series. "CREST OF A WAVE" is KID ACNE 's first release, under his own name, since 2007's Romance Ain't Dead (LP) & Romance Ain't Beats (EP.) He has, of course, issued a number of releases since Romance Ain't Dead/Beats as MONGRELS with beat-maker Benjamin "Benjamin" Hatton , including 2016's critically-acclaimed Attack The Monolith . "CREST OF A WAVE" features New Kingdom emcee NOSAJ , as well as Westside Gunn, Vic Spencer & Conway producer Spectacular Diagnostics "behind the boards." It's the first official offering from KID ACNE 's upcoming...

Jason Furlow is a Brooklyn -based emcee, producer, and musician also known as Nature Boy Jim Kelly and Nosaj The Great . Although, Furlow is likely, best known as Nosaj , 1/3 of Psychedelic Hip-Hop/Rap-Rock group, New Kingdom . I, actually, only very recently learned about Nosaj & New Kingdom after publishing UK beat-maker/producer LongDistanceDan 's Beat-maker Bedrock column, which highlighted their 1993 debut, Heavy Load . Since New Kingdom 's 1996 disbandment, Jason Furlow has worked with everyone from Tricky to The Freak Brothers , David Byrne (Talking Heads) to Morcheeba , Lyricist Lounge to Bill Laswell/Material , Buckethead to CX KiDTRONiK , and more. Furlow released a limited edition 2-track cassingle last year under his government name called "Last Man Standing" B/W "Modern Man" on Canadian cassette/CD imprint Dub Ditch Picnic , which is still currently available to stream or download on the label's Bandcamp . In recent years, ...