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Manikineter / God Root - The Dirt Will Reclaim All It Has Lost by Manikineter By now, most readers of The Witzard should know we're big fans and supporters of Carl Kavorkian 's new Noise-Rap-minded side-project/band, MANIKINETER , around these parts. Far from and Indie/Underground Hip-Hop newbie, Kavorkian has definitely been putting in some serious work these past few years, forging out a new identity for himself! I've always had a mutual affinity and appreciation for both Punk/Hardcore & Hip-Hop music and all of their adjacent sub-genres and quite honestly, MANIKINETER seems to seamlessly blend both genres into something new and original yet, vaguely familiar for die-hard fans. Since 2017, Carl Kavorkian has self-released three phenomenal "Aggro-Rap" EP's, as well as various singles and a split with TEETHCRACK on link2wales . I've heard Kavorkian's recently re-tooled live show set-up is really something else and the one time I attempted to g...

OBSTETRIC TRASH by STATIC BROTHERS Static Brothers' Facebook Story fittingly describes their unique style of music as "bizarro spaced out drone trip-hop based out of Philadelphia, PA " and later, labels their Genre as "DIY GRIT-HOP NOISE-RAP" or "Blackhole Shoegaze Noise-Rap." Joe Hughes (DJ DM) and emcees A Dead Fox & Riff Quantum founded Static Brothers back around 2009-10 while attending college together and spent a few years conceptualizing what the group should be and collectively taking part in freestyle sessions, verse-writing, and brainstorming; Static Brothers' first official show as "a trisecting Noise -form" was in 2011 when JE Double F booked them for an Illogic show in Atlantic City, New Jersey . A Dead Fox parted ways with the group sometime between 2015-17, although, he still appears on their latest release, OBSTETRIC TRASH EP . Static Brothers quietly released their 2013 debut Ro6o6i6le on New Jersey -b...