[Feature x Interview] Experimental Producer EmAy Discusses Sampling Outside the Crate, Shoegaze, and Forthcoming Slowdive EP
by Kara-Lis Coverdale Montreal born and Toronto raised producer Emay, also known as Mubarik Adams, works in the thick of uncharted sampling territory. Whereas the majority of hip-hop productions cultivate the discographies of jazz, soul, and funk for sound sources, there are few producers that have endeavored to work outside these crates by borrowing from other musics to create new hip-hop sounds. CONTINUE READING...