Singapore
Fauxe
His 2015 EP, titled Huh Fuck Another Beat Tape, sampled recently dug up recordings of Singaporean tracks from the 60s, creating incredibly melodic grooves by “twisting them in a Dilla-like fashion” (Bandwagon Asia). The EP was produced and recorded within 24 hours, using only the first takes from contributing rappers Mediocre Haircut Crew.
In 2018, Fauxe produced another album that sonically mines the rich musical histories of Singapore and Malaysia. Titled Ikhlas, the release samples from a catchy collage of Malaysian music including lounge crooners, overproduced 2000’s pop, and folk songs, underlaying them with funk, breakbeat, dance, jungle and drum n bass rhythms. According to Tiny Mixtapes: “The end result from these 16 rudimentary, no-nonsense tracks is like exhaust fumes mixing with incense, while blinding neon signage and glass walls fill spaces between multi-directional foot traffic.”