Two nerd bros dropping off-the-wall beats & rhymes inspired by comic books, cartoons & video games from an alternate dimension. Downtempo • Beats • Hip Hop Calgary, AB & Vancouver Island, BC • 🇨🇦 Mantrakid & The EquAzn After closing the doors to his Neferiu Records label in 2013, lyricist and producer Nate (Mantrakid) Schmold took a hiatus from releasing music to focus on family and his career as Game Designer and Studio Manager at a Vancouver Island-based indie game studio. Years went by spent writing music almost exclusively for insane video games but the call of the off-kilter drum proved too enticing to ignore. Thirsty to write full songs in a fresh style, Nate Schmold reconnected with long-time Audible Intelligence collaborator, battle rap Champion and freshly minted beat-smith Scott (EquAzn) Lee to form Ghost Cartridge: an experimental hip hop & electronic project creating music for video games, dance floors and hyper-zen states.