A heady electro-acoustic mix of heavy industrial thuds, scraping atmospheric noises, devastating lows and haunting strings more akin to Godspeed than Wu serve as the warped and degraded compositions over which 18andCounting dishes out bar-after-bar of demonically pitch-shifted, nihilistic stabs at pop-culture. Backed by TheOnlyEnsemble, a world of it’s own composite of didgeridoo, synths, violin, and 4-arms-of-drums, the vibe here is influenced as much by the dense sound colleges of Public Enemy as it is by the industrial nightmare of Throbbing Gristle. With ‘TheBirdsAtThisHour’ (2016) 18aC and his cast of collaborators delivered wildly explorative and boundary-pushing hip-hop, asserting him as one of the most engaging, challenging and original acts in contemporary experimental music. Supported by Far Fetched, The Screwed Arts Collective, Lorn’s Wednesday Sound, and Dismal Niche Tapes, this prolific STL MC/Producer/DJ/Visual Artist has truly built his own lane.