Artist Interviews Manasseh Interview

Manasseh Croft, aka, Manasseh is a Chicago-based soul singer whose debut album Monochromatic Dream explores themes of dream interpretation and how those dreams inspire action. Feature Co-Director Mick R. caught up with Manasseh to talk about the collaborations that made his album possible, his work as a vocal coach, and how dreams have changed his life. 

You can stream Monochromatic Dream on SoundCloud and Spotify. 

"We all have had those life defining moments. And they have come to us in dreams, whether we paid attention to them or not." - Manasseh

Produced by Mick R. 

Photo Credit: Seed Lynn

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Artist Interviews Khaliyah X Interview

This week, Features contributor Matty G speaks with Chicago-based songstress Khaliyah X. They discuss her new EP Just For the Summer and how recording it during the winter and spring kept her going through the cold weather, her musical influences and inspirations, her interests in healing and herbalism, and her favorite live performance experiences thus far. 

"There's nothing you have to explain to anyone, just believe in yourself and find people who believe in you and create the room that you want to be in. If you have something to say, if you have a gift, you didn't get that gift for no reason. It was given to you to share with the world, so share it." - Khaliyah X

Produced by Jessi D.

Photo Credit: Novdon

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Artist Interviews RXM Reality Interview

Chicago-based producer Mike Meegan is the master sound architect behind the electronic dance music project RXM Reality. Features Co-Director Mick R. caught up with Mike to talk about his latest album sick for you, out on Hausu Mountain Records. They talk about Mike's inspirations drawn from his label mates, his personal goals for the project, and the unlikely origins of his project's name. 

sick for you, and other transdimensional oddities, can be found through Hausu Mountain Records. 

"[I]t's better to have an intense response to something than an apathetic, 'eh, whatever' one." - Mike Meegan

Produced by Mick R. 

Photo Credit: Bryan Ohr.

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Artist Interviews Axons Interview

This week, Features co-director Jessi D speaks with Adele Nicholas of Axons about their most recent release, I Object to Everything. They discuss her career within Axons and the bands current three-piece format, her day job as a civil rights attorney, and her inspiration from and deep research into a prison breakout - I Object to Everything is a concept album inspired by the true and almost mythological story of Kenneth Conley and Joseph "Jose" Banks, two inmates who escaped from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Chicago in 2012.

"There were certain parts of this story that just were so emotionally compelling that I just knew they had a song in them." - Adele Nicholas

Axons will be hosting a release show at the Hideout on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

Produced by Jessi D.

Photo credit: Jazmyne Fountain

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Artist Interviews Cloakroom Interview

Cloakroom is an experimental post-metal and space rock group out of Northwest Indiana, comprised of vocalist and guitarist Doyle Martin, bassist Bobby Markos, and drummer Tim Remis. They have an album out on Relapse titled Dissolution Wave that envisions a future dystopia without art. Check out Features Co-Director Mick R's conversation with Markos about the ideas that inspired the album and why Cloakroom's sound will never stop evolving and expanding.

Get Dissolution Wave from Relapse Records. 

"The art of Earth is the source of vibrance of humanity... Without it, the world would be a dark place... I don't want to think about Earth without Art." - Bobby Markos

Production by Mick R. 

Image Credit: Vin Romero

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