Artist:Tasman Keith

The idea of hometown pride rides deeper than most in Tasman’s music: everything he does is indebted to the community that raised him, to the idea of giving back and carrying on the storytelling traditions of his family. For a small town on New South Wales' mid-North Coast most commonly recognised for housing one of the country’s most notorious missions and… most shameful history, Tasman is attempting to write a new history through his music, reclaiming pride by lifting up and giving back. His skills as a rapper have already made him impossible to ignore as a leader of Australia’s hip hop resurgence, but Tasman’s message and his storytelling are quickly making him into an essential artist, a wholly indispensable new voice in the conversation. A potent mix of the thick, syrupy synths of 90s West Coast hip hop, the laid-back grooves of neo-funk, the twisted bass and skittering hi-hats of trap and the shadowy emotiveness of R&B, Tasman’s music defies categorisation. Produced by Kapital ...