Gop Cast 087 - Rakim Under by Gop Tun

Roots are usually the image from nature we use to define one's attachment to some sort of existence, be it a place or time. A trait we deem a necessity, mostly in a world so vast and diverse that everything in it becomes fluid, so someone needs to be attached to something in order to not be swept away by the constant flow of reality. But some people adopt this fluidity as their very identity, first as a person and then as an artist. Such is the case with our guest for this episode, an earthling whose origins are rooted in many places, yet not fixed in any. Rakim Under’s artistic persona is richly informed by the multifarious soil that an upbringing in constant transit as the offspring of global parents can provide, but it is his take on this varied background that makes all the difference. As we can clearly hear in this mix, it fuels a restless creative energy that links many sounds with constancy and informs a logic that manages to sustain an enthralling narrative with coherence. The result is a deeply personal expression of the interconnectedness of our own musical culture.