Minimalist melodies and energetic kicks are carefully navigated by Zuko’s delicate yet heavily engineered vocals on his recent drop ‘Matrix’. Self-described as ‘melodic trap’, this intersection between minimalism and bounce amounts to a practically trance-like experience in a track that feels like the sonic equivalent of the liquid-filled pods from the Matrix films themselves. Recent years have seen the lines blurred between rapping and singing in both the US and UK scenes and transatlantic artist Zuko (signed to American management agency Top Floor Management) embodies these dualities on multiple levels.
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