'My Only Home' by UNCHAINED XL - From 'The Migrant Mind' EP
Unchained XL is a UK born Nigerian Hip Hop artist and producer with a unique, Afrocentric sound. Smashing Aotearoa (NZ) with his high energy live sets over summer, here is his first single from ‘The Migrant Mind’ - 'My Only Home' feat. Genesis Elijah & O.Femi (UK).
‘My Only
Home’ is a hard hitting commentary on the global
refugee crisis.
The track is an emotive, down tempo hip
hop ballad with a New Orleans pipe band influence with that
distinct Unchained XL style.
'The Migrant Mind' EP is the
highly anticipated follow up to last years’ EP,
‘Foreign Legacy’, and blends
traditional afrofunk and afrobeat inspired textures,
utilising a combination of live instruments and synths
supported by his live band. ‘Foreign Legacy’
spawned the well-received singles ‘E No
dey Easy’, ‘What You Said'
and ‘But do they
Know’.
‘My Only Home’ deals
with the issue of borders and migration. In
general, the EP sets out to capture an example of the kind
of brooding complexity and whirlpool of issues
existing in the mind of a non-western
migrant.
‘The Migrant Mind’ EP
builds upon several themes introduced in Foreign
Legacy, including the strive for excellence and
dissatisfaction with mediocrity, racial consciousness, black
unity and self-identity. It also touches on more concrete
issues, such as in ‘Figures’, which
talks about how the pen is more destructive than
the gun in both western and Nigerian contexts.
2019 will
showcase more of Unchained XL’s explosive musical
diversity, with more music coming out, even after this
brilliant new EP.
The experience of watching Unchained XL & his band perform live is not to be missed!
The Migrant Mind - EP Release
Party
Unchained XL w/ Ijebu
Pleasure Club, Mo Muse & More
Saturday
30thMarch @ Neck of the Woods