VA- Thousands of Eyes in the DarkLabel: Ghostly Released 11 15 2019 For two decades, Ghostly International has functioned at the joints of genre, distinctly connecting many, demarcated by none. Among the more curious throughlines in the label's stylistic architecture is its use of the tag SMM. Launched discreetly in 2003, the undefined acronym has designated calm, slow moving music that straddles the synthetic organic divide in surprising ways. 2011 compilation SMM: Context pieced

including a nod from Rolling Stone (which touted him among the magazine's Top Five best indie hip-hop artists of 2008)

I Ain't Sayin

Save Your Generation

and in the notes

they turn it into a balm and a cathartic exorcism

Posthumous Forgiveness

"If In Utero is a suicide note

and pop hitmakers Benny Blanco (ED SHEERAN

DRE's G-funk had overtaken the hip-hop world

Just Because 2:41

Fulfills A Request Axelrod Made While Alive – To See The Instrumentals Released

There’s a looseness and freedom that recalls their older sound mixed with a group sophistication and innovation derived through the process of playing together for so long