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Detroit's
Black Noi$e is equally praised for his intricate, textural hip-hop productions and his spacious, slightly twisted house and electro tracks. His trippy, complex beats have backed rappers such as
Earl Sweatshirt,
Danny Brown, and
ZelooperZ, all of whom appear on his 2020 release
Oblivion.
Black Noi$e (born Robert Mansel) got into several types of music while he was growing up, from punk to hip-hop. He started playing guitar in hardcore bands when he was a teenager, then eventually started making hip-hop beats, finding a similar energy in creating both forms of music. He worked with
Danny Brown producer Skywlkr as
Bulletproof Dolphin, DJ'ed for
M.I.A. on her 2013 tour, and produced tracks for
Remy Banks,
Deniro Farrar,
King 810, and others. Mixtape Nonbelievers (with
BK Beats) was released in 2014, and
Black Noi$e's solo EP Memento Mori appeared in 2016. In 2017,
Black Noi$e and rapper
Navy Blue released the EP Soul Golden, and the Detroit producer's first two house records appeared. A self-titled EP came out on Ann Arbor-based Vanity Press Records, and Time Crisis was issued by
Shigeto's Portage Garage Sounds.
Illusions, a full-length featuring co-production by Teklife-affiliated
DJ Taye, New York-based beatmaker
Nolife, and Detroit house producer John F.M., arrived on Vanity Press in 2018.
Black Noi$e produced "The Mint" from
Earl Sweatshirt's highly acclaimed 2018 release Some Rap Songs, and joined the rapper as his touring DJ.
Black Noi$e then became the first artist signed to
Sweatshirt's Warner Records-affiliated Tan Cressida imprint, and his track "The Band" (featuring
Liv.e) preceded his 2020 full-length
Oblivion. Additional guests on the album included
Danny Brown,
bbymutha,
MIKE, and several others. ~ Paul Simpson