13 & God:13 & God

Artist: 13 & God

Label: Anticon/Alien Transistor

Genre: solemn post-pop

Rating: 8.3 of 10

Collaborations can be hit or miss. This one completely shattered the target into a million tiny eargasms. Born during a doomed North American tour headlined by Anticon’s atmospheric free-rap trio Themselves (Doseone, Jel and Dax [who sadly was recently paralyzed in a Subtle tour bus accident]) and German glitch-pop pioneers, The Notwist, the newly meshed super-group collaborated effortlessly until they spit out what appears to be an amazing sound. The album features their solemn and introspective sound is almost indescribable. It is way more grounded than most of Doseone’s stuff, and more acoustic sounding than most of The Notwist’s early music. It almost sounds like the child of a small classical symphony and an emotional electronica artist. The songs, for the most part, go back and forth as far as front-man is concerned; Doseone sings on one, then Markus Archer on the next, but when they share the spotlight, the band really excels. For more information on Dax, go to http://www.daxpierson.com/.