Tag: Hackim Assi

Cracking Open Paul Louis Villani’s “The Other Side of Silence.”

Listening to Paul Louis Villani's new EP, The Other Side of Silence, feels less like pressing play and more like cracking open a locked diary found in a derelict building. It’s a messy, confrontational, and deeply private affair, where industrial-strength riffs grind against lyrics that feel surgically exposed. Villani doesn't write anthems for crowds; he seems to be recording the dissonant hum of his...

Gary Mictian’s “All I Ever Wanted”: A Glimmering Sadness.

Gary Mictian’s "All I Ever Wanted" has just zapped into my ears, and it’s like being handed a perfectly ripe, glowing fruit by a robot who might also be quietly plotting your emotional unraveling. This London producer delivers a single that struts with that tell-tale Hyperpop swagger; a beat so bouncy it could escape a child’s birthday party, a bassline with a satisfying, almost...

Demzy Gh: The Mastermind Behind Ghana’s Rising Music Stars

OlivetheBoy's Road Manager Demzy Gh Shapes the Future of Afrobeat Meet Hackim Assi, also known as Demzy Gh, the driving force in the Ghanaian music...