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THE TWILITE TONE SPACE INVADER

Anthony Khan, known by his stage name The Twilite Tone, is an American record producer, composer and DJ. Among others, he has worked with Gorillaz, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Big Sean and John Legend. His beat making is usually bold and innovative in style, and the new single 'Space Invaders' is no exception. This track is dramatic from the onset, with grand brass parts, a bubbling synth bass that feels like a volcano on the verge of eruption, scattered with soulful vocal samples that sound reminiscent of Rotary Connection's 'I am the Black Gold of the Sun'. On 'Space Invaders', Tone re-purposes classic sci-fi tropes to comment on society today. In this context, he says, "space refers to the myth that there is not enough room for everyone, or there are not enough resources in this world for all, especially in this climate [where people are othered as] ‘aliens’ when we are all indigenous to this planet. 'Space Invaders' also refers to gentrification – people from a colonising point of view, new occupants moving into an established neighbourhood, acting as if they discovered the area and as if the people there are not relevant or, worse, alien". 'Space Invaders' is out now on Stones Throw Records, check it out. -Ellie Rose-Davies

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