Hidden Gem: Manonmars – Manonmars (2018)
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Hidden Gem: Manonmars – Manonmars (2018)
By
Reece Beckett
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Manonmars, the self-titled debut record from Young Echo member Jack Richardson, sounds a shocking amount like the end of the world. Being the love-child of young visual artist, photographer and rapper Manonmars and brilliant producer O$VMV$M (the bleaker of their two projects –
In Colour, released last year, is much lighter and still great),
Manonmars brilliantly capture a significant point in British hip-hop culture without seeming to care – this may be the first post-grime record, one that sees the typically excitable video-game sound of grime (a lot of early grime was actually produced on the original Playstation, and Skepta’s