Today we will be covering a project that will serve as the prelude to the project ‘Midnight of the Soul’, and on this EP we have Sleep Sinatra pairing up with legendary producer August Fanon as they combine to release some of the most interesting music to come out in 2025!
From the first track you can tell this has a unique, mythological vibe. With a strong and captivating singing part by Sleep to capture a strong vibe and help the listener ease their way into the rest of the project.
August provides for the opening track these hypnotic notes over and over that sound like a hip-hop haunted house. They play repeatedly until they have captured your brain and ears, forcing you to listen and connect with the production.
The rest of the EP follows suit with tracks like ‘Zootgeist’, which has these tribal-sounding bongo patterns, I believe, with these brash hip-hop scratches in the background. This is the kind of beat you’d hear in a thriller film when the main character is going through some level of adversity and is trying to find his way out!
The album ends with ‘Pandora’s Box’, which has one of the most unsettling beats I’ve heard in a minute. I can’t even explain what I’m listening to; it sounds like distorted whispering that’s been revamped and turned inside out. But it definitely sets the mood for the conclusion of this magnificent EP and once again provides a side of August I had yet to hear till now.
The rapping itself on this project features a few names such as:
-Teller Banks
-Brian Ennals
-Deletee Glitch
-Fatboi Sharif
All names involved do wonders on the tracks they are on and help Sleep maintain the intensity of the record. Sleep himself is dope on the record too; his verses are clean, his flow is smooth, and his penmanship golden. He has no problem working around the creative and at times bizarre instrumentals provided, and he’s made sure to have his voice heard the loudest!
The verdict? A solid EP that without a doubt gets you hyped for the official album! One I definitely can’t wait to hear!
https://augustfanon.bandcamp.com/album/heros-journey
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