Microtones’ “wave~seed: support for marwa” compilation provides windows into a multitude of worlds into a clear, picturesque focus. Sitting at a cool 65-ish minutes, Passing off its lens from hand-to-hand through its stacked lineup of 16 producers, each track shutters forward with a change of view every time the runtime restarts. The project is in support of the titular Marwa Said, a Gazan mother of three who will receive the profits from this fundraiser compilation.

saylem m. celeste

March 2, 2026

Over the past 6 years, Nvdeem has blown audiences away with compelling lyrics, intense delivery & high-octane performances. Being a founding member of the local collective “Weirdoz Gang”, art, soul, and punk have been key ingredients in the MC’s artistry. In his latest musical efforts, Nvdeem has paired up with one of Michigan’s most hungry up-and-coming producers who goes by the moniker Prxblvm, or PRX for short...

DèCosta Runts

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Wurl Sotto, a Detroit-based hip-hop artist and member of hip hop collective WE!RDOZ GANG, has been making a name for himself in Detroit over the past few years. While doing small shows around the city, he also has been doing very well on all streaming platforms such as SoundCloud, Spotify and Apple Music after receiving a feature in the Metro Times piece Bands to Watch in 2017. His debut album Andromeda, dropped in October of 2020, is a tale of transcendence, love, pain and forgiveness...

Brian H. Newman

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Gorgeous Portis is a mix maker and music producer based in Detroit, with various mixes available to the world through their presentation on Archive.org. The titles are abstract and confusing at times, using numbers as letters or as words, inventing new words or consistently using the word “ugly”; only by listening through the mixes can they reveal their particular methodology, with a kind of abstract reasoning used to guide the construction of these unique audio-based structures....

Ashley Cook

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Among the newest array of online zoom meetings and virtual dance parties, in the ether of the net, exists a 115 minute ambient music set weaved intermittently with a reading of Octavia E. Butler’s Speech Sounds. Composed by Perlex, Speech Sounds Live was presented as part of the BLDG:01 live streaming project called Stille.The airy vibe of the encouraging melody and layered sounds, like wind or a machine working slowly with a steady rhythm,...

Ashley Cook

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