Orbits by Rhath

This album for me is a culmination of a lot, from the strange year that was 2020 to the huge amount of personal growth I’ve gone through thanks to some big changes in my life. The year I made this album I co-created a hip-hop collective with several other artists here in Melbourne and through working with the likes of Emkew, Amutha, Dilly Dave & ConnR, I believe I found my feet to create this album. This is a dark, cinematic and diverse project and has come as a direct response to the chaos and forced introspection of the year 2020.

This project is entirely self produced and I took a lot of inspiration from an eclectic range of hip-hop legends such as Run the Jewels, Jpegmafia, R.A.P Ferreira and Gorillaz. I was very fortunate to be allowed to sample some incredible local jazz bands as well to add some new depth and range to my production. This album ranges from bombastic tracks full of blaring synths and loud drum patterns to laid back songs using the excellent jazz samples as I tried to channel acts like Digable Planets.

I hope you enjoy this album and get as much out of it as I did making it. I’m very excited to start the next project and to keep building and working with this community driven hip-hop scene of Melbourne.

Acknowledgments:
I’m so fortunate to live here in Melbourne and I’d like to pay my respects to the elders past, present and emerging of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. This is and will always be their land, sovereignty was never ceded and we must all keep working in any way we can to both right the wrongs of the past and create a better situation for all who live on this continent and the earth.

Special thank you to Vibe Union for being the most amazing and hard working people I’ve ever come across. This album wouldn’t exist without all of you.
Thank you to Kelsey Fletcher for both featuring on this project but also being the most supportive and incredible partner I could ask for.
Wayde Suchodolskiy, who mixed this project, you’re a bloody legend and I’m so grateful for your support and friendship for so many years now.

Tracklist

1.	Orbits	1:15

2.	Boxed In (feat. Emkew)	3:25

3.	Moth to the Flame	2:51

4.	Our Goddamn Paradise	3:18

5.	What Does That Say About Us? (feat. Amutha)	4:24

6.	Molding the Clay	3:54

7.	Foundations	2:24

8.	Breaking a Wave	4:20

9.	A Reprise	3:25

10.	Just a Scratch	2:50

11.	Drop In the Tide	2:09

12.	Burning this House Down (feat. Kelsey Jean)	3:35

13.	In Our Image	2:44

Credits

released February 19, 2021

Rhath - Vocals, music production
Emkew - Featured vocals ‘Boxed In’
Amutha - Featured & backing vocals ‘What Does That Say About Us?’ & ‘Molding the Clay’
Kelsey Jean - Featured & backing vocals ‘Breaking a Wave’, ‘A Reprise’ & ‘Burning This House Down’
Brennan Hamilton-Smith - Electric Guitar ‘Burning This House Down’
Wayde Suchodolskiy - Electric Guitar ‘In Our Image’

Wayde Suchodlskiy - Mixing Engineer
Ry Hamilton-Smith (Rhath) - Mastering Engineer, Visual Artist

Samples:
Joshua Bennier - ‘Hades’ off the album ‘Modular’ - featured on ‘What Does That Say About Us?’
Matt Hoyne - ‘Water from Below’ off the album ‘Stories We Tell, Songs We Sing’ - featured on ‘Molding the Clay’
Matt Hoyne - ‘Opening’ off the album ‘Stories We Tell, Songs We Sing’ - featured on ‘A Reprise’
Joshua Bennier - ‘Closed Sesame’ off the album ‘Modular’ - featured on ‘Just a Scratch’

-Please support these amazing artists anyway you can-
Joshua Bennier - joshbennier.bandcamp.com
Matt Hoyne - matthoyne.bandcamp.com

Recorded in Melbourne, Australia

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