NON WORLDWIDE's Chino Amobi Shares Five Thought-Provoking New Tracks

Richmond producer and NON WORLDWIDE (fka NON RECORDS) cofounder, Chino Amobi, has shared five new tracks in the last two days, each named after a famous European city. Titled "MALMO," "MILAN," "ROTTERDAM," "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," the tracks coincide with the approaching end of his European tour, which began on February 3 in London and will end there on March 11.

The first three of the tracks deliver variations on the same vocoder figure, which sings "I'm not coming out of my" in a simultaneously enticing and irresolvable melodic progression. Each rendition explores a different set of intense yet eerily abstracted sound effects, including gunshots, racecar zooming, and the Kill Bill siren made famous by Atlanta rap. "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," on the other hand, each take a more propulsive and dense rhythmic approach, working through hypnotic yet uneasy grooves in strained intensity.

Amobi told THUMP via email: "These are all songs dedicated to cities I have stopped in on this tour as well as cities I have visited," he said. "They are all songs inspired by my travels in Europe."

"ROTTERDAM" has for its album art a picture of the Guinea-Bissau-born, Portugal-raised model Fernando Cabral, and "MALMO" features Jamaican-American model Zuri Tibby. "MILAN," "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," on the other hand, feature images of the white American model Ondria Hardin in blackface from Numéro magazine's infamous 2013 "African Queen" photo shoot. That editorial, which the magazine ended up apologizing for, was heavily criticized as an example of white supremacy in the fashion world.

Previously, NON has stated "In no uncertain terms, the Intent of NON is to run counter to current Western hyper-capitalist modes of representation and function, exorcising the language of domination through the United Resistance of policed and exotified colored bodies." By using these images of Hardin, Amobi seems to bring a similarly scathing indictment to bear on Europe's specific white supremacist, colonial history.

Listen to the tracks below, and revisit THUMP's profile on Amobi, which inaugurated our new Spotlight seres on exciting new artists.

Follow Alexander on Twitter.

Richmond producer and NON WORLDWIDE (fka NON RECORDS) cofounder, Chino Amobi, has shared five new tracks in the last two days, each named after a famous European city. Titled "MALMO," "MILAN," "ROTTERDAM," "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," the tracks coincide with the approaching end of his European tour, which began on February 3 in London and will end there on March 11.

The first three of the tracks deliver variations on the same vocoder figure, which sings "I'm not coming out of my" in a simultaneously enticing and irresolvable melodic progression. Each rendition explores a different set of intense yet eerily abstracted sound effects, including gunshots, racecar zooming, and the Kill Bill siren made famous by Atlanta rap. "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," on the other hand, each take a more propulsive and dense rhythmic approach, working through hypnotic yet uneasy grooves in strained intensity.

Amobi told THUMP via email: "These are all songs dedicated to cities I have stopped in on this tour as well as cities I have visited," he said. "They are all songs inspired by my travels in Europe."

"ROTTERDAM" has for its album art a picture of the Guinea-Bissau-born, Portugal-raised model Fernando Cabral, and "MALMO" features Jamaican-American model Zuri Tibby. "MILAN," "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," on the other hand, feature images of the white American model Ondria Hardin in blackface from Numéro magazine's infamous 2013 "African Queen" photo shoot. That editorial, which the magazine ended up apologizing for, was heavily criticized as an example of white supremacy in the fashion world.

Previously, NON has stated "In no uncertain terms, the Intent of NON is to run counter to current Western hyper-capitalist modes of representation and function, exorcising the language of domination through the United Resistance of policed and exotified colored bodies." By using these images of Hardin, Amobi seems to bring a similarly scathing indictment to bear on Europe's specific white supremacist, colonial history.

Listen to the tracks below, and revisit THUMP's profile on Amobi, which inaugurated our new Spotlight seres on exciting new artists.

Follow Alexander on Twitter.

Richmond producer and NON WORLDWIDE (fka NON RECORDS) cofounder, Chino Amobi, has shared five new tracks in the last two days, each named after a famous European city. Titled "MALMO," "MILAN," "ROTTERDAM," "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," the tracks coincide with the approaching end of his European tour, which began on February 3 in London and will end there on March 11.

The first three of the tracks deliver variations on the same vocoder figure, which sings "I'm not coming out of my" in a simultaneously enticing and irresolvable melodic progression. Each rendition explores a different set of intense yet eerily abstracted sound effects, including gunshots, racecar zooming, and the Kill Bill siren made famous by Atlanta rap. "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," on the other hand, each take a more propulsive and dense rhythmic approach, working through hypnotic yet uneasy grooves in strained intensity.

Amobi told THUMP via email: "These are all songs dedicated to cities I have stopped in on this tour as well as cities I have visited," he said. "They are all songs inspired by my travels in Europe."

"ROTTERDAM" has for its album art a picture of the Guinea-Bissau-born, Portugal-raised model Fernando Cabral, and "MALMO" features Jamaican-American model Zuri Tibby. "MILAN," "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," on the other hand, feature images of the white American model Ondria Hardin in blackface from Numéro magazine's infamous 2013 "African Queen" photo shoot. That editorial, which the magazine ended up apologizing for, was heavily criticized as an example of white supremacy in the fashion world.

Previously, NON has stated "In no uncertain terms, the Intent of NON is to run counter to current Western hyper-capitalist modes of representation and function, exorcising the language of domination through the United Resistance of policed and exotified colored bodies." By using these images of Hardin, Amobi seems to bring a similarly scathing indictment to bear on Europe's specific white supremacist, colonial history.

Listen to the tracks below, and revisit THUMP's profile on Amobi, which inaugurated our new Spotlight seres on exciting new artists.

Follow Alexander on Twitter.

Richmond producer and NON WORLDWIDE (fka NON RECORDS) cofounder, Chino Amobi, has shared five new tracks in the last two days, each named after a famous European city. Titled "MALMO," "MILAN," "ROTTERDAM," "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," the tracks coincide with the approaching end of his European tour, which began on February 3 in London and will end there on March 11.

The first three of the tracks deliver variations on the same vocoder figure, which sings "I'm not coming out of my" in a simultaneously enticing and irresolvable melodic progression. Each rendition explores a different set of intense yet eerily abstracted sound effects, including gunshots, racecar zooming, and the Kill Bill siren made famous by Atlanta rap. "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," on the other hand, each take a more propulsive and dense rhythmic approach, working through hypnotic yet uneasy grooves in strained intensity.

Amobi told THUMP via email: "These are all songs dedicated to cities I have stopped in on this tour as well as cities I have visited," he said. "They are all songs inspired by my travels in Europe."

"ROTTERDAM" has for its album art a picture of the Guinea-Bissau-born, Portugal-raised model Fernando Cabral, and "MALMO" features Jamaican-American model Zuri Tibby. "MILAN," "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," on the other hand, feature images of the white American model Ondria Hardin in blackface from Numéro magazine's infamous 2013 "African Queen" photo shoot. That editorial, which the magazine ended up apologizing for, was heavily criticized as an example of white supremacy in the fashion world.

Previously, NON has stated "In no uncertain terms, the Intent of NON is to run counter to current Western hyper-capitalist modes of representation and function, exorcising the language of domination through the United Resistance of policed and exotified colored bodies." By using these images of Hardin, Amobi seems to bring a similarly scathing indictment to bear on Europe's specific white supremacist, colonial history.

Listen to the tracks below, and revisit THUMP's profile on Amobi, which inaugurated our new Spotlight seres on exciting new artists.

Follow Alexander on Twitter.

Richmond producer and NON WORLDWIDE (fka NON RECORDS) cofounder, Chino Amobi, has shared five new tracks in the last two days, each named after a famous European city. Titled "MALMO," "MILAN," "ROTTERDAM," "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," the tracks coincide with the approaching end of his European tour, which began on February 3 in London and will end there on March 11.

The first three of the tracks deliver variations on the same vocoder figure, which sings "I'm not coming out of my" in a simultaneously enticing and irresolvable melodic progression. Each rendition explores a different set of intense yet eerily abstracted sound effects, including gunshots, racecar zooming, and the Kill Bill siren made famous by Atlanta rap. "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," on the other hand, each take a more propulsive and dense rhythmic approach, working through hypnotic yet uneasy grooves in strained intensity.

Amobi told THUMP via email: "These are all songs dedicated to cities I have stopped in on this tour as well as cities I have visited," he said. "They are all songs inspired by my travels in Europe."

"ROTTERDAM" has for its album art a picture of the Guinea-Bissau-born, Portugal-raised model Fernando Cabral, and "MALMO" features Jamaican-American model Zuri Tibby. "MILAN," "WARSZAWA," and "BERLIN," on the other hand, feature images of the white American model Ondria Hardin in blackface from Numéro magazine's infamous 2013 "African Queen" photo shoot. That editorial, which the magazine ended up apologizing for, was heavily criticized as an example of white supremacy in the fashion world.

Previously, NON has stated "In no uncertain terms, the Intent of NON is to run counter to current Western hyper-capitalist modes of representation and function, exorcising the language of domination through the United Resistance of policed and exotified colored bodies." By using these images of Hardin, Amobi seems to bring a similarly scathing indictment to bear on Europe's specific white supremacist, colonial history.

Listen to the tracks below, and revisit THUMP's profile on Amobi, which inaugurated our new Spotlight seres on exciting new artists.

Follow Alexander on Twitter.