Lo-fi producer, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist Nathan Kawanishi was looking for a new challenge after the breakout success of Nostalgia, his debut LP with Nettwerk Music Group. Nostalgia, a pandemic project that reflected on his time in Japan, rocketed Kawanishi from rising producer to an important new voice in lo-fi hip hop. Kawanishi could have leaned into the shimmering, blissed-out sound of Nostalgia, but instead he pushed himself to explore every corner of the lo-fi space. Inspired by the Hegelian concept of thesis and antithesis, he created a two-part concept album. Iconoclasm (Thesis) (11/25/22), and Splashes of Ink (Antithesis) (3/10/23) represent yet another creative leap into the unknown for Kawanishi. The two-part album is the biggest insight into Kawanishi’s taste and personality yet. Following his solo folk singer/songwriter EP and a hip-hop split single, Nathan continues with genreless and eclectic music, this time alongside TheBrewz. "I often think," Nathan says, "about the current ecosystem that capitalizes on consumption and attention, and how our experiences are cheapened by it: from the pressure to shamelessly self-promote every song or video, to just about everything feeling like a mid-quality cash grab in some way. The verses bemoan this, while the chorus gives our different perspectives on rising above it: in the first half of the chorus, I wrote about subverting and rejecting the current ecosystem. It’s followed up by a line that TheBrewz wrote, which is a nod to entering the ‘second half of life’." About TheBrewz: Honolulu based songwriting/production team, TheBrewz are having the time of their lives collaborating with artists and putting out music ranging from eclectic hip-hop grooves to pop tinged indie.