Black Noi$e

Detroit's Black Noi$e is equally praised for his intricate, textural hip-hop productions and his spacious, slightly twisted house and electro tracks. His trippy, complex beats have backed rappers such as <a href="spotify:artist:3A5tHz1SfngyOZM2gItYKu">Earl Sweatshirt</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7aA592KWirLsnfb5ulGWvU">Danny Brown</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5j93hwFBNo29RJMsWvtzj8">ZelooperZ</a>, all of whom appear on his 2020 release Oblivion.

Black Noi$e (born Robert Mansel) got into several types of music while he was growing up, from punk to hip-hop. He started playing guitar in hardcore bands when he was a teenager, then eventually started making hip-hop beats, finding a similar energy in creating both forms of music. He worked with <a href="spotify:artist:7aA592KWirLsnfb5ulGWvU">Danny Brown</a> producer Skywlkr as Bulletproof Dolphin, DJ'ed for <a href="spotify:artist:0QJIPDAEDILuo8AIq3pMuU">M.I.A.</a> on her 2013 tour, and produced tracks for Remy Banks, <a href="spotify:artist:3xXtYXTUWYuJpJXub1Up5p">Deniro Farrar</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4LBpvfFaQzQKJU1GUVPniC">King 810</a>, and others. Mixtape Nonbelievers (with BK Beats) was released in 2014, and Black Noi$e's solo EP Memento Mori appeared in 2016. In 2017, Black Noi$e and rapper <a href="spotify:artist:5qRbfEf4Ooo19aRXKQzvUV">Navy Blue</a> released the EP Soul Golden, and the Detroit producer's first two house records appeared. A self-titled EP came out on Ann Arbor-based <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Vanity+Press+Records%22">Vanity Press Records</a>, and Time Crisis was issued by <a href="spotify:artist:48C2RLG6w7o4jAJjCJKZM8">Shigeto</a>'s Portage Garage Sounds.

Illusions, a full-length featuring co-production by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Teklife%22">Teklife</a>-affiliated <a href="spotify:artist:4T1sY4aibm24hxfz9JnI7c">DJ Taye</a>, New York-based beatmaker <a href="spotify:artist:26MWSRfCb53cYS50qaClOr">Nolife</a>, and Detroit house producer John F.M., arrived on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Vanity+Press%22">Vanity Press</a> in 2018. Black Noi$e produced "The Mint" from <a href="spotify:artist:3A5tHz1SfngyOZM2gItYKu">Earl Sweatshirt</a>'s highly acclaimed 2018 release Some Rap Songs, and joined the rapper as his touring DJ. Black Noi$e then became the first artist signed to <a href="spotify:artist:3A5tHz1SfngyOZM2gItYKu">Sweatshirt</a>'s <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warner+Records%22">Warner Records</a>-affiliated <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Tan+Cressida%22">Tan Cressida</a> imprint, and his track "The Band" (featuring <a href="spotify:artist:0YCL71Clky5els6NireSBP">Liv.e</a>) preceded his 2020 full-length Oblivion. Additional guests on the album included <a href="spotify:artist:7aA592KWirLsnfb5ulGWvU">Danny Brown</a>, bbymutha, <a href="spotify:artist:1wlzPS1hSNrkriIIwLFTmU">MIKE</a>, and several others. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi