model home

Model Home is an experimental hip-hop duo from Washington, D.C., consisting of lyricist NAPPYNAPPA and producer Pat Cain, along with various collaborators who vary from release to release. The project's raw, unfiltered improvisations pit NAPPYNAPPA's heavily processed vocals against spluttering drum machines and cracked electronics, recalling the avant-rap freak-outs of underground legends <a href="spotify:artist:5tpTQATVJLKPd959d3W1hg">Sensational</a> and Occasional Detroit. 2020 LP One Year compiled highlights from the project's lengthy series of self-released digital albums, and full-lengths like 2021's both feet en th infinite flirted with danceable rhythms. 2022's Saturn in the Basement, a second compilation, included a collaboration with Japanese experimental icon <a href="spotify:artist:7mTJBVGJmkgbjwvbzc0Bqb">Phew</a>.

NAPPYNAPPA (Davonte Squire) began making waves in the D.C. hip-hop scene around the beginning of 2017, when he was 20 years old. New Balance, released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Babe+City+Records%22">Babe City Records</a>, kicked off a productive run of solo EPs, albums, and mixtapes. Concurrently, Model Home started releasing numerically titled digital albums in June 2018, reaching 6 the following January. Their first album was pressed to vinyl by the mysterious Ornette Coleman Fiend Club imprint, and the duo brought their intense performances outside of the D.C. area. <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Future+Times%22">Future Times</a> released Model Home's 8, featuring contributions from Dolo Percussion (aka label founder <a href="spotify:artist:688IrSnBPH7DCe4z8CQzV4">Maxmillion Dunbar</a>, of Beautiful Swimmers, and formerly of noise-rap group <a href="spotify:artist:6b5Vtx79T7E4NYqsDYvVqV">Food for Animals</a>).

In 2020, after Model Home had released their 16th recording, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warp%22">Warp</a> sublabel <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Disciples%22">Disciples</a> issued One Year, containing tracks from their first eight albums. The label also released a cassette of One Year's material deconstructed by Detroit experimental turntablist crew Pure Rave. After Model Home self-released 17, the single "REV" b/w "Flesh" appeared on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Future+Times%22">Future Times</a>, preceding the full-length SE. Additionally, the group collaborated with <a href="spotify:artist:4LMQqMZYbFJgvxBOzshZVL">His Name Is Alive</a> on a mixtape titled Versions Returned. <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Don+Giovanni%22">Don Giovanni</a> released Model Home's LP both feet en th infinite in 2021. Saturn in the Basement, compiling selections from 11 through 18, was issued by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Disciples%22">Disciples</a> in 2022. <a href="spotify:artist:7mTJBVGJmkgbjwvbzc0Bqb">Phew</a>, who also released material on the label, appeared on "Naked Intentions," the set's only previously unreleased track. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi