@therust

Purchase the full release here:
www.therustmusic.net/releases/breathing-room

Patience in production has always been a particularly sharp knife in MALAKAI’s artistic multi-tool; from his earliest releases and onward, his deliberate walk-over-run attitude has continuously paid off in the form of an increasingly dynamic and meticulously curated release palette. Consequently, Breathing Room is inarguably the most dynamic MALAKAI release to date.

Breathing Room wastes no time in setting up the pitch, opening up with the fresh break-beat cuts that have already begun to poke through MALAKAI’s discography. Maintaining cruising speeds throughout the entire journey, the EP combines his time-honed penchant for harmony and atmosphere with rambunctious rhythms and the right dash of emotional sizzle. For new and recurrent appreciators of salient, stirring music, Breathing Room is sure to be a revolving favorite.

All music was written, produced, mixed, and mastered by Malakai Moon Linden.

Artwork painted by Jules Schaeffer and photographed by Nachman Blitzinsky.

Download + Merch

Breathing Room

Mixes // Live Sets

Follow on Spotify!

Singles // Remixes

With sharper edges, elevated sound design and a new posse of collaborators, MALAKAI comes correct on his fourth EP, Odd Views. It’s been more than two years since the New York City-based producer first released with The Rust, but in some ways it feels like a lifetime ago. 

On these four tracks it’s plain to hear that MALAKAI’s sound design and songwriting have improved and his intent has sharpened. The sonic material itself isn’t revolutionary, but the subtle ways he moves and shapes the sounds gives attitude to the songs. Strong as ever is MALAKAI’s ability to communicate a feeling with melody, harmony, and note choice. Only now, the feelings are different. He’s deviated ever so slightly from his usual earthy, acoustic, mystical motifs. The void that remains is filled with something grittier, more urban, more direct. 

His friends have changed, too, It’s reflected in the posture of this EP, which features Thought Process, pheel., and cuts from Bogtrotter. These producers, who are heavily influenced by hip-hop, deliver great bounce and buoyancy on their features. It’s still MALAKAI’s signature sound - grazing along, moving forward with swing and without haste. Not quite glitch hop, not quite dub, not quite hip-hop, but a home brew with all these ingredients. The edges are again sharper, the movements more crisp. There’s less to think about and more to groove on.

Odd Views

Celebrating 10 years since the release of my first EP this week! Thank you all for the support over the years <3 

Malakai - ID
Malakai - ID
Malakai x Foxtail - ID
Drrtywulvz - Zerptwang (Malakai Remix)
Malakai - ID

@foxtailmusic
@drrtywulvz

New EP + Merch

10-Year Anniversary Minimix

MALAKAI | Live at Kings Theatre [Nov 27, 2021] 
with Jade Cicada, Detox Unit and more!

Track List (Vari-Hop DJ Set):
Digable Planets - Pacifics
Intense - Flashback
Parkbreezy - Vanilla Bean
Rasp 5 x Parkbreezy - Transmitting to Space
Gotan Project - Chunga’s Revenge
Parkbreezy - Spirit
Teebs - Double Fifths
Flyamsam - The Offbeat
Maru - Sumthin’ Sumthin’
Cut Chemist - Spoon
Dabrye - How Many Times (With This)
Foxtail - Equi 
Pheel - The Red Couch
Flying Lotus - Post Requisite
Flying Lotus - RobertaFlack
Artemis - Silver Dawn
Madlib - Distant Land
Maru - Mysterious Flock Wallpaper
Four Tet - Glue of the World
Lusine - Scheming
Two Lone Swordsmen - Section
DJ Krush - Jugoya
Malakai x Thought Process - ID
Wagon Christ - Boney L
Gotan Project - Last Tango in Paris
Luke Vibert - Hot Fingers
Plaid - Shackbu
Shigeto - So So Lovely
Luke Vibert - Sikker Beats
Bonobo - Light Pattern 
Wagon Christ - Bend Over

Follow on Spotify

MALAKAI | Live at Kings Theatre [Nov 27, 2021]

@malakaimusic

Purchase the full release here:
https://www.therustmusic.net/releases/breathing-room

Patience in production has always been a particularly sharp knife in MALAKAI’s artistic multi-tool; from his earliest releases and onward, his deliberate walk-over-run attitude has continuously paid off in the form of an increasingly dynamic and meticulously curated release palette. Consequently, Breathing Room is inarguably the most dynamic MALAKAI release to date.

Breathing Room wastes no time in setting up the pitch, opening up with the fresh break-beat cuts that have already begun to poke through MALAKAI’s discography. Maintaining cruising speeds throughout the entire journey, the EP combines his time-honed penchant for harmony and atmosphere with rambunctious rhythms and the right dash of emotional sizzle. For new and recurrent appreciators of salient, stirring music, Breathing Room is sure to be a revolving favorite.

All music was written, produced, mixed, and mastered by Malakai Moon Linden. 
Artwork painted by Jules Schaeffer and photographed by Nachman Blitzinsky.

Malakai - Second Wind

Malakai - Endor

Malakai - Breathing Room

@malakaimusic

Patience in production has always been a particularly sharp knife in MALAKAI’s artistic multi-tool; from his earliest releases and onward, his deliberate walk-over-run attitude has continuously paid off in the form of an increasingly dynamic and meticulously curated release palette. Consequently, Breathing Room is inarguably the most dynamic MALAKAI release to date.

Breathing Room wastes no time in setting up the pitch, opening up with the fresh break-beat cuts that have already begun to poke through MALAKAI’s discography. Maintaining cruising speeds throughout the entire journey, the EP combines his time-honed penchant for harmony and atmosphere with rambunctious rhythms and the right dash of emotional sizzle. For new and recurrent appreciators of salient, stirring music, Breathing Room is sure to be a revolving favorite.

Malakai - Nightwalker

Arise (Malakai Remix)

Equanimous & Skysia - Arise (Malakai Remix)

Live studio mix for the Tipper & Friends: Nocturnal Edition DJ Mix Competition

Mixcloud link: https://www.mixcloud.com/malakaimusic/malakai-tipper-friends-2017-nocturnal-mix/

Track List:
Daisuke Tanabe - Night Fishing 
MALAKAI - Hiro
MALAKAI x Bells & Robes - Full Lotus
Sundrenched - royalbluemelt
CharlestheFirst - Rich at Heart
Shield - Horrormovie
Danger Doom (kLL sMTH Edit)
Choying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts - Kangyi Tengi (Benny Loco Remix)
MALAKAI - Untitled
Daisuke Tanabe - Pinebee
MALAKAI - In my Bones (Sundrenched Remix)
Flow Trio - Callisto
Daisuke Tanabe - Chugger
MALAKAI - China Town (Benny Loco Remix)
Benny Loco - Light(s)
Kenzo - Roi

MALAKAI - Tipper & Friends 2017 Nocturnal Mix

Check out The Rust's (@therust) debut compilation - Oxidized, Volume One @ therustmusic.bandcamp.com!

All proceeds will go to ACLU Nationwide <3

Mastered by Dylan Castaldi (@creativecommon)

Big thanks to The Rust for including me in this project!

Oxidized

Hiro

Donate to ACLU

Hiro - Oxidized, Vol. 1

Isil

18 Years, 11 Days, 8 Hours

Saber's Beads

A mix for a new winter... 

MALAKAI - Han 
Psi Spy - Kaline
base2 - Patterns
Daisuke Tanabe - Yo
MALAKAI - Hiro
MALAKAI - Saber’s Beads
Cujo - Break Charmer
Foxtail - Hyacinth 
MALAKAI - Tsukuyomi
Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts - Kangyi Tengi (Benny Loco RMX)
MALAKAI - 18 Years, 11 Days, 8 Hours
LuSiD - Supernovae
D.V.S* - Attunement
Waterchild - Summer in Spain
Arca - Manners
Spoonbill - Wattle and Daub
Teebs - Just the Yellow Bits
Boards of Canada - Happy Cycling 
Notuv - Relation
MALAKAI - Aeolis
The Great Mundane - Solar Food
Gil Scott-Heron - Winter in America

Brrrrrr... (a mix for a new winter)

VIDEO BY THE VOID ----->> https://vimeo.com/272678113

unreleased/works in progress

Tracklist:
MALAKAI - MMN.. (VIP)
MALAKAI X Smigonaut - ID
MALAKAI - ID
MALAKAI - ID
MALAKAI X 5AM - ID

The Void (Visuals)
https://www.facebook.com/the.void.visual/

MALAKAI
https://www.facebook.com/malakaimusic/
https://www.thisismalakai.com/

Musical Collaborations w/
@Smigonaut
@5am-beats

Into The Void (PROMO MIX 2018) [Video in Description]

Track list:

Daisuke Tanabe - Night Fishing
Four Tet - And Then Patterns
Kursa - icouldsitandwatchthewatershimmerandrippleallday
Culprate - Relucent
Plaid - Manyme
Noisia - Leakage
Alejo - Spectral Fiber
Kirsten Pflum - Make Rite
Deru - Walk
Prefuse 73 - Eve of Dextruct
Cujo - Cat People
Flanger - Full on Scientist
Lusine - Dr. Chinme
MALAKAI x WYF - Captain’s Quarters
Wagon Christ - Tomach
Tipsy - Lipstick Tree
Ovoid - ID
Luke Vibert & BJ Cole - This Stuff is Fresh
Biolumigen - Philosopher Stoned
MALAKAI - My Middle Name.. (VIP)
MALAKAI - Saber’s Beads (Foxtail Remix)
Foxtail - Hyacinth

The Rust 1-Year Anniversary | MALAKAI (DJ Set)

The seventh mix in our LostinSound.Live Sunday.Salutations mix submission series features the rusty sounds of MALAKAI.

Listen to more of MALAKAI here: @malakaimusic therust

MALAKAI - LiS Sunday.Salutations Mix EP07

Read about the new MALAKAI EP:

https://www.theuntz.com/news/malakai-wants-you-to-give-prunes-a-shot/

The Untz:
facebook.com/theuntz
twitter.com/theuntz
instagram.com/theuntz

MALAKAI:
https://www.thisismalakai.com
@thisismalakai
https://soundcloud.com/malakaimusic
twitter.com/thisismalakai
https://www.instagram.com/thisismalakai/

Street Ritual:
music.streetritual.com/
@street_ritual
twitter.com/streetritual
instagram.com/streetritual

Milieux

Prunes

out now

MALAKAI - Prunes [PREMIERE]

MALAKAI | Live at Kings Theatre 'Tipsgiving' [Nov 24, 2018]

Track List:

MALAKAI - Isil
MALAKAI - Hiro
MALAKAI - 18 Years, 11 Days, 8 Hours (Primate Remix)
MALAKAI - Tsukuyomi
MALAKAI - Appa
MALAKAI - Ubuntu
MALAKAI - Prunes
MALAKAI x 5AM - What's Matter
MALAKAI x wiseyoungfool - ID
Phoenecia - Melfad
Flanger - Full On Scientist
MALAKAI x wiseyoungfool - Captain's Quarters
Yosi Horikawa - Kingdom of Frogs (Daisuke Tanabe Remix)
MALAKAI - Han
MALAKAI - ID
Kalaha - Malaika (MALAKAI anagram remix)
MALAKAI - Aeolis
Rumpistol - 11crowds
MALAKAI - My Middle Name.. VIP
MALAKAI - Saber's Beads (Foxtail Remix)
Foxtail - ID
Space Cadet - Tundra

MALAKAI | Live at Kings Theatre 'Tipsgiving' [Nov 24, 2018]

Purchase the EP here:
thisismalakai.bandcamp.com/album/odd-views

With sharper edges, elevated sound design and a new posse of collaborators, MALAKAI comes correct on his fourth EP, Odd Views. It’s been more than two years since the New York City-based producer first released with The Rust, but in some ways it feels like a lifetime ago.

On these four tracks it’s plain to hear that MALAKAI’s sound design and songwriting have improved and his intent has sharpened. The sonic material itself isn’t revolutionary, but the subtle ways he moves and shapes the sounds gives attitude to the songs. Strong as ever is MALAKAI’s ability to communicate a feeling with melody, harmony, and note choice. Only now, the feelings are different. He’s deviated ever so slightly from his usual earthy, acoustic, mystical motifs. The void that remains is filled with something grittier, more urban, more direct.

His friends have changed, too, It’s reflected in the posture of this EP, which features Thought Process, pheel., and cuts from Bogtrotter. These producers, who are heavily influenced by hip-hop, deliver great bounce and buoyancy on their features. It’s still MALAKAI’s signature sound - grazing along, moving forward with swing and without haste. Not quite glitch hop, not quite dub, not quite hip-hop, but a home brew with all these ingredients. The edges are again sharper, the movements more crisp. There’s less to think about and more to groove on.
credits
released October 29, 2019

Artwork by A.L. Grime
Mastering by Malakai Linden

All composition, production and instrumentation by Malakai Linden unless otherwise noted.

Track 02 co-produced by @Thought_Process_Music.
Scratching on track 03 by @Bogtrotter.
Track 04 co-produced by @pheel518

MALAKAI x pheel. - Eldin

MALAKAI - Odd Views

Iota

MALAKAI x Thought Process - Iota

MALAKAI - Ism

War Dub response to Easyjack & Wessanders.

Here's something a little different than usual. Hope you enjoy! ;) 

Nominating The Autonym and Thought Process as next tribute to the war dub gods.

Photography by Malakai
Design by Tyler Reino

Donate --> paypal.me/malakaimusic | venmo: @malakaimusic

bofa.

DL / Donate

bofa (war dub)

Axiome

Apollo

Pulsar

Solace

In Focus Malakai, Brooklyn-based producer,DJ and multi-instrumentalist and his musical visions, including The Rust Music.
Don't miss his new EP on Colony Productions, coming out on the 3rd of July.

MALAKAI is the musical vision of Brooklyn based producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, Malakai Linden. Drawing on a wide range of influences, his music strives to bridge a gap between electronic and acoustic spaces, incorporating sounds of real-world instruments and recordings into an eclectic brand of bass driven electronic beats.
Malakai began producing in 2011 at the age of 17 under the guidance of acclaimed producer/guitarist Derek VanScoten (Cloudchord, D.V.S*) and went on to earn a degree in Music Technology from New York University. In 2017, he teamed up with Wyler Sanca and Francesco Ferran to form The Rust Music, a record label, blog and production company dedicated to showcasing forward-thinking music and art in NYC and across the country.
Over the past few years, Malakai has been featured on releases through Desert Trax, The Rust Music and Street Ritual.

Listen to the interview here:
https://soundcloud.com/radiozora/malakai-inter

Malakai on Facebook | Soundcloud
https://www.facebook.com/malakaimusic/
https://soundcloud.com/malakaimusic

MALAKAI | In Focus | 26/06/2020

beat 20 for beatober. 

102020 - 20:03-22:48. not mastered. 

photography and design by Joel Potter.

beat20 (am122 housebeatober20)

beat 21 for beatober. 

102120 - 21:20-23:54. not mastered. 

photography an design by Joel Potter.

beat21 (F65 sleeperOPbeatober21)

beat 22 for beatober.

102220 - 19:07-23:59. not mastered.

photography and design by Joel Potter.

beat22 (gm80 bambabeatober22)

beat 23 for beatober.

102320 - 21:04-23:34. not mastered.

photography and design by Joel Potter.

beat23 (fmix80 ambiorch2beatober23)

beat 24 for beatober. 

102420 - 18:04-23:56. not mastered. 

photography and design by Joel Potter.

beat24 (am92 acgtr2orchbeatober24)

beat 25 for beatober. 

102520 - 19:43-23:33. not mastered.

photography and design by Joel Potter.

beat25 (ebm138 op2beatober25)

Purchase the release here:
https://therustmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-rust-music-vol-1

@smigonaut
@jake-maxfield
@faceplantmusic
@5AM-beats
@zonedrums
@tygrisbass
@wessanderssays
@squalpat
@lusidelia
@malakaimusic
@shapesiftsound
@foxtailmusic

All tracks self-mastered unless otherwise noted.
Track 2,9 mastered by MALAKAI
Track 3,10 mastered by Ovoid
Track 11 mastered by Ion Driver

Artwork by Matik.

The Rust Music, Vol. 1

Purchase

MALAKAI - Vertex

beat 26 for beatober. 

102620 - 18:03-23:58. not mastered.

photography and design by Joel Potter.

beat26 (ebm180 pizzorch78beatober26)

beat 27 for beatober.

102720 - 20:05-23:59. not mastered.

photography and design by Joel Potter.

beat27 (em65 dub2beatober27)

beat 28 for beatober.

102820 - 18:02-23:46. not mastered.

photography and design by Joel Potter.

beat28 (f115 minihouse2beatober28)

beat 29 for beatober.

102920 - 19:17-21:54. not mastered.

photography and design by Joel Potter.

beat29 (c84 wurliviobeatober29)

beat 30 for beatober. 

103020 - 19:36-21:59. not mastered. 

photography and design by Joel Potter.

beat30 (eb60 wurliorch78beatober30)

beat 31 for beatober.

103120 - 20:35-23:52. not mastered. 

photography and design by Joel Potter.

beat31 (fm65 wurlidub3beatober31)

Saeiound and @therust have combined their resources to present a cinematic recap of the most devastating year of most of our lives in order to raise funds for those most displaced by the pandemic. 

All proceeds go to The Global Foodbanking Network which specializes in aiding local foodbanks around the world. We chose this because this pandemic isn't a local issue, and we wanted to help spread your contributions around the world. Every $1 generated will provide roughly 15 meals!

Special thanks to everyone involved. Nobody deserves to be hungry.

MALAKAI - Things Betwixt

Bookings:
Jesse Boyer [The Rust Music - North America]
jesse@therustmusic.net

Itay Berger [Feel Life Music - International]
info@feellifemusic.com

Mastering, lessons, love letters, friendly conversation:
Malakai Linden - malakai@therustmusic.net

www.ThisIsMalakai.com
www.TheRustMusic.net

-----------------------------

MALAKAI is the musical vision of Brooklyn based producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, Malakai Linden. Drawing on a wide range of influences, his music strives to bridge a gap between electronic and acoustic spaces, incorporating sounds of real-world instruments into an eclectic brand of bass driven electronic beats. Following a pattern of organic growth, MALAKAI’s live sets consist of a carefully curated and immersive journey through a multitude of musical flavors.

MALAKAI began producing in 2011 at the age of 17 under the guidance of acclaimed producer/guitarist Derek VanScoten (Cloudchord, D.V.S*) and went on to earn a degree in Music Technology from New York University. In 2017, he teamed up with Wyler Sanca and Francesco Ferran to form The Rust Music, a record label, blog and production company dedicated to showcasing forward-thinking music and art in NYC. 

Since his start, MALAKAI has shared stages with internationally renowned artists such as Emancipator, Desert Dwellers, Ott, Random Rab, Clozee, and Purity Ring, and appeared at numerous festivals across the northeast including Wild Woods Music (NH), Camp Bisco (PA), and Great North (ME).

Over the past year, MALAKAI has been featured on releases through Desert Trax (Antumbral Shadow - compiled by Desert Dwellers), and The Rust Music (Saros EP, Oxidized Vol. 2). Looking to the future there are a number of new projects on his plate, including several collaborations, singles and more to be released in 2018.

MALAKAI

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