'i's & SaIGO Re-emerge with Jazz Williams' Apart. EP & Mugwampers' Lime Green Tape Ahead of 717: Part III EP (Mugwampers self-released)

"This tape was made in the span of three days, an impulse to create without over-thinking. "Marcel Duchamp do it how'a wan' it,'" reads the description attached to Mugwampers' latest Bandcamp release, Lime Green Tape. Mugwampers is, of course, a Livingston, Scotland-based Hip-Hop crew consisting of emcees/producers Chris 'i's McCormick & Aaron "SaIGO" Bonnar. In addition to 'i's & SaIGO, McCormick & Bonnar's oft-used recording aliases include Jazz Williams, MoonSnakes, Adder, and my personal favorite, Sebastian Thy Third Baller. Mugwampers have collectively recorded and released music with Hemlock Ernst (Future Islands' Sam Herring,) S.al AKA Safari Al, Emmanuel Coto, WC TANK, cunabear, Uncommon Nasa, billy woods, and Lungmouth, as well as video director and frequent collaborator Joe Eaton. Following the release of their 717: Part II EP this past August, Mugwampers have quietly released a series of non-album/EP Soundcloud-only singles "Inside Britney," Jazz Williams' ".ride out," "Perpetual Burn," "Loner," and "Sh.." which, it appears as though, will soon be collected and properly re-released on a FREE downloadable full-length project later this year.


Now, 'i's & SaIGO have returned with their first proper release(s) of 2019: Jazz Williams' debut "solo" project, Apart. EP, and Mugwampers' aforementioned Lime Green Tape. Both Lime Green Tape and Apart. EP were recorded over a mere number of days in a largely free-associative, stream-of-consciousness freestyle manner. Jazz Williams' Apart. EP showcases production work from Mugwampers ('i's & SaIGO,) 'i's himself, and BearTooth Collective affiliate Unsung, as well as a feature from Aura & Kablo on opener "Anxiety." Mugwampers' Lime Green Tape, on the other hand, was fully produced by 'i's end-to-end with ferocious rhymes throughout from SaIGO, "feature" vocals from Jazz Williams, and additional vocals from Mac-Be on "P.S." Both the Apart. EP & Lime Green Tape are currently available to stream or download on Mugwampers' Bandcamp page on a special Name-Your-Price basis. Next up for 'i's & SaIGO will be their aforementioned FREE Soundcloud-only singles collection, as well as the final installment in Mugwampers' genre-eschewing 717 series, 717: Part III EP.