Nathan Kawanishi

In Hegelian Dialectics, thesis & antithesis are essential to finding a balanced, logical truth. In order to find the middle, you must first identify the two opposing poles. The thesis functions as the North; the antithesis, the South. Lo-fi producer, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist Nathan Kawanishi took these ideas as the seed of inspiration for his two-part concept album: Iconoclasm (Thesis) (11/25/22), and Splashes of Ink (Antithesis) (3/10/23).

For most artists, the idea of making two albums that are polar opposites of each other would be the stuff of nightmares, but for Kawanishi, this was the challenge he was looking for after the breakout success of his Nettwerk Music Group debut LP Nostalgia. 

The result is two distinct sounds that show the range and talent of Kawanishi, and how his sound is pushing the lo-fi genre to a new, evolved plane.