No Better Time Than Now

Though he hails from Ann Arbor and is now based in Detroit, Shigeto and his music feel inextricably linked to the tradition of LA beatmaking. He made a name for himself swimming in the same nebulous pond as the likes of Flying Lotus, Dabrye, and Lapalux, but his robust predilection for jazz and the soulfulness it can lend to instrumental hip-hop are anything but put on. It's well documented that the artist born Zach Saginaw grew up listening to Motown and hip-hop records, and gradually harn...

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