{"id":86663,"date":"2022-03-04T12:04:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T12:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/?p=86663"},"modified":"2022-03-04T12:20:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T12:20:35","slug":"a-collection-of-self-produced-emotive-songs-getting-in-touch-is-the-new-ep-from-berlin-based-rising-rap-artist-producer-llucid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/2022\/03\/a-collection-of-self-produced-emotive-songs-getting-in-touch-is-the-new-ep-from-berlin-based-rising-rap-artist-producer-llucid\/","title":{"rendered":"A collection of self-produced emotive songs: \u2018Getting In Touch\u2019 is the new EP from Berlin-based rising rap artist &#038; producer LLUCID"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_86665\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86665\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86665\" src=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020_llucid_shauna-summers_5205.jpg\" alt=\"LLUCID\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020_llucid_shauna-summers_5205.jpg 800w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020_llucid_shauna-summers_5205-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020_llucid_shauna-summers_5205-780x520.jpg 780w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020_llucid_shauna-summers_5205-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020_llucid_shauna-summers_5205-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-86665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Shauna Summers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today, rising rapper LLUCID shares his explorative EP <a href=\"https:\/\/llucid.lnk.to\/GettinginTouch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Getting in Touch.\u2019<\/a> It\u2019s a collection of self-produced songs in which he processes his experiences with anxiety &amp; panic attacks, painting vivid pictures of the feeling of being stuck in a loop, being able to reflect on one&#8217;s own issues, rationally understanding what\u2019s happening but not being able to change it for the better.<\/p>\n<p>Supported by an infallible swampy beat which blends organic drum textures with dark Moog bass lines and vicious melodies, LLUCID is providing food for thought.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the EP, LLUCID shares the focus track, \u2018Feel Good,\u2019 an easygoing vibe with clear echoes of J. Cole, Kendrick, Mac Miller and .Paak, who are his biggest musical influences and encouraged him to carve out his own style of combining organic textures with tactile hip hop beats &amp; thought-provoking lyrics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xmA-IKtwIpk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>LLUCID is the type of inconspicuous skinny kid who puts all of his introverted energy into his passion for music while ducking social obligations, only to return with genre-bending tracks that keep people asking if its really him rapping &amp; singing when he effortlessly combines nimble rap flows &amp; catchy hooks.<\/p>\n<p>Starting out on the drums at the age of seven, he quickly developed a passion for music which led to learning new instruments and producing his own music.<\/p>\n<p>Always keeping it nonchalant, LLUCID elaborates:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cThe process of coming of age and developing my musical fingerprint has been going hand in hand ever since and music has always helped me stepping out of my comfort zone, coping with bad emotions and such so this is what my music is about.\u201c<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The Berlin based artist has produced music in various genres for artists like Samy Deluxe, Wallis Bird, Hundreds and MADANII. LLUCID first gained recognition by releasing two EPs together with MADANII, a German-Iranian singer, combining alternative pop music with elements of RnB &amp; Hip-Hop. The duo has been featured in magazines like Complex, Musikexpress and released an educational series with DocMartens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Getting In Touch&#8217; is available now <a href=\"https:\/\/llucid.lnk.to\/GettinginTouch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via all major platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/43h8ikuQubRjo52X4dVNLj?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with LLUCID<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/llucidtunes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/LLUCID\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linktree<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, rising rapper LLUCID shares his explorative EP \u2018Getting in Touch.\u2019 It\u2019s a collection of self-produced songs in which he processes his experiences with anxiety &amp; panic attacks, painting vivid pictures of the feeling of being stuck in a loop, being able to reflect on one&#8217;s own issues, rationally understanding what\u2019s happening but not being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,1],"tags":[11239,5611,190,58,11027],"class_list":{"0":"post-86663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blogs-and-events","8":"category-music","9":"tag-getting-in-touch","10":"tag-music-blog","11":"tag-new-music","12":"tag-rap","13":"tag-rising-artist"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2020_llucid_shauna-summers_5205.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86663"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86834,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86663\/revisions\/86834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}