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Audio Premiere: L'Orange & Stik Figa x Rapsody + Castle - "Before Midnight" (Billie Holiday Remix)

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L'Orange & Stik Figa return with "Before Midnight" (Billie Holiday Remix) - a melancholic track that follows the release of The City Under The City LP - featuring Rapsody and Castle. Peppering the track with analog crackle and a haunting nostalgia, L'Orange channels the tough production of the project and expands upon the vintage feel of it's vocal samples by including the shattered and syrupy tone of Billie Holiday's unmistakable voice. That brooding foundation is juxtaposed by lo-fi bursts of echoing horn lines, grimy percussion and stellar lyrics from Stik Figa, Rapsody and Castle; each MC hits the beat and chews the gritty production down to a fine powder with formidable flows that give new life to the gutter aesthetic that first endeared the world to the sound of the underground. Check the track below to listen to "Before Midnight" (Billie Holiday Remix) featuring Rapsody and Castle. Purchase The City Under The City LP via iTunes. Hear more from L'Orange & Stik Figa at Mello Music Group.