Arona Mane is a Sydney, AUS based artist who molds together elements of funk, soul and hip-hop styles to create his own unique style of his self-titled future-funk electronica sub-genre and I'm loving it. His new project 2096:Retro/Future is larger than your typical EP but not as long as an LP, so the artist is titling it simply as a mixtape. The release blends together remixes, originals and various collaborations and it's a rad cornucopia of influences and sounds. Check out a quote from Arona Mane and under that stream 2096: Retro/Future under that!
“2096 refers to bringing the golden age of hip-hop into the future. ‘96 is widely regarded as the best year in hip-hop, which saw the release of some of the now classic albums from Jay Z, The Fugees, Snoop, 2Pac, Nas, Outkast and The Roots.
Musing these greats, I wanted to present an actual body of work very early on, in an effort to introduce my sound in a bigger way. The electronic music scene is generally dominated by artists who release single after single, which is cool, but since I was a kid, I’ve always fallen in love with artists because of their albums as a whole – I want to deliver that feeling with my music” – Arona Mane
