AIRBORN AUDIO
INTERVIEW JACLYN MARINESE
SOUTH 2ND STREET, BROOKLYN
It’s a new chapter for High Priest and M. Sayyid of the hip-hop group Airborn Audio. Since their Ninja Tune debut release Good Fortune, these former AntiPop Consortium members have been vigilant about redefining their sound in a way that allows them to graduate from the ties they have to their former musical collective. While APC showed the world that hip-hop can thrive outside the typical boom-bap, sample-heavy equation of the ’90s sound, Airborn says they are attempting to elevate that notion through a new, more humble approach to the sound-and to life in general. Aside from their first LP and a mix tape of new songs they released in February of last year, the duo also just finished a stateside tour with Bright Eyes and the Faint and are gearing to release a new LP as well as a “Live in Japan” EP. ‘Sup recently caught up with these guys who, for the first time, have been able to talk candidly about some of the issues of their former band and what their hopes are for current and future projects.
How did you meet?
We met from the downtown open mic scene in New York-Time Caf?