Mndsgn
Mndsgn Savors Life’s Small Moments on Rare Pleasure
On Rare Pleasure, his third release for Stones Throw Records, Mndsgn evolves from his role as acclaimed beat-maker to focus on vocals, songwriting and arrangements. Complementing the album’s organic quality, its songs are warm gestures drawn from the producer’s personal life and reflected in lilting choruses, flurrying drums and glowing instrumentation. Littered with motifs and encouraging lyrics, the LP reaches for both a musical and spiritual wholeness. Born in San Diego but raised in New Jersey, the producer found his way back to California after releasing beat tapes on Bandcamp as the group Klipmode (alongside Suzi Analogue, devonwho and eventual labelmate Knxweldge). Resettling in Los Angeles, Mndsgn released 2014’s Yawn Zen, his first on Stones Throw, and has since thrive...
