So.Crates, Alnitak_Kid / Dialect

Sunset Cities is a soulful constellation — an album that glows with warmth, wisdom, and interstellar groove. The collaboration between Melbourne’s So.Crates, Adelaide’s Nelson Dialect, and cosmic producer Alnitak Kid feels like a summit meeting of kindred spirits: each voice distinct, yet orbiting a shared vision of hip-hop as meditation and movement.

Skomes’ production (via So.Crates) and Alnitak Kid’s celestial textures create a deep, lived-in sound — dusty Rhodes chords, spiraling synths, and head-nodding drums that balance lo-fi grit with radiant soul. Nelson Dialect’s flow, sharp yet grounded, threads poetic reflections on community, creation, and cosmic alignment through every bar. Cazeaux O.S.L.O. brings the mystic energy — his verses are chants for clarity, delivered with effortless swing and conviction.

What makes Sunset Cities special is its sense of balance — spirit and science, earth and sky, groove and grace. It’s a record that feels both deeply Australian and universally resonant, sitting comfortably alongside the lineage of groups like The Roots or Digable Planets, but with a distinctly antipodean sunlight shining through its sound.

This is hip-hop as vibration: meditative, inclusive, and timeless.