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gum.mp3 is from rural North Carolina, but his map coordinates are in constant flux. After a stint at NYU, where he was a Studio Art major, and Martin Wong Scholarship recipient headed toward a teaching career, he's now been freed up, given the momentum, to chase his musical passions. So how does one describe his music? The shorthand would be house meets garage, but as he’ll tell you, he’s fusing regional flavors of dance music with elements of funk and jazz to assess different chunks of black music history and genealogy under a futurist agenda. Or, as Bandcamp said so well, “[he’s] a self-described noise machine, digital pirate, and technomancer—embodies the spirit of Akomfrah’s Data Thief in both his music and his persona, acting as a connector for different elements of Black dance music history.” In an era of constant communication, he uses his social channels to throw witticisms about cars, Gore-Tex, postmodern literature, and more. All of it makes sense in some grand design. The word polymath gets thrown around often, but go to his website, and you'll find him at the helm of Gum Studio, collaborating with a community of artists on animations, clothing, and handmade CDs. All of it adds up to a cohesive whole.