Formed of rapper Stackie McClean and producer Squid Jackalsen, Hijack Stories is a collaborative concept project that pitches the pair as two time-travelling AIs. Claiming to be humanity's replacement from the year 3024, they have been sent back one thousand years for an unknown reason. Using this opportunity to showcase their futuristic creativity, the AIs plan to make the most of their situation by finding human avatars to take their songs to the stage as a live band.
The debut project from Hijack Stories is ‘Chapter II’, a thirteen-track display of cross-genre soundscapes. Futuristic atmospheres filled with influences from hip-hop, rock, electronic music and jazz line the beats. Whilst sleek flows and raw lyricism are performed with a balance of pushing boundaries and utilising nostalgic sensibilities. It’s certainly an interesting concept, and the music alongside it does not disappoint.
The duo share the vision for the project, “We put this record together as an experiment. Two different artists from two different backgrounds, spent the best part of two years together (inside an Art Simulator), fusing our many different styles and influences into what is now our debut album Chapter II.”
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