Following the single “Ideas” featuring Masta Ace, Flo Mega & DJ Robert Smith, LMNZ shares “Falling” featuring Yugen Blakrok.

LMNZ is back – although he never left. For a long time he was involved in other artists’ projects, more than 700 workshops in political education and countless live shows around the world – but now it‘s time for his new solo project.
By tradition of his debut ‘Worldwide Rap’, his vision was mammoth, of course:
The ‘Elements Series’ consists of four EPs :‘Air’, ‘Water’, ‘Fire’ and ‘Earth’.
Four EPs, four (HipHop) elements, the artists name: four letters – and last but not least four seasons –
each of them with one record to be released. Each album is dedicated to its element.

In the ‘Elements’ series LMNZ pulls all artistic strings as well: in addition to lyrics and vocals, he is responsible for sound and video works as well as the arrangement of the songs.
For the first time in his artistic career, the musical all-rounder mainly wanted to be inspired by beats and riddims of other producers.
On ‚Air‘,first release of the series, the instrumentals are produced in equal shares by Eh Behaart A. Gauland and Kronstädta. Sometimes the main actor himself played instruments or composed his own passages to the songs.
For the first time LMNZ raps a whole release series in English only – logical progress in the creative work of ‘Mr. International’.

The album concludes with ‘Falling’ – LMNZ sharing the microphone with Yugen Blakrok, known through Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ soundtrack where LMNZ recorded her. The song deals with the feeling of endless falling in areas marked by genocide, hatred, racism, rape and death. What do such events do to people? After such offences, how can one live again with ones neighbors who may be responsible for these atrocities? The answer: almost superhuman remorse and remission. The atmosphere of the track fluctuates between very threatening sounds, thoughtful jazz and an almost surreal positivity.
‘Falling’ does not only mark the completion of the first EP of the ‘Elements-Series’, the song also is a prime example of the rappers’ claim to content: instead of the typical self-portrayal phrases, common in lots of rap songs, LMNZ prefers to address global challenges and reflect on how humanity should face them – namely together.

‘Three years back when I wrote my review of ‘Worldwide Rap’, I suggested that the listener give that album three honest listens to fully appreciate it for what it was. This time around, I’ll once again make the same recommendation for ‘Anders als die Besseren’.’ Emanuel Wallace, Rapreviews.com

Wallace’s recommendation also applies to ‘Air’: The music of LMNZ is loaded with complex content, but also with so many lovely details and ideas that you just need some time to fully appreciate it. Nevertheless, the songs are catchy enough to convince at the first listening. Anyone looking for unadapted sound and mature, clever and critical content beyond the mainstream will be well served here. ‘Air’ makes curious on the following three EPs, which will come out every three months on vinyl and digitally.