Myst Milano

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Myst Milano
Agent

Andy Halliday
Based

Toronto
Label

Phantom Limb, Defected

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An exhilarating ride through hedonistic experimental hip-hop and house music

“milano. exudes the kind of confidence that comes from centering joy in life. Beyond the Uncanny Valley is an exceptionally fun record that encourages listeners to do the same.” – Resident Advisor

“A taught, thrilling ride.” – DJ Mag

“Their latest offering is an anthology of Black electronic music–touching the corners of UK jungle through to West Coast funk alongside the magic of contemporary hip-hop – a definite must-listen.” – The Vinyl Factory

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Myst Milano

Toronto-based rapper, DJ and producer, Myst Milano has spent years traversing underground nightlife, enamoured by the exploration of music, culture and community offered everywhere from red-lit raves, to punk show mosh pits, to the glitz and pageantry of the Ballroom (vogue) scene. Their career as an artist has cemented Myst as a creative chameleon, a quality that has allowed them to share stages with the likes of Thundercat, Lizzo, Rico Nasty, Tinashe, and Kim Petras, just to name a few.

Their 2023 album ‘Beyond the Uncanny Valley‘, a self-described love letter to Black electronic music across genre, geographical and generational lines, is critically acclaimed, and out now.

“I offer Beyond the Uncanny Valley as a working anthology of Black electronic music across
generational, geographical and genre lines,” myst milano. writes. “I thought a lot about
staples of Black art across the world that can be traced back to Africa, and that link the
diaspora regardless of where our people end up and throughout all eras.”

A mighty example of this omnivorous and multifaceted awareness of Black creativity,
Beyond the Uncanny Valley is a tidal wave, swallowing up Canadian House, Detroit Electro,
Chicago Footwork, UK Jungle and Dubstep, Jersey / Baltimore / Philly Club, Southern Hip-Hop and West Coast Funk into the trail of euphoric destruction left by myst milano.’s
trademark grimy, sweaty, lusty neo-R&B take on contemporary hip-hop.

Underpinning the album is a mechanised female voice that has possessed the record like a
replicant ghost. “When we go beyond the uncanny valley, we reach a state of perfect
harmony where the robot has mimicked the human to the point of being indistinguishable”
myst says. “Who are we when we become perfect imitations of what the world wants instead
of who we really are, which is imperfect and flawed and a little uncanny, anyway?” While the
music of Beyond the Uncanny Valley is human, with real emotion and expression, it
occasionally flirts with the beyond, reaching into a near future where reality and technology
bleed into one.

Beyond the Uncanny Valley is myst milano’s second full length album, following 2021’s
rapturously received debut Shapeshyfter, and a monstrously successful accompanying
house remix of ‘No Shade’ on the UK’s legendary Defected Records; and tour dates across Europe and Canada, and Latin America, with more to come.

Some know Myst from partnering with online platform Club Quarantine for advocacy and journalism work surrounding the George Floyd Uprising in 2020, a cause they remain passionate about. The years since have seen the multi-hyphenates’ steady ascension: their debut album ‘Shapeshyfter‘ received a nomination for the Polaris Music Prize; they’ve been written about in Exclaim!, Bandcamp Daily, Resident Advisor, DJ Mag, PAPER Magazine, and more…

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