With a boundary-pushing sound that pairs Afrofuturist beats and dancehall riddims with elements of grime, trip-hop, reggae, grunge and more, London's GAIKA straddles genres and defies the norms. The result is a contorted, thrilling and high-concept collection, consisting of two self-released mixtapes and two Warp-released EPs, _SPAGHETTO_ and _The Spectacular Empire_. On the heels of his debut full-length, _BASIC VOLUME_, Vivian sits down with GAIKA to talk about disrupting the norm, the Brixton sound, modern British black identity and layers of meaning and sound.
