I.L.L.N.O.L.E.D.G.E. is an acronym for Intuitive, Limitless, Liberal-minded, New-fangled, Original, Luminous, Educative, Dedicated, Genuine, Elevators. It’s the past, the present and the future fused together within a singular cosmic, groove-based blend of Afrobeats, psychedelic soul, jazz, and reggae.

Inspired by their musical upbringing and Caribbean heritage, the brothers Stephen ‘Steve Hartley’ Linger en Milton ‘Mill Voyance’ Leo Linger draw their self-coined Akan Fu stylings from, among others, the spiritual jazz leanings of Sun Ra and the boundary-breaking beat wizardry of J Dilla. Debut LP Everlasting submerges its listeners into a ritual of memory and resistance.

“The music pulsates, meanders, and lives. Sometimes it seems as if they’re playing against the beat, as if time stands still for a moment” – De Groene Amsterdammer