Asum Garvey Delivers 18th Body of Work with Dawn, Releasing on His Birthday, 28 November 2024: A Coming-of-Age Mixtape Fully Produced Under His Nickname Malli, Written, and Engineered by Himself.
Fresh off his latest album in collaboration with Dr Reign, Asum Garvey displays his articulate production and ability to merge two of his talents to produce “Dawn.” Probably a very intimate project to self, Dawn is set to set a high end to the year for Assum Garvey, who has been on a release spree in 2024, while setting a perfect entry point into 2025.
“Woke up one day at 3 AM and everything in me told me I’m going to make a beat, and I did, and that was ‘Creaper,'” he says. Split into two disks, the project showcases the duality of Asum. Disk 1 is introspective, giving us a glimpse into Asum’s soul, while Disk 2 is more extroverted, with Asum taking in the world around him. The connecting theme is retrospection, an ode to the artistic journey undertook by the kenyan creative.
“Everyone around me had been telling me how I should be making beats, and sometimes even thinking I produce my music. I guess all that talk was brewing inside me as I worked towards it and tuned my ear to experience different sounds. I tried to produce for Asum what I felt could trigger him to go the hardest and most authentic.”
With that, Malli is the alter ego that powers the Asum Garvey side, like a power-up in a video game campaign journey.Asum Garvey is an artist who not only performs but is deeply involved in the creation of his music, including producing and engineering his own work under the alter ego Malli. He is carving out a unique space for himself, blending introspective and extroverted themes, as well as having a strong connection to his artistic journey.
Dawn was created during the godly/ungodly hours of the morning, hence the name. Split into two sides, it reflects both a dark side and a light side, much like the moment before the first light of dawn—the darkest hour. Asum captures that feeling in this mixtape.
