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Zotanica now has a countdown that will end on March 19th at 12:30pm EST. The countdown is accompanied by various solar eclipse videos.

Today is the “Ring of Fire” eclipse, with the countdown lining up with Ramadan.

It seems likely a vinyl drop will happen Thursday, with a new album on Friday, March 20th.

So I got to go to (most of) all three nights. just had tickets for Fri and Sunday and then was able to buy someone's ticket on Saturday for cheap at the last minute.

yo... this was a crazy show. I definitely expected something unexpected with Mach but what we got? man, I wasn't at the NY show but I have to imagine that the intimacy of this venue and the fact it was a mini-residency meant this was way more of a vibe. there were a handful of people there all three nights, including a dude that the host said was from Australia?? Did he come just for these shows????

first off, I think more shows should take phones. it actually made me talk to people lol. i really appreciated that there was seating and even though it said reserved, it looked like we could just sit anywhere. first night I was a bit shook but by Saturday I was sitting down or just using the space and it was definitely a plus. then add the fact that we could smoke weed?!?!?!?!?!?!? that was a gamechanger. I def came prepared Sat and Sunday lol

as far as the pre-Mach part of the show, I really enjoyed Sadhu's sets. I caught some Madlib samples, some DOOM samples and of course, a gang of Mach music. some of it sounded like either unreleased joints or maybe remixes or maybe I'm just not as familiar with all the deep cuts. either way, it was tight.

Friday and Sunday the Conductor Williams album was played. Saturday, Big Cheeko had a set. I got in the spot towards the end of Cheeko's set so I didn't catch much but I was vibing. on the other days, man... We Have A Solution was another banger. I did not hear Ghostface or Kali Uchis, not sure where that's coming from and Sunday I was def paying close attention and I feel confidently none of them are on there. There was a female vocalist but def not Kali lololol. But the Styles P and Greedo features are easily my favorites. The Styles P song sounds like something out of The Terminator and the Greedo song is mad soulful and vibey, nothing like #RAH. who would have thought that Mach and Greedo would have been a powerful combo? Maxo Kream song is also dope, the beat switches up for his verse and is much more aggressive. Not sure what to make of Conductor saying there's no project. I've absolutely seen him online saying he and Mach are cooking something up so it feels weird that he's saying this isn't a thing. who knows? I'm sure more will come out at some point.

there was a host all three nights, I didn't catch their name. I wasn't really sure what to make of him the first two nights but I feel like the third night it was dope. I liked when he was naming other artists throughout history who have a similar impact to Mach, that was dope. I also liked when he named a bunch of aliases from Mach lyrics before finally announcing him like the Vailsburg Viking.

As for the main show, again, haven't seen anything like it. The version of #RAH title track that he starts out with is insane. it's this minimal bass thing for the first verse then he brings the beat in and OMG it really set it off. When Greedo performed with him on Saturday, we lost our shit. I wish he was there all three nights. The setlist is out there so I wont go into detail on every song but I'll share my highlights:

• I was so freaking glad that he did three bodies of work all three nights. I was originally thinking it was going to be a whole different set each night. WKJ coming after #RAH was nuts! it took me till Saturday to understand but he actually had the staff burn pinyon pine incense before starting Chiney Brush, where the first lyric is "the room was heavy with pinyon pine." so dope!

• it was super powerful when he went through the crowd rhyming multiple times a night. it felt like each time he was adding to the energy of the place. the first night people kept fumbling when he would briefly pass the mic to rap along though and that was hella funny.

• my favorite part was probably The Spook set. I never thought we'd get that live with all the stupid drama going on. I didn't catch this until Sunday but when he did Yeezy Taught HER, he redid the last verse twice but he did something where he switched up the flow and all of a sudden the lyrics were super clear and understandable and it made me realize how insanely intricate he is with his verses. not sure if that makes sense but that shit was the wildest part of the night for me rap-wise. The overall favorite part of the night was Bon Apres Midi though. I thought I would never ever see that performed live. the way the venue was rapping along to that, shit felt spiritual!

• I wasn't sure what to make of the monologues between some songs on the first night but Saturday and Sunday it made more sense to me. It was like a communal ritual as much as a show and he was the shaman or medicine man leading everything. I loved how the monologues either added alot of context to songs, or shared more about Mach's life and background, or exposed people like Knxwledge LOLOLOL

speaking of Knxwledge, he essentially told a story of Knxwledge bombarding him with beats via Daringer and Alchemist for a year or so, without ever paying attention to it. then a friend of his (Exsintino?) comes home from jail and is working a factory job in jersey and his manager basically ends up being Knxwledge's dad and thats how he finally agreed to work on The Spook. that's kinda corroborated with the way Knxwledge is being very eager to work in the text screenshots in the HBO booklet. obviously I wasn't there or anything but this looks so cringe for Knx. he's just trying to rewrite history and he has a record of being super weird anyhow. I definitely fully believe Mach on this one.

also, unrelated aside, but as far as the Camo Monk situation, people realize the basics of how albums are made right? that album was a Griselda album, not an independent Mach album (by everything we can see publicly). the label pays the producers, so people should really be asking WSG/Empire why Camo isn't paid instead of assuming Mach is scamming.

and speaking of scamming, whats up with nerds like Thomas Hobbs trying to criticize Mach's pricing? we know what it is by now. why does it have to be a certain price just because everyone else does it? if he sees it as high art and prices it accordingly, buy it or don't. but to act like he's scamming people with a very transparent transaction just sounds dumb and is played out at this point. people don't ask why a Basquiat painting is selling for 100M+ decades after his death. why can't the musical equivalent get their worth now while he's alive?

anyhow, amazing nights, I'm sure I'll have even more to say as I sit with the experience. rap shows now have a much higher bar for me lol. it was cool to see other artists in the crowd too. I was able to recognize Blu, Planet Asia, Koreatown Oddity, Taz from Sa-Ra, Chace Infinite, House Shoes and Georgia Anne Muldrow (hella mad she didn't perform!) and I think that's it. Man I’m tired lolololol

I am very tempted to get it because I miss the RAH vinyl and I would also love the t short. Is this a good idea in your opinion? Has anyone bought it and can tell me if it is worth it? Thanks

Well by now I’ve listened to that new shit more than a few times and for me its probably up there with some of Mach’s best work, everything from -the production -lyricism- the guest verses- is just fucking incredible …what do y’all think tho ???🤔

and I’m standing on that shit. Best piece of music ever made along with Gospel According To

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Never would've expected to ever own this, but i found a great deal. The more I listen to it the more I realize how underrated it is, besides Clout Dracula I don't really see anything wrong with it

Wtf is up with those Supertape cassettes that were available at last nights pop-up? Limited to /23. No way that was the whole supertape...right? 😭 Not my pics ofc

A long time ago I did a list of old Mach tracks and albums that got lost to time, so I thought I’d follow up with a similar list of tracks/albums that were spoken of but have yet to release. Think of the last one as released songs that were deleted, while this is strictly unreleased. I’ve broken it into tier 1 (straight up announced), tier 2 (heavily implied/pseudo announced), and tier 3 (rumored or speculated). I will do my best at explaining each one. I did not include “We Have A Solution” produced by Conductor since that will probably come out in a few months.

Tier 1:

• “Haitian Space Base” album produced by Ras G, recorded presumably before his passing in 2019, announced by Mach during TIDAL Twitter Takeover in 2020.

• “Lavender Lemonade”, album with Big Cheeko, unknown if it is another executive production or if it’s a full collaboration . Announced by Big Cheeko in 2022.

• Denmark Vessey ft. Mach, Liv.e, and Quelle Chris. Recorded 2018/2019, originally supposed to drop in 2021, Denmark's album has since been delayed multiple times. Announced in 2020.

• Kaytranada House music album, announced by Mach in 2024. Said they have “30-40” records done, unclear if this number is before or after some of the songs were lost.

• Jay-Z songs, Mach stated in 2024 that they made “a handful”.

• “The Neverending Story” version with Mach verse, first confirmed by Jay Elec in 2020 and the story told fully by Mach in 2023. Will likely never see the light of day without a leak

• Unnamed album(s) ready to go in October 2022. In an interview Mach was stating his plans going into 2023, and depending on phrasing, could be interpreted as 2 or 3 more projects ready to go. One of them was likely #RICHAXXHAITIAN, so there are 1 or 2 albums he still has not released. It’s possible these could be any combo of previously mentioned albums, or something completely different.

• New Religion album, the group consisting of Mach x Droog x Fahim, announced in 2020.

• CamoMach album with Camouflage Monk. Many years ago Monk posted a screenshot of Mach songs in a folder, but it’s possible they were just beats to send to Mach, since they had generic titles. On the other hand, with Monk’s recent beef with Mach, he seemed to imply that Mach tried reaching out for the songs. This could be a middle one between tier 1 and 2.

• “5 o’clock Shadow” the Alchemist collab, set to drop in 2017. Certain publications said it was all Alc, others said Knxwledge and Earl Sweatshirt were set to have beats on it. In 2024 August Fanon posted the cover art he did for it, and stated that it was full Alchemist. It’s very likely whatever form of this album got spread to various projects throughout 2017.

Tier 2:

• “Bending Corners” prod. by August Fanon. Posted by Fanon in 2015, was only a beat snippet so it’s possible Mach never recorded on it.

• Black Thought song(s) (studio session ~8-31-2024). Thought stated that Mach was in the studio with “us” “a couple days ago” in an interview, not confirmed that they made music but heavily implied. Also stated that they had more songs in their Pigeons And Planes interview. Kept in tier 2 since he didn’t say strictly that they were making music together.

• Rick Rubin album(?). Droog tweeted about it in 2020, but it could have been a joke. Mach was at Rick’s house in 2019 (this is where Droog’s “y’all was never spotted in the kitchen at Rick Rubin’s” line off “Pour House” came from). There’s also a photo of Mach in said kitchen.

• Mach x No ID x Rick Rubin. Likely related to the above, Mach’s old friend King Pikeezy tweeted about this in early 2024.

• Pray For Haiti Deluxe, also tweeted about by King Pikeezy and it was semi confirmed that Mach/Gunn reached out for a new cover art. It’s likely this eventually morphed into “Balens Cho”, and “$payforHaiti” on Kaytranada’s EP (this track was first heard in the Pray For Haiti sessions).

• Craven collab album. Right after “Dump Gawd: Triz Nate” dropped, Craven tweeted “bumping your own mach-hommy tape while flying to paris is a vibe”. Jay Nice replied about hearing it being mixed, and responded to someone else saying “I’m not talking about Triz” . Still unclear if it’s separate but definitely a possibility.

• Preservation Hall live band album? In early 2020, Mach traveled to Preservation Hall in New Orleans with Droog and DJ Preservation. In his 2023 Fader interview, he mentioned going to Jay-Z’s house after returning from this trip, and played the music he made there for Beyoncé.

Tier 3:

• Rumored Droog collab album (2019)

• Unreleased Fahim collab. In 2019, Fah tweeted that he had a classic Mach-Hommy tape in the stash.

• In 2020 Fahim tweeted about “Slam Dunk”, a collab with Mach. This may have morphed into “Tha YOD Fahim” given the basketball theme of that album.

• 3rd DJ Muggs album. Recently, Muggs said they still had 9 songs in the stash. “Venn Diagrams” by Armand Hammer was originally on the 3rd project, as Mach ft Billy Woods. Some rumors I heard suggested they had a 5 album plan originally.

• Rumored Madlib album (2021)

• Noratheexplora collab(?). At the 2nd #RICHAXXHAITIAN listening party, Mach stated he had more work with her coming after “Bon Bagay”, but this may just be more songs sprinkled around various projects.

• Yasiin Bey song(s). In 2024, Mach said the most surprising praise he received was Yasiin Bey praising him in front of his (Yasiin’s) family. No songs were confirmed, but it’s highly possible they worked.

• Alchemist album (new 2021-2025?). In 2021, Alchemist seemed to play coy when asked about a Mach album on Twitter, similarly to how he’d respond when new music was on the way. In 2022 there was a video of Mach listening to an Alchemist beat in the studio. It may have just been a beat he had from back in the day, since it was used for Havoc’s “Seize Power” in 2017. Their beef has been highly speculated, but Alc has consistently responded to Mach related questions on Twitter. In one response about his favorite conspiracy, he replied “Project Vailsburg”, which could be interpreted as negative or potentially positive, but is likely about Mach either way. For bonus tinfoil hat points, Mach calls himself “Vailsburg Viking” on “Long Time” produced by Alchemist.

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Additional info from Zotanica, more live shows coming:

In the immediate aftermath of his H.B.O. breakthrough, Mach‑Hommy unleashed a flurry of exceptional music. Between 2017 and 2018, the enigmatic Haitian-American emcee dropped more than a dozen projects, each celebrated by his growing fanbase and none available on traditional streaming services at the time. Now, two highlights of this period will be taking center stage, as Mach‑Hommy highlights the conceptual classics Bulletproof Luh and Luh Hertz. While last year saw Mach performing his latest album #RICHAXXHAITIAN live in its entirety, next year the hip‑hop cult hero will be unveiling a Bulletproof Luh Hertz live show experience. In anticipation of the event, this Valentine's Day we're offering a limited edition set featuring both LPs to get investors reacquainted with the material.