Authentic Bros

Welcome to the new face of British hip-hop! Welcome to the world of Authentic Bros! Consisting of multi-talented brothers, Babak, a Sound-Engineer (Vocals, Mixing, Beats, Production), and Reza, a Video-Producer (Vocals, Beats), the duo have been steadily forging their own unique brand of multidimensional, emotive urban soundscapes. Raised from a young age on a diverse palette of influences ranging from commercial big-beat rap, explosive indie hip-hop, UK grime, drum’n’bass, R’n’B, reggae, ragga, dubstep, reggaeton and traditional Arabic and Persian music, the duo searched extensively for a creative outlet to realise their ambitions of fusing these base elements into a new breed of music. Frustrated by the lack of diversity on the UK urban scene, they set about creating a new vision and a new sonic journey for today’s disillusioned youth. A strong interest in World Politics, social inequality and unchallenged major injustices on a World scale spurned them to write and over the course of the past 6 years, a strong belief that these elements should be exposed to the public has led to Authentic Bros developing scorching and intricately created bars which make them stand out in today’s conformist society. Authentic Bros started honing their rhyming skills in Birmingham’s battle-rap and MC’ing circuit, undertaking a number of live performances and performances on specialist radio stations. The sound of Authentic Bros is hard to pin down and difficult to pigeonhole. They deftly craft a propulsive fusion of intricately programmed beatscapes and futuristic twinkling melodies which utilise strong ethnic motifs. A keen interest in challenging music and a disdain for formulaic beat-crafting has led to the creation of multilayered soundscapes which refuse to follow norms, instead growing to epic and cinematic proportions and/or shifting direction with no notice. Vocally, the duo spit bars ranging from medium-tempo wordsmithery to high-octane doubletime wizardry, and these styles tend to be fused together with swift switching techniques and are occasionally interspersed with poignant R’n’B harmonies. Refreshingly, the whole package is wrapped up within a lavish commercial aesthetic usually confined to mainstream artists.