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Psych Major links up with Sadat X for new single “Watch Your Six”

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2 years ago

August 23, 2024

Emcee / Producer Psych Major returns with a new single this morning. “Watch Your Six” (military slang for ‘watch your back’) features another collaboration with the legend, Sadat X (the third collaborative track between the two to drop this year). Speaking on the track Psych said “it’s a story-telling joint. I based my verse on a character similar to the former Police Chief who tried to bury the initial Gilgo Beach investigation because he was afraid the feds would uncover his own corruption

Link to Spotify, iTunes, etc: https://bsr.ffm.to/watchyoursix

Available digitally now via Below System Records, this loosie follows the recent release of Psych Major’s EP, Old Head. Sadat X also appears on that EP, providing the chorus for the single “Under Any Condition” (also featuring Dagha).

Listen to “Under Any Condition” ft. Sadat X & Dagha: https://youtu.be/SV4jkgSMLHE?si=zlEXM03gWNqQ-0Bh

In addition, Psych Major’s production appears on the new Vic Spencer album (in tribute to the late/great Sean Price) The Apes That Was Left Behind on a track also featuring Sadat X.

Listen to Vic Spencer “Immediately” ft. Sadat X (Produced by Psych Major): https://youtu.be/u5MpFnYdws0?si=L9BtYOnoytmXEUoO

Psych Major has also recently produced for Young Zee and the theme song to the new comedy special by Ron Taylor (Bill Burr Presents: The Ringers).

More Info:

https://www.instagram.com/psychmajorbeats

https://www.instagram.com/sadatxbrandnubian

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Mané’s ‘The Goddess in the Room’ Turns Self-Discovery Into Sonic World-Building

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5 hours ago

June 2, 2026

Philomena Marie

There is a remarkable sense of intention running through The Goddess in the Room, the latest project from Swiss artist Mané. Blending alternative electronic pop with ritualistic percussion and spiritual symbolism, the album presents itself as both a personal statement and a carefully constructed narrative. Across its nine tracks, Mané explores identity, healing, queerness, and empowerment with impressive clarity of vision.

The opening track, “The GODDESS in the Room,” functions as both invitation and thesis statement. It introduces listeners to a world where intuition and self-trust become guiding principles, while establishing the atmospheric production style that shapes much of the record. The song’s spacious arrangement creates room for reflection, a quality that becomes one of the album’s defining characteristics.

That introspection deepens on “perles de sang” and “sappho.” The former grapples with inherited pain and bodily experience, while the latter offers a moving celebration of queer identity. Throughout these songs, Mané avoids reducing complex themes to slogans, instead allowing emotional nuance to emerge through carefully crafted songwriting and evocative imagery.

Musically, the album reaches some of its most intriguing moments on “)O(” and “moonstones.” Both tracks highlight Mané’s growing confidence as a sonic architect, blending electronic textures with organic rhythmic elements inspired by shamanic practice. The resulting sound feels immersive and transportive without losing its emotional immediacy.

Meanwhile, “j’serai tjr là” and “chocolate con sangre” provide some of the record’s most vulnerable moments. Here, Mané strips back some of the conceptual grandeur to focus on connection, memory, and emotional endurance. These songs reveal an artist equally capable of intimate storytelling and ambitious world-building.

The penultimate track, “Witches,” injects a surge of collective energy into the album’s narrative. Drawing on themes of resistance and feminine power, it stands as one of the project’s most direct statements while retaining its atmospheric sophistication. It is both politically resonant and emotionally charged.

By the time “ALIGNED” closes the record, the journey feels complete. Not because all questions have been answered, but because the search itself has become meaningful. The Goddess in the Room succeeds through its commitment to authenticity and vision, establishing Mané as an artist unafraid to follow her own path, wherever it may lead.

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