Hear an interview with rapper Sirius Blvck and hip-hop producer Scott Matelic. The duo issued their debut collaborative album, Daily Rituals of the Wild Heart. 

Sirius Blvck is among the most prolific voices in the Indianapolis music scene. Known for his poetic and introspective lyrics, Blvck’s music has attracted a devoted following among hip-hop fans, with songs like “Tribe Quest” receiving over a million streams on Spotify. In 2021, Black received national attention, with 81355, an experimental hip-hop group featuring Oreo Jones and David “Moose” Adamson. 

For over 20 years, Scott Matelic has helped to shape the sound of underground hip-hop music, with his soulful psyched beats. He rose to prominence in the late 1990s, producing music for the experimental hip-hop label Anticon. Matelic created beats for classic underground singles by artists including Sage Francis and Sole. Matelic’s music has been embraced by DJs and hip-hop fans around the world, including the beloved Japanese producer and DJ Nujabes, who featured Matelics’s work on his 2008 compilation Modal Soul Classics.