The Age Of L.U.N.A is a proudly organic rebellion; a group of young Londoners that intend to force musicality and consciousness back into mainstream rap music.
Having officially formed in 2013, The Age Of L.U.N.A was drawn together in stages through real life relationships, as organic as the music that they output. The first to unite were the group’s two rappers, Butch Arkas and Kyoto Noir, who perform as a duo under the name ZangWu and have been together since the pair found themselves in the same tutor group eight years ago.
The duo later met producer NK-OK – the youngest member of the group at 15 years old – via some SoundCloud surfing and reached out to him to collaborate. The final piece came into place when a photographer friend, Daniella Thomas – who they’d met at a party – asked to sing on one of their tracks. “I was pretty surprised,” remembers Butch of the request, now four years ago. “I went down to the studio to hear her sing for the first time and we wanted to get her one one of our tracks. NK was already doing the beats and everything just came together.”
Check out 2 of the collective, ZangWu, as they go back to back over a nostalgic computer-game-eqsue beat, alongside the equally trippy visuals. A dope offering from the new collective.