Malakut Golliwog (LP, 2022)

Malakut (Noun): Divine kingdom, unseen world ofangels or spirits, a realm close to God.

Golliwog (Noun): Black rag doll with exaggerated features and colorful clothing, formerly popular as achildren's toy in Britain and Australia, today regarded as a racial slur towards black people.

Returning after their 2018 debut 'A Prism Inside Your Pregnant Mind', Australian hip-hop / spoken word /electronic duo Doublethink Prism will release their sophomore album on November 18, 2022. The work of spoken-word artist Splodge and multiinstrumentalist producer Alyian,M alakut Golliwog, released via Stock Records features guest artists Mathas, Hayley Beth, Injured Ninja and Traec and will be available on Vinyl LP and digital.

In the works for almost three years, delayed due to near-fatal health troubles, starting new families, pandemics and side projects, Malakut Golliwog is sprawling record that unpacks Splodge’s identity as a black man growing up in a fiercely white society, looking at the impact of systemic racism in his home country of England and the similar issues faced living in Australia, a country with a complex cultural history.

Crafted by producer Steven Alyian in his Galaxial Acid studio deep in the urban enclave of Perth City, the album blends raw analog synths with mangled samples from the weirdest reaches of history in a sonic pastiche that is brutal and relentless in its delivery of social-political dance floor destroyers.

Teased as a ‘Golliwog’ as a young boy, join Marcus John aka Spoldge as he transforms into the Malakut Golliwog , a powerful being that emerges from the darkness of the spirit world, and lays our insecurities bare for all to see in a cathartic exploration of what it means to be a black man in modern society. Be warned, he holds nothing back.

The album artwork features a genuine photo of members of Alyian’s family from the 1960’s, taken in Wittenoom, Western Australia - a mining town that was doomed to closure due to the reckless mining of blue asbestos that killed many of the residents and is now the largest contaminated site in the southern hemisphere.. 

TRACKLISTING

1. Zero Points / Acknowledgement

2. Don’t Want to Open That Door (Intro)

3. Lefty Pinko Commie Ketchup

4. Black Shadow feat. Traec

5. Price of Tomato

6. Hope is Not a Course of Action

7. Business as Usual feat. Mathas

8. Golliwog Wisdom #1: Any God or Goddess You Like

9. #PAVLOVA

10. Marshall Tourists feat. Hayley Beth

11. I Can’t Go to the Gym Anymore

12. Golliwog Wisdom #2: Let’s See If Our Eyes Can Be

13. The Kingdom

14. Acceptable Risk

15. The Path of Least Resistance feat. Injured Ninja

16. Similitudes of God

17. Golliwog Wisdom #3: Pluto’s Not a Planet

18. Malakut Golliwog

19. The Tipping Point

Label

Stock Records

Format

VINYL / Digital

Release Date

November 18th, 2022

CREDITS

DOUBLETHINK PRISM
Music by ALYIAN
Vocals by SPLODGE

Produced by Steven Alyian at Galaxial Acid Audio
Mastered by Mikey Young
Artwork Designed by Alyian
Photography by Deric Martin
Front cover image supplied by the Couanis Family
taken in Wittenoom, Western Australia late 1950s

All songs written by Marcus John and Steven Alyian

SR017 ℗ & © 2022 Doublethink Prism
Under license to Stock Records

Learn More

https://doublethinkprism.bandcamp.com/