Pseudo Slang embodies a form of underground hip-hop where the voice takes the lead. Driven by Sick — an MC with dense, angular writing — the project belongs to the spoken-word tradition, nourished by jazz, rhythmic poetry, and deliberately rough beats. Here, the words don’t illustrate the music: they cut through it, push it, and relaunch it.
Built over more than three decades, Pseudo Slang has been forged far from formulas and shortcuts, through a life spent on the road, between alternative stages, improvised studios, and vinyl presses. Each album is conceived as a whole body, a coherent drift made of heavy textures, lyrical detours, and deliberate silences. The medium matters: vinyl remains an anchor, a physical space for music that refuses quick consumption.
The project evolves through constant collaboration, notably with Pawcut, but also with A Cat Called FRITZ, David Goliath, Rawhead, Japandrew, and DJ Form. These alliances extend a collective, independent aesthetic, shaped outside mainstream circuits, faithful to a handcrafted vision of hip-hop.
Pseudo Slang releases primarily on Baby Steps Hip Hop, a label born from a weekly meeting that became a hub for an entire scene. Always active, always moving, the project continues to exist as a free, upfront gesture, deeply rooted in underground culture — a voice that persists despite the erosion of spaces, networks, and imposed rules.
