The creative force behind this work grounds their practice in the Philippines’ vibrant, interconnected network of hip-hop practitioners, a community that has spent decades refining and reimagining the core tenets of the genre to speak to the specific realities and cultural nuances of the archipelago, while also engaging with global creators whose work aligns with their commitment to pushing creative boundaries across geographic and stylistic lines. For Snooze, that creative scope expands to bring together two distinct, widely respected voices from across the global creative landscape, Ryuichi Sakamoto and WOOSUNG of The Rose, whose featured appearances on the track tie the project’s core hip-hop foundation to a far broader network of artistic practice that transcends the traditional boundaries often assigned to popular music genres.