In the world of independent music, there are projects born from ambition and projects born from necessity. Khaosé’s debut release, ‘EP’, belongs unmistakably to the latter. It exists because it had to. It exists because at thirty six, standing at the edge of fatherhood, the artist found himself forced into a moment of reckoning. He could either continue postponing the dream he had carried since his teenage years, or he could create something that proved to his future child that fear and insecurity are not cages unless we let them be.
EP is the document of that decision. It is raw, personal, experimental and fiercely intentional. It carries the weight of years lived in hesitation and the sudden spark required to burn through it. At its center is a simple but profound promise: to show his child that their father didn’t back away from what he loved, even when it frightened him.
The name Khaosé is more than an alias. It is a statement of self-acknowledgment. It represents the insecurity, the outsider’s perspective and the quiet fear that had followed the artist throughout his life. But rather than hiding those parts of himself, he chose to build an identity around them. The project’s narrative is one of reclaiming not just a name, but a future. Each track echoes the fight to confront inner turmoil, to push through doubt and to create meaning from uncertainty.
Creating ‘EP’ was not simply a matter of writing songs. It meant learning the fundamentals of recording, production and songwriting completely from scratch. Every sound, beat and vocal line was shaped through self-teaching and relentless trial and error. The only stage the artist surrendered was mixing and mastering, outsourced purely because time ran short as his wife’s due date approached.
His “weird philosophy,” as he calls it, required that the project be completed before his child was born. And so ‘EP’ carries a palpable urgency, the kind that comes from nights spent learning compression ratios and DAW shortcuts instead of sleeping. These rough edges are not flaws; they are fingerprints of the journey.
To listen to ‘EP’ is to step inside the eclectic musical upbringing of Khaosé. The project celebrates the sounds that shaped him: the explosive adrenaline of Pendulum, the rebellious pulse of The Prodigy, the surgical chaos of Noisia, the introspective genre blending of Linkin Park and Twenty One Pilots, and the lyrical acrobatics of rappers like Kendrick Lamar, JID and Eminem.
The EP does not rest in any one genre. Instead, it searches restlessly, blending rap with drum and bass, electronic grit, industrial atmosphere and low end-heavy riffing. This hybridity isn’t just stylistic; it mirrors the identity struggle at the heart of the project. It is music shaped by internal conflict, rebuilt into something bold and unafraid.
From the opening moments of the record, ‘In-a-mill’ throws the listener into a world of distorted percussion and anxious energy. The flow is jagged and experimental, echoing the restlessness that pushed the project into existence. The eerie sound design paints an atmosphere where tension and vulnerability coexist, creating an arresting first step into Khaosé’s sonic universe.
‘Pennies / Worth’ deepens the EP’s emotional palette with a collision of hardcore electronic textures and incisive hip-hop phrasing. Rhythms expand and contract, mirroring the artist’s long standing question of personal worth. It is a track that challenges itself as much as it challenges the listener, reflecting the years Khaosé spent wrestling with whether he deserved to begin creating in the first place.
A tonal shift arrives with ‘Dimensional’, a song that draws from trip hop and late 90s atmospheric production. It feels looser, more spacious, as though the project finally allows itself a breath. The vocals lean into introspection rather than aggression, showcasing another facet of Khaosé’s expanding voice as a storyteller.
On ‘Pillars’, the EP returns to a more energetic pulse with articulate vocal work wrapped in crisp production. Every layer on Pillars seems to reinforce the rising confidence in the project. The beat is tight yet organic, holding a quiet sense of triumph beneath its surface. It stands as one of the project’s clearest intersections of vulnerability and determination.
The beating heart of the EP, ‘Precious / Wounds’ stands as the emotional and thematic centerpiece. Built on rapid hi hats and a unique instrumental texture, the track captures the sensation of standing inside a fire meant to consume everything. Yet within that blaze, there is a search for hope and a refusal to surrender. If there is one song that embodies ‘EP’ in its entirety, it is this one. It offers the project’s thesis in its purest form: destruction and rebirth can occur simultaneously if you refuse to stop walking forward.
With a shift into a roomier, lo fi hip hop beat, ‘Handshakes / Rule’ pulls back from intensity without losing purpose. Its old school warmth contrasts sharply with what comes before, highlighting Khaosé’s ability to maneuver between eras and textures with ease.
‘Deadly Sins’ leans into a laid back but adventurous beat that seems to stretch and bend in unexpected ways. The vocals settle into a fluid rhythm, making the track one of the EP’s most exploratory and atmospheric moments.
Perhaps one of the boldest rhythmic experiments on the project, Days-In-A-Week constructs a controlled sonic storm. Distorted bass meets shifting rhythmic structures, creating a track that lives up to the artist’s name. It is chaotic, purposeful and strangely hypnotic.
On -5 deep synth bass lines take center stage, growling through the mix with an aggressive presence. Yet even in its heaviness, the track leaves room for the vocals to stand firm. It’s a piece that feels like a confrontation, both with sound and with self.
Closing the EP is Commandments, the project’s most freely experimental track. It feels like the space where all hesitation evaporates. The boundaries melt. The rules suspend. It is the sound of an artist no longer learning how to begin but learning how to continue.
For Khaosé, completing ‘EP’ was never about perfection. It was about truth. It was about proving to himself, and one day to his child, that it is better to try imperfectly than to spend a lifetime wondering.
The recording ‘EP’ is not simply a debut. It is an act of reclamation. It marks the moment an artist finally stepped into his own chaotic, unpolished, authentic brilliance. And if this is the beginning, the future of Khaosé is already burning bright.
OFFICIAL LINKS:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1JyoLjwgEsn2cnUywBWk47?si=PooSHmpcTQ6ffbB78jQ_XQ
YouTube playlist of the EP: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzXWmTmyN6yXuK0Gfh02KOlz5STZzJzI8
Facebook: www.facebook.com/khaose.createsmusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khaose.createsmusic
Official website: https://khaose.com/
