Cyne, often stylized as CYNE ("Cultivating Your New Experience"; pronounced "sign"),[1] is an American alternative hip hop group originating from Gainesville, Florida.[2] The group consists of MCs Akin Yai and Clyde "Cise Starr" Graham, and producers David "Enoch" Newell and Michael "Speck" Gersten, and are currently signed to Hometapes.

History

CYNE's 2005 release Evolution Fight was named Album of the Week at Stylus Magazine for the week of August 29 – September 3, 2005.[3] In 2007, CYNE released the Grey Matter EP on their website to be downloaded, free of charge.[4] In 2014, the group released a studio album, All My Angles Are Right, on Hometapes.[5]

Style and influences

Their often socio-politically charged, culturally introspective, and motivational lyrics find influence rooted in blues, jazz, highlife, activism, humanities and philosophy.[6]

Discography

Studio albums

• Time Being (2003)
• Evolution Fight (2005)
• Tour CD 2005 (2005)
• Starship Utopia (2008)
• Pretty Dark Things (2008)
• Water for Mars (2009)
• All My Angles Are Right (2014)

Compilation albums

• Cyne (Collection 1999-2003) (2003)
• Wasteland Vol. 1: Killmore (2011)
• Wasteland Vol. 2 (2017)

EPs

• Movements (2002)
• Growing (2004)
• Running Water (2005)
• Grey Matter (2007)

Singles

• "African Elephants" (2001)
• "Midas" (2002)
• "Out of Time" (2003)
• "Due Progress" (2003)

Guest appearances

• Supersoul - "Sattva Guna (Make It Happen!)" from 40 Acres and a Moog (2002)
• Nujabes - "Lady Brown" and "High 2 Lows" from Metaphorical Music (2003), "Feather" from Modal Soul (2005), "D.T.F.N" from Hydeout Productions (First Collection) (2003), "Sky is Tumbling" from Spiritual State (2011)
• Daedelus - "Drops" from Exquisite Corpse (2005)
• Depth Affect - "One Day or So" from Arche-Lymb (2006)
• Deceptikon - "Montana" from Greater Cascadia (2007)
• Supersoul - "Satellites" from Plastic Rap (2007)
• Seven Star - "Speak the Truth" (2008)
• Haruka Nakamura - "The Sun" from Melodica (2013)
• Ficus - "Level Up" from Black Foliage (2013)
• Uyama Hiroto - Soul of Freedom from Freedom of the Son (2014)

References

External links

• Official website
• Cyne discography at Discogs

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