Austin has changed.
Sure, the city has always been one of the more liberal Texan hubs, but the area has blossomed over the past decade into an enormously fertile creative community.
Botany is a key part of this. A producer with an artful grasp of electronics, the screwed down hip-hop beats are matched to fragrant melodics with a trippy, neo-psychedelic feel.
New album 'Dimming Awe, The Light Is Raw' will be released on September 18th, with rapper Milo and Brainfeeder artist RYAT contributing to the sessions.
Clash is able to premiere new cut 'Raw Light Overture' and it's a blissful piece of music – redolent of twilight hours, fading sun and the Texan desert, you can tune in below.