Are You An Axolotl

Nautilis is Texan musician Skyler McGlothlin and Are You An Axolotl? is his first album. After being noticed on the Leafcutter John remix competition and for his reworking of Coldcut’s Re:volution, it was only a matter of time before McGlothlin was offered to release his own material.

Are You An Axololt? is a very clever and intriguing debut which mixes heavy abstract hip-hop, dirty electro-funk and Boards Of Canada-like dreamy electronica. If this sounds all too unlikely, the result is surprisingly delightful. Are You An Axolotl? is unexpectedly consistent all the way through, as Skyler McGlothlin offers his rather complex, if not entirely new, vision, firmly driving his Nautilis project exactly where he wants to. (themilkfactory.com)