THE QUIET ROOM EP
Rob Mapache returns with The Quiet Room EP — four tracks of unhurried, jazz-inflected hip hop that feel like a rebuke to everything disposable about the current moment.
Produced in full by Mercury-nominated Ben Seal, the EP is a meeting of minds across genres and geographies — a London-born rapper now rooted in Scotland, working with a producer who refuses to be pinned down. British-Congolese soul artist Baby Sol appears on the title track and 'Take Me Home', while Edinburgh's DJ B Burg brings his cuts to 'Sundown' and 'How It Goes (Hi2Lo)' — four collaborators, four tracks, no filler.
The Quiet Room EP is out April 17th and available for review, feature, and playlist consideration. For streams, assets, or interview requests, please get in touch.
ABOUT THE QUIET ROOM
Rob Mapache is a London-born rapper who writes like every word costs something. His music sits in the pocket between the golden era of hip hop and the jazz records that inspired it, built on dusty loops, live bass, and drums that breathe. Over the top, he delivers words with an unflinching honesty and thoughtfulness that makes you feel like you've read someone's journal without their permission.
Central to the project is Mapache's long-time friend and collaborator Ben Seal — a Mercury-nominated producer whose restless range across genres makes him a natural fit for a record that refuses to be boxed in. Together, the pair have delivered The Quiet Room EP — a record that announces itself without ever raising its voice. British-Congolese soul artist Baby Sol appears on both the brooding title track and the sun-soaked 'Take Me Home', her voice — shaped by Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt and Billie Holiday, and brought to stages alongside Paloma Faith, Laura Mvula, and Florence + the Machine — bringing a depth that dazzles alongside Mapache's lyricism. Edinburgh's DJ B Burg, meanwhile, adds his cuts to 'Sundown' and 'How It Goes (Hi2Lo)', threading the project together with the kind of craft that reminds you turntablism is an instrument.
Raised on Guru, Common, Nas, and a deep collection of hip hop's greats, his records have never chased trends. Previous projects saw him a regular at Scottish live institutions — King Tut's in Glasgow, The Jazz Bar in Edinburgh — before a deliberate step back from the scene. The years away were quiet. The Quiet Room EP is not.