Simply put quintessential arts as an organization knows what made it come to fruition and that’s hip-hop, a genre that established itself as a one of one in the late 80’s and is now arguably a culture bigger than any cult or religion in the face of the earth. So, in everything, from curation to the layout and proposition it’s all hip-hop. The cover for this compilation makes it clear with the coordinates pointed to the Bronx, New York; where it all started - for references “Mc Shan & Marley Marl - The Bridge” / “Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over”. When the champagne instrumentals were first released Quintessential Arts was not yet digested by as many people as it is now, it’s only right that a reissue is made with a new look.
Quintessential Arts is a multidisciplinary omnipresent artistic organisation - the name is derived from the fifth essence interpreted as æther in addition to the four elements thought to compose the heavenly bodies in Ancient Greek philosophy. The organisation is driven by reinvention, reinterpretation and recreation of older works encoded by its garments and decoded through the sonic. Just as science and religion go hand in hand, the garments go hand in hand with the sonic as well as other mediums such as literary pieces used to set the stage for every season respectively thus setting it apart from what the masses have become accustomed to. Quintessential Arts is an organisation whose purpose is to challenge the natural order of things, be the voice of reason and critique, make those that don’t identify with the status quo identify themselves with it.
Quintessential Arts is a multidisciplinary omnipresent artistic organisation founded August 8th, 2020 in Johannesburg South, South Africa.