THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Backxwash (aka Ashanti Mutinta) is a Zambian-Canadian rapper and producer in Montreal. She is most noted for her 2020 Polaris Music Prize-winning album, God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It.
Backxwash’s most recent trilogy of albums — which also include I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses (2021) and His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering — (2022) reflects different points in her life and delves into themes of identity, spirituality, and personal struggle, blending haunting beats with unfiltered, introspective lyricism.
Now, she emerges from the shadows of that trilogy with Only Dust Remains. The album takes a new direction that showcases her evolution into a broader sonic landscape. “These are the songs of a person who was brought back to life,” she says, “but is now haunted by death itself.”
