Cyrus Malachi has described Triple Darkness as a place where the quality of the other writers forced him to develop his craft. His single “Wormwood,” with Linkrust through Cheeba Cheeba Records, connects that background with a French beatmaker who recorded four amateur rap albums under the name Léon Roubignol. Malachi’s route into recording ran through M9’s High Fidelity mixtape and Triple Darkness’s Anathema, released in 2008. In a 2012 Rap Ireland interview, he explained that the group had taught him about writing, performing and developing concepts, as well as the business surrounding them. His solo debut Ancient Future followed in 2011, reaching listeners abroad through No Cure Records’ promotion and distribution, work he explicitly credited with helping the music travel. Linkrust’s connections have crossed borders too. He has identified Grenoble as the city where he found his footing as a beatmaker and DJ, after earlier performances elsewhere in France. His partnership with Awon grew through Tiff The Gift, for whom he had made a remix, and a meeting during Awon’s French tour. Their 2017 EP Moon Beams was produced, mixed and mastered by Linkrust. Awon recalled recording his vocals himself and sending them over, leaving Linkrust room to shape the finished recordings. There is a rapper’s experience behind that production practice: in a 2025 interview, Linkrust recalled abandoning the Léon Roubignol project while continuing to rap and perform occasionally. “Wormwood” pairs Malachi with a collaborator whose history includes both writing verses and developing other rappers’ recordings.
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