For those who know ANTIGONE and DEMENT3D’s co-founder François X, it is impossible to draw the line between their collaboration and friendship. A couple of years ago, the duo began exchanging tips on records, production techniques, and gears but they had nothing particular in mind.

One night of 2013, Francois X invites Antigone to DSCRD’s studio — a creative bunker in Paris suburb that was DEMENT3D’s inner circle headquarters at the time. This friendly, spontaneous session quickly turned into a creative workshop and by the end of the evening, The Hated SZ' was already there.

The Parisian scene has grown from a sparkle to an organized community of like-minded people, so has the relationship between those two collaborators.