Multidisciplinary artist Jasper Marsalis makes uncompromisingly abstract yet deeply emotional music as Slauson Malone 1. His poetic, fractured reflections on death, resistance, and hope encompass left-field hip-hop, psychedelic soul, dub, modern composition, and other genres. He was a member of the similarly uncategorizable Brooklyn-based ensemble Standing on the Corner for several years, and collaborated with rapper Medhane as the duo Medslaus. He made his full-length debut with the collage-like A Quiet Farwell, 2016–2018 (Crater Speak), and contributed to albums by Pink Siifu, L'Rain, Nosaj Thing, and others. Slauson Malone 1 appeared on Warp with the 2023 full-length Excelsior.