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OsamaSon is spending Halloween in Chicago, and Australia will have to wait until December. The South Carolina rager's Psykturnal Tour has taken him across Europe this fall, and ticket listings now show his first-ever Australian shows in December instead of the original October dates. Here is the latest on the tour, a quick look at how he got here, and a deep dive into the producers and techniques behind the "maximalist rage" sound that half the underground is chasing right now.
The Psykturnal Tour: where OsamaSon is right now
Live Nation announced the Psykturnal Tour in May 2026: nine European dates plus OsamaSon's debut run in Australia. The European leg went down in September and early October, with stops at the Bataclan in Paris (September 18), two nights at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London (September 20–21), Columbiahalle in Berlin (September 24), two nights at Stodoła in Warsaw (September 26–27) and Zürich on October 3. According to setlist.fm, his most-played live songs are "Congrats", "Ref" and "ik what you did last summer".
Next up is a Halloween show at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on October 31. Fitting for an artist whose whole aesthetic sounds like a horror movie played too loud.
Australia: from October to December
The Australian shows were first announced for October 10 at Festival Hall in Melbourne, October 11 at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and October 14 at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, with tickets going on sale in May. Current listings now show the same venues in December instead: Brisbane on December 8, Sydney (Enmore Theatre) on December 10 and Melbourne on December 11, with some gig guides marking them as rescheduled. We have not seen an official statement explaining the move, so if you bought tickets for October, check your ticket provider for the latest details.
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From Goose Creek to the top of the underground
OsamaSon, real name Amari Middleton, is from Goose Creek, South Carolina, and turned 23 this May. His run so far:
- Osama Season (2023): the mixtape that put him on the radar.
- Flex Musix (December 8, 2023): his debut album, followed by the deluxe Flxtra in February 2024.
- 3vil Reflection (May 2024): the joint project with Glokk40Spaz.
- Jump Out (January 24, 2025, Motion/Atlantic): the breakout. It reached No. 151 on the Billboard 200 and earned Pitchfork's Best New Music tag with an 8.2.
- Psykotic (October 10, 2025, Atlantic/Motion): debuted at No. 81 on the Billboard 200.
2026 brought the single "Off That!" on his birthday, May 20 (rumored to lead his next album, Nocturnal), and a feature on Ken Carson's "vamp city" from the cartunez EP. If you are waiting on the Opium side of things too, we covered Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely's 00twinz separately.
He makes beats too: how OsamaSon learned production
Before he was a rapper, OsamaSon was a producer. His uncle, a musician, taught him FL Studio, and in high school he made instrumentals under the name Damn 4K. His production influences say a lot about where his sound comes from: Chief Keef, NLE Choppa, Summrs and Kankan, the plugg and rage pioneers whose bouncy, glitchy beats shaped a whole generation of SoundCloud producers.
That producer background shows. In a 2025 Complex interview he described his older mixes as "just a loud bass thing" and talked about recording for hours on end. The loudness is not an accident. It is the aesthetic.
The producers behind the OsamaSon sound
On Jump Out, the main and executive producer was ok, with credits for Gyro, Legion, Warren Hunter, Skai, Jay Trench (who produced "Ref"), rokonthetrack and OsamaSon himself. Psykotic kept a lot of that circle together, with Warren Hunter, Gyro, Roxie, Rok, Skai, Legion, ok and Lil O in the credits. Skai's name will also be familiar from Ken Carson's credits, a reminder of how connected the rage producer scene really is.
Breaking down "maximalist rage"
The Fader's Vivian Medithi called OsamaSon's style "maximalist rage", and the Chicago Reader described it as "woozy, discombobulating, and sometimes suffocatingly layered." Here is our breakdown of what that means in practice, so you can apply it to your own OsamaSon type beat.
1. Bass that overloads on purpose
Everything starts with the low end. The 808s are big, distorted and loud enough to push the whole mix into saturation. The trick is to distort the 808's mid harmonics hard (that is what you hear on small speakers) while keeping the sub frequencies under control so the track does not turn into a muddy rumble.
2. Synths stacked until they blur
Where Opium rage leans on one buzzy lead, OsamaSon's beats often stack several synth layers into one wall of sound. Detuned layers, heavy saturation and a bit of grit on the master bus create that "suffocating" texture. Keep the melody simple so the layers don't fight each other.
3. Drums with the energy of a mosh pit
Hard, clipped kicks, aggressive snares and hats that roll constantly. Distorting the drum bus as a whole, instead of every drum separately, glues everything together and gives you that live, crowd-shaking feel.
4. Saturated, blown-out vocals
The vocals are part of the noise too: pushed, saturated and sitting inside the beat rather than floating on top of it. If you produce for artists in this lane, leave room in the mids for a vocal that is going to be distorted anyway.
PRODUCER TOOLKIT
Chasing that blown-out sound? The TrapWin crew built the Blood Moon drum kit around distorted, maximalist rage drums. Inspired by the plugg pioneers OsamaSon grew up on? Try the Astral Plug (Summrs type) and Cosmic Hustle (Kankan type) kits. For the processing, DRUM KILLA smashes the drum bus and HEAT distorts the 808 mids while keeping the sub clean.
Why OsamaSon matters for producers
OsamaSon proves something important for anyone making beats in their bedroom: an artist who started as a producer, learning FL Studio from a family member, can build a sound so recognizable that thousands of producers now make "OsamaSon type beats" every week. The lesson is not to copy his beats, but to commit fully to a sound. Pick an extreme, push it further than feels safe, and make it yours.
Try it: a maximalist rage starter recipe
- Start with a loud, distorted 808 pattern before you write any melody.
- Stack two or three simple synth layers, detune them slightly and saturate them together.
- Program hard, minimal drums and distort the whole drum bus.
- Add grit on the master, then pull back until it is loud but still readable on phone speakers.
- Leave a hole in the mids for a distorted vocal.
No sounds yet? Grab the free Little Noob Drums kit and start cooking, or check out the Cold Blooded kit if you are a fan of OsamaSon's 3vil Reflection collaborator Glokk40Spaz.
Underground Trap Times is the editorial section of TrapWin, a crew of producers, musicians and artists. TrapWin is not affiliated with OsamaSon, Atlantic, Motion, Live Nation or any artist mentioned. Type kits describe a sound style only.