20-year-old producer 9lives crafts dopamine rocketing beats infused with sigilkore mayhem. Collaborating with powerhouse Odetari, the Auckland local has, like many gen-Z-ers, made a name for himself online and found himself as a go-to producer for names such as Bktherula, Ty Dolla $ign, Lancey Foux and Skaiiwater. Catch 9lives’ frenzied atmospherics when we bring the underground outside at Laneway Aotearoa.