News Known for sample-heavy releases, label has been dormant for nearly 15 years Illegal Art's Matthew S. (aka Philo T. Farnsworth / Myth Math) (photo: Valentin & Son). After more than a decade in hibernation, the famously subversive label Illegal Art is back — and it’s returning with both its original ethos intact and a noticeably more personal twist from the mysterious man who started it. Founded in 1998 and shuttered in 2012, Illegal Art built its reputation on sample-heavy, legally provocative releases that challenged the music industry’s definition of originality, a la Girl Talk’s Feed the Animals . Now, as questions around authorship resurface in the age of AI, the label is relaunching with a new slate that blends its collage roots with broader, genre-fluid experimentation. Leading the reboot is Myth Math, a new project from founder Matthew S, who previously operated behind aliases like Oh Astro and the pseudonymous label head Philo T. Farnsworth.…