Foreshadowed by the singing style, the drummer switches to a swing groove, and then a tribal tom-heavy beat, AND THEN an electric-touched hip-hop rhythm, effectively highlighting the group’s “Polyrhythmic” abilities. A riding bassline emerges with a distant Guzheng until we are lifted into Nai Palm’s lengthy and textured vocals, which seduce us into the following section as the voices swing, chanting “S o drop into this”.

We are in a jungle surrounded by solemn synth, serpents and sneaking guitarists. A jungle-sounding bass boom over heavenly guitar strums as a robotic voice emanates “ choose your weapon!” It feels like a lush and soulful character selection screen. The snaps turn into the component of the rhythmic structure of the second part. After sounding like a machine turning on, we enter the realm created by Hiatus Kaiyote, aided by very soft interjections, a sample of a soft radio, a rooster crowing, snaps, other interesting sounds. I limit myself to four sentences per song to keep this at a reasonable length, and will proceed in the order of the album.Īs the intro to the album, this instrumental serves to transport. The purpose of this review is to develop a better idea of Hiatus Kaiyote’s acoustic profile as musicians through an analysis of their 2015 album, Choose Your Weapon. This is what it’s for” after being diagnosed with breast cancer (we wish you the best.) What results is an extraordinary group with a very particular vision for their sound, a unique atmosphere of neo-soul – essentially a mix of soul and R&B with elements of jazz, funk, hiphop and other features – who is capable of bringing an skillful and surgical musicality and musicianship with a diverse blend of colors and textures that sound so familiar, yet somewhat out of reach. Breakthrough artist of 2013, Hiatus Kaiyote is a group of three: Paul Bender, a bassist, who studied music at the University of Miami, Keyboardist Simon Mavin who studied music at Monash University, multi-instrumentalist and ex-hip-hop producer Perrin Moss, and vocalist-guitarist Nai Palm, who once said “Let my music comfort you.

Hiatus Kaiyote describe themselves as “Multi-Dimensional, Polyrhythmic Gangster Shit.” Formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2011, this neo-soul group has released two extended plays, one single and two albums this twice Grammy-nominated group has remained quite busy during those 8 years active. Choose Your Weapon by Hiatus Kaiyote: full review and analysis

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