This year, I will be attending my first music festival, Osheaga, located in Montreal, Quebec. While this festival is not as popular as other more renowned festivals such as Lollapalooza, Made in America and Coachella, I am genuinely excited as in a span of a weekend I will be seeing many of my favourite musicians and artists. My aim in the next few weeks leading to the festival is to highlight some of the artists I will be seeing in anticipation for Osheaga 2016.
Montreal’s own KAYTRANADA is one of the artists slated for a set on the Saturday of Osheaga weekend. KAYTRANADA is a musician, producer and DJ. I came about KAYTRANADA from his work on The Internet’s Girl – a song that captivates you with its smooth composition and love trance lyrics. After enjoying his production on Girl, I later found remixes to Rihanna’s Kiss It Better, Crucial by K-OS and Danny Brown’s Lie4, all which made me further appreciate his abilities as a producer and DJ. His ability to take a song and reinvent it – and make you love it through a different lens - by remixing is amazing. His remixing abilities are top notch; his performance at Osheaga is a set that I am excited to see. KAYTRANADA has recently released his debut album 99.9%, which I enjoyed entirely. KAYTRANADA’s talent can be seen as he caters to a wide range of genres. Gathering artists from R&B, Rap, Jazz and neo soul, KAYTRANADA’s features are from different genres, giving them all a platform to coexist. His versatility and seamless transitions exemplified on most songs is what makes this project stand out for me. Features on 99.9% include: Craig David, AlunaGeorge, Vic Mensa, BadBadNotGood, Anderson .Paak, SYD, and many more. Illustrating his versatility, KAYTRANADA’s production, along with his unique use of percussive instruments, creates a dreamy listen for the audience. A feature that cannot be avoided in discussion of this album: Anderson .Paak on GLOWED UP. Anderson .Paak and KAYTRANADA create a soulful and futuristic track which quickly became one of my favourite songs from 99.9%. What I love about this track is that it is basically two songs in one. Anderson .Paak starts the song with charismatic verses boasting, “lately I’ve been glowed up, paper finally showed up.” Anderson .Paak then transitions to more soulful excerpts, “In the hands of love, just like I wanna be.” GlOWED UP not only illustrates Anderson Paak’s versatility, but KAYTRANADA’s ability to create two different spacey beats filled with synths and drums that seamlessly transitions well together.
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