If you have a chance to see them live, I would definitely recommend it. Very impressive - especially since I didn't know that she could play keys. Usually the best stuff comes out when you're just kinda winging it.' Indeed, Hiatus Kaiyote isn't merely a soul/funk/jazz collective it's a boldly unconventional paradigm, with Nai a singer/songwriter, and Bender, Simon and Moss all instinctive musicians and bedroom producers.
She was playing a pretty complex bass line while comping with the RH and singing - in meters that shifted between 11/4 and 10/4 as far as I could tell/feel. Their lead singer, Nai Palm, is also their guitarist, and she is an incredible musician. She showed of some really impressive LH bass skills in one of their first songs. Self-described as 'Future-Soul', Hiatus Kaiyote play tight, jazz and R&B driven tunes that seem to evoke both Erykah Badu and Billie Holiday at the same time. Lead singer Nai Palm was playing a Korg SV1 for one or two songs as well. It sounded really great but had a tendency to get lost in the mix when the reverb was dialed up. On top of the Kronos he had what looked like a Strymon Big Sky reverb pedal that he ran the MS2000 through. On the second tier he had some kind of Roland keyboard, perhaps just a controller. The keyboardist, Simon Mavin, was playing a Korg Kronos and a Korg MS2000. The newer songs with eight meter changes and breaks every fifth bar can be a bit to much after a while - a bit ostentatious and showy.īut all in all I really liked the concert! Hiatus Kaiyote has already achieved big successes from sold out performances (400+) in Melbourne to upcoming festival dates throughout Australia in fall, 2012, to the worldwide group of fans that. A two-time Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and musician from Melbourne, Australia, Nai Palm is a composer, instrumentalist, producer, vocalist and poet who approaches all of these self-taught disciplines with an intuitive, infectious grace. On he published his debut single as a solo artist with his release of, ‘Sunny.
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He has a wide range of influences such as The Beatles, Mac Demarco, Hiatus Kaiyote, WIlco, D’Angelo and many more. I would have to say that I like the older and more 'simple' stuff more as well. Needle Paw is the first solo album by Nai Palm, the lead singer and composer of R&B future soul outfit Hiatus Kaiyote. Serving as the bands lead singer and guitar player. However, she really liked some of their older tracks like 'Nakamurra', they are a bit easier to follow rhythmically. It's really groovy with a lot of polyrhythm and breaks - as a musician I find it really interesting to listen to, but my girlfriend - a self proclaimed Taylor Swift lover - found it a bit to "weird" at times. They played a lot of new material from their newest album 'Choose your weapon'. My first comment: Great show! You really have to admire the level of musicianship that these guys have. I had tickets to their concert last night at Gramercy Theatre in NYC.
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