‘Slide’ into the weekend with something unusual from the Germanic KID BE KID. ‘Slide feat. Julia Kadel & Simon Denizart’ was released today via SPRINGSTOFF. Be ready for cascading piano keys as unusual freestyle female beatboxing grabs your attention and keeps it hooked.
It’s an exciting weekend for KID BE KID as Sunday 08 March will see her live at Urban Urtyp, Bochum in Germany. Unable to make that date? We recommend making a plan to see her on one of her upcoming dates as this muso has proved herself worth seeing live. The engergy KID BE KID brings to the stage is unmissable.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
08 March 2020 – Urban Urtyp, Bochum, Germany
17 March 2020 – L’Aéronef in Lille, France
02 April 2020 – with Becca Stevens in Café de la Danse, Paris, France
25 April 2020 – Kito, Bremen, Germany
26 April 2020 – Mojo Jazz Café, Hamburg, Germany
30 April 2020 – Weimar, Germany
02 May 2020 – Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld, Germany
08 May 2020 – with Ark Noir and Simon Denizart, Jazzclub Tonne in Kurländer Palais, Dresden, Germany
29 May 2020 – with Julia Kadel and Kid be Kid meets Julia Kadel in Schloss Horst, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
UK-based new genre-hopping guitar trio SEN3 have emerged from London’s melting pot. The band create a compelling wide-screen soundworld that’s rich in melody and emotive harmonies, contemporary beat-culture and heavy riffs.
The SEN3 adventure started in 2012, when guitarist Max, drummer Saleem, and bass player Dan met at a live music night in Shoreditch and felt almost instant chemistry. They quickly started a jam band who navigated between Hip-Hop, Jazz Fusion, Funk and 70’s rock, organically developing their sound solely through playing together.
What are some of your earliest memories of music?
Being 8 years old having guitar lessons at school and hating it ha!
Listening to Nat King Cole in the car with my mum
Take us through your songwriting process. Are there any particular steps you take when putting music together?
We meet up improvise either freely or around some kind of template. Most of the material is put together and tested live on gigs. We don’t really come to the table with finished songs we each bring a different element and mesh it together to create a unified sound. We find the best stuff happens when we are playing freely and ultimately having fun. This tends to happen when we take a risk and try out some new unrehearsed ideas in front of an audience. We used to have a few residencies around London that we’d use as writing sessions eventually fully finished tunes came out from these performances. For us we come up with the best stuff this way – you can always tell if something is working in a live show more than in a rehearsal room. Sometimes things don’t work as well as we thought and then we go back to the drawing board. With enough trial and error we ended up piecing together the songs in a way we think works the best for an audience.
Studio work and music creation or performing and interacting with a live audience, which do you prefer?
We love making new music and getting in the studio but we are definitely a live band at heart – we love playing live and taking an audience with us on a journey. We always dig in more live. There’s an energy you get on a gig that you don’t get in the studio.
What is the most memorable response you have had to your music?
Hard to pin that down to one thing. We are genuinely blown away that people come out to these shows and show us support. We started this band to have some fun and play out some ideas without any real preconceived plan. It means a lot to us that people keep coming back for more !. We recently played a sold-out show at Pizza express soho it just shows how far the band has come since we started this to have a laugh playing some ideas in a pub. We are really proud of this.
If you could put together a radio show, what kind of music would you play?
A mixture Psychedelic 70’s jazz-rock, Indie and minimalist electronic music
Name five artists and their albums who would appear on your radio show
Four Tet – There is love in you
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
Mahavishnu Orchestra – Inner Mountain flame
Madvillain – Madvillainy
Joy Division – Unknown pleasures
What would you like to achieve with your music? What does success look like to you?
We want to travel the world with our music and meet new people in places. We’d love to play in Japan!
One last thought to leave your fans with?
We are always working on new material and taking our sound to new unknown territories – album III is coming soon!
Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Ang Low defies easy categorisation, with the exception of one, effortless talent. With a golden voice, his is a story of constant discovery and change. From military brat and choir boy to petty thug and rejuvenated all-soul icon du jour, Ang Low has seen it all and bought the outrageous t-shirt.
See our exclusive interview with him below
What are some of your earliest memories of music?
I always have had music present. From hearing my mom sing at church or trying to create a rock band at 12. I was always interested in how music gave you feelings.
Take us through your songwriting process. Are there any particular steps you take when putting music together?
My songwriting process is always different. It could start from a nagging melody in my head.. a few chords on the piano.. or just a lyric I’m trying to find the right mood for. I do like to always get other producers to help me arrange after the template is laid down so I can primarily focus on songwriting and recording.
Studio work and music creation or performing and interacting with a live audience, which do you prefer?
Great question. Both have areas I’m addicted to. Studio work gets me lit because it’s like you’re lost trying to find your way out and the song is the exit. You’re always searching for a vibe or lyric or melody… it’s intoxicating like a drug or as a puzzle. Performing tho is like good familiar sex. I already put the work in to make the song… it’s practised and tuned. The only thing I’ve got to do is come lay down with it and marinate in it.
What is the most memorable response you have had to your music?
I got a response on a video the other day from this young girl saying that one of my songs had really helped through some tough situations in the past. She wrote she had been a longtime fan and always used my song to get over stuff. I’ve never thought about my work helping people like that. I mean it’s just a song I thought. But it’s so much more for others sometimes. It’s a great feeling to know that I am part of something artistic that’s bigger than me.
If you could put together a radio show, what kind of music would you play?
pop, r&b and jazz all zzay
Name five artists and their albums who would appear on your radio show
Well first of all… I’d have myself as the first guest lol cause I’m dope… Ang Low (UP), then maybe… Frank ocean (orange), Jazmine Sullivan (lions tigers and bears, Robyn (Konichiwa) and Adele (19).
What would you like to achieve with your music? What does success look like to you?
My goal with my music is to consistently connect with the everyday person. Being an artist means I’ve chosen to sacrifice my regular life for art and eventually I hope to get a little time back. Success means better connections with family and friends and most of all understanding myself better.
Singer, songwriter, business owner, and boss, Scarlet Parke is a lighthouse for dreamers. Driven by an inexorable force to create, persevere, and grow through her trauma, Scarlet’s music will make you feel every feeling.
She leaves no topic unturned and brings you into her world as a best friend and secret keeper. Outside of music, Scarlet is a rampant advocate for local artists and empowering their success via her company, Parke Ave. Parke Ave is a networking app that focuses on curating opportunities for local/unsigned artists via events, playlists, and local business partnerships.
What are some of your earliest memories of music?
Sitting alone in my room when I was 8 trying to sing every single Christina Aguilera run perfectly.
Take us through your songwriting process. Are there any particular steps you take when putting music together?
Every song starts differently. Sometimes a melody will pop into my head and sometimes I’ll hear a beat and freestyle lyrics but it’s definitely not something that happens when I think about it too much. Most of my songs are drafted as voice memos from random moments of inspiration.
Studio work and music creation or performing and interacting with a live audience, which do you prefer?
Performing. Hands down! Before I was ever a songwriter, I was a performer. I’ve always loved acting, dancing, and being a total ham.
What is the most memorable response you have had to your music?
I performed at a High School and when I announced I would be singing my song ‘Fallin’, one of the students asked if she could come sing with me. I brought her up and she sang the entire song perfectly! She told me she had been singing it everyday and wanted to sing like me. My heart melted.
If you could put together a radio show, what kind of music would you play?
I would play local pop, R&B, hip-hop, soul and funk. Anything that people gets people moving and feeling good.
Name five artists and their albums who would appear on your radio show
Sam Lachow – Lady Sunday, Dave B – Sweetest Thing, Archie – Bad Bitch, Macntaj – Trappy Gilmore, Zahara – Delicate
What would you like to achieve with your music? What does success look like to you?
I want to be a pillar of inspiration for those coming from less than ideal circumstances. I want to inspire people to persevere and chase their dreams.
