![]() ![]() They arrive on an unstoppable musical mission with the ‘3 Started Alone‘ EP for the formidable and diverse NYC label family that is True Panther Sounds (King Krule, Girls, Delorean, Hyetal, Glasser), four cuts of relentlessly hook-laden, beat-driven brilliance and a stirring emotional directness, equally at home on club subs or headphones. The propulsive kicks and goose-bump synths provide a backdrop for his best friends’ Paul Black and Tilz to take centre stage as two distinctive new UK soul voices. ![]() The faultless beats come courtesy of Ossie (Hyperdub, 20/20 Vision), one of the most talked-about breaking UK producers, this time exposing classic Chicago house and disco influences, as well as his own trademark visionary flare for twisted, broken LDN R&B. Together, Ossie, Paul Black and Tilz are Black Orange Juice, exciting new faces in the ever-fertile and innovative forefront of UK dance music. Naming Kodie one of the best new artists, Pigeons & Planes said, “the budding talent operates on a high-octane field of his own, confident as hell and raring to bring the world to Houston. “It's like putting the ugliest words on the most beautiful beats.”Īlbums like 2018’s Kodie Kardashian and 2019’s Vogue marked gradual steps away from the innocent charm of his earlier songs towards a more polished artistic vision that coalesces on his forthcoming mixtape. “When you grow up on that shit, it just gets embedded in your skin,” BBY Kodie explains. He began throwing biweekly DIY shows with HVN, growing his fanbase locally and online.įor the 20-year-old rapper-producer, putting words together is an art form based in the Texas lineage of flexing and freestyling. By high school, he was dropping a song a day on SoundCloud. As a teenager, he discovered rappers Future, Young Thug and Lil Yachty alongside Houston legends like Lil Flip – and channeled his influences into his first beats on Fruity Loops. There, Kodie grew up with jazz and soul blaring through the house. ABRA is a true PRINCESS in a monarchy of her own creation.īorn in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 2000, Kodie was raised by his biological mother’s adopted sister and her husband, who moved to Houston when he was two. No longer a lone outlier, she is a leader and lightning rod for a world of fellow outsiders. Never compromising on her vision or artistic process, she has molded her surroundings into her strict aesthetic and vision. After a year spent alternating between the mania of worldwide touring and self-imposed recording isolation, Princess is a bold new step for an artist who is growing more accomplished day by day. ![]() ![]() Princess is a portal into her self-contained universe and it shines with a profound confidence. She conceives her own videos and acts as art director for all packaging and photo shoots. While still featuring on various Awful Records artists’ music, her own music and image is sacrosanct. Even within the rap-oriented Awful crew she is an iconoclast: for her own productions, she avoids the conventional sounds of Atlanta trap in favor of drums and synthesizers reminiscent of 1980's pop. The Awful crew - a collective of friends, artists and collaborators creating their own hypercolor, DIY version of Atlanta’s burgeoning weirdo-rap movement - embraced her fully. Those videos eventually led her to a new community, Awful Records. Then, as now, she found inspiration in unique juxtapositions, as seen in her early acoustic covers of Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka Flame and 2 Chainz that she posted on Youtube. As an introverted youth, she dug into the internet to find community and inspiration. Utilizing different components of Miami Freestyle and electro-funk 808’s topped with her own airy R&B-tinged vocals, ABRA’s voice and sounds are familiar, but uniquely contemporary.Įvery note on the Princess EP, out July 15th on True Panther Sounds, is written, produced, and performed by ABRA - often in the solitude of her bedroom closet. Instead, it’s a blend of influences, informed - but not defined - by its surroundings. Like her upbringing, ABRA’s music isn’t specific to a place, a time, or a sound. Moving around with her missionary parents, she was born in New York and raised in South London, before eventually landing in Atlanta. ![]()
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