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Kaytranada – 99.9% (2016, Vinyl) - Discogs Kaytranada – 99.9% (2016, Vinyl) - Discogs

As a producer, Kaytranada is a svengali of samples, stacking tracks like building blocks to craft fresh beats with a vintage feel. If you’d like to hear a cerebral wordsmith rhyming over Kaytra beats, you’re better off seeking out his collaborations with Wiki or Mach-Hommy. According to Pitchfork, the producers are joining forces with Vinyl Me, Please to drop their debut link-up. Despite their clear chemistry, their only other collaboration would come on Rejjie Snow’s 2018 single “ Egyptian Luvr. Recorded at Hive Mind Studios in Brooklyn, NY, with the help of producer/arrangers Mike Buckley and Vincent Chiarito (both members of Charles Bradley's Extraordinaires) and crack team of a-list musicians, his upcoming album blends heavy arrangements and introspective lyrics with sophistication, leaving the listener in a blissful wash of wonderment.Contains a sample of "Pontos De Luz" performed by Gal Costa, courtesy of Universal Brazil by arrangement of Universal Music Entertainment. and Jenkins on "Gray Area", which, with its ping-pong percussion and chest-cavity kicks, fronts like the soundtrack to the club of your dreams. His full length debut on Daptone Records is equal parts raw feeling and elegance and exudes confidence and charm. Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing Jalen perform live knows that he is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. Kaytranada’s first two albums flowed like seamless mixes, his house-adjacent style bending and shifting to suit the personalities of the guest vocalists.

KAYTRANADA - 99.9% Vinyl at Juno Records. KAYTRANADA - 99.9% Vinyl at Juno Records.

The song is an accompanying score to the producers' appearance in Driven by Sound, a new documentary short produced by Pitchfork that showcases a custom build of Lexus' new IS Wax Edition, a version of the car with, you guessed it, a built-in turntable. Pharrell adds a sprinkle of his ageless pop perfection to lead single “4EVA,” contributing both the hook and co-production, and Amaarae manages to match Aminé’s smooth-singing dick-swinging in her own high register on “Sossaup.

Last month, Madlib released Sound Ancestors, a joint project with Four Tet disguised as a solo release. Over its 40 years in business, PIAS has grown to be one of the largest independently-owned music groups in the world, carving out its own in-house recorded music division PIAS [Recordings].