The Future Soul of Hiatus Kaiyote

Hiatus Kaiyote are a soul group – or "future-soul" group, as they call themselves – for those whose conception of soul is of a music that, at its most expansive and experimental, can incorporate elements of jazz, hip-hop, glitchy electronica, prog and rock.

Put it this way: Prince tweeted about the Australian quartet recently, and Animal Collective love them...




...as does Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of the Roots. "Once in a blue moon, something moves me so much I'm willing to alienate friends when an UNDENIABLE project comes along," he gushed. "THIS is that project."

Erykah Badu, too, is in thrall to their off-kilter melodies and fuzzy performances that were born out of jam sessions that were particularly free of form. source

Their most recent album is titled Tawk Tomahawk .

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