[Soul/Hip-Hop] Hiatus Kaiyote – Laputa (Taylor McFerrin Remix) Feat. Anderson .Paak

Hiatus Kaiyote
Laputa (Taylor McFerrin Remix feat. Anderson .Paak)

The current era of music has seen a shift in which risk-taking is rewarded. Those who have pushed genres into the forefront, or combined technical aspects across previously uncrossed planes have been showered with praises of ‘breakthrough’ and ‘genius’.

Comparable to the way in which Tame Impala championed psychedelia and had universal success, Melburnian band Hiatus Kaiyote is still waiting to reap the same scale of appreciation for operating in their own niche of the musical landscape.

“Under appreciated” is usually not a phrase used to describe multiple Grammy-nominated bands, but HK is by no means as recognized as their talent would dictate. Leading the way in the future soul and nu-jazz realms, they have been immeasurably successful in outpacing their contemporaries since their formation and debut album release in 2012.

Following up with Choose Your Weapon in May of last year, HK has since slowly gained recognition for their structural aspects and skillful composition. Further demonstrating the versatility of their sound, the quartet released their newest EP, Recalibrations, Vol. 1, a collection of remixes which came out this past Friday.

With the collaborative efforts of solo artist Taylor McFerrin and up and coming producer / vocalist Anderson .Paak, listeners were graced with a remix to “Laputa,” which debuted on their 2015 album Choose Your Weapon. The original, a song praising the Hayao Miyazaki film by the same name, is a minimalistic track that relies heavily on the talented vocals of lead singer Nai Palm. The remix, put together by frequent collaborator Taylor McFerrin (see their previous work together here), is a perfect extension of what existed previously.

Injected with a dreamy, beatboxing style seen in his own solo works, McFerrin’s “Laputa” takes a turn towards a redeeming love song following a psychedelic-synth bridge at the 2:00 mark. Anderson .Paak, capitalizing on the success of his January release, Malibu, provides the finishing touches by smoothly and soulfully rapping to the conclusion of the song.

With Recalibrations, Vol. 1 available now on iTunes, Hiatus Kaiyote will be touring the world and making believers of their brand one city at a time; they will be playing Lollapalooza, Osheaga, and Outside Lands to name a few. Fans new and old can keep up with the latest releases on their Soundcloud page.

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While most of the ninja team spent the weekend melting away under the desert sun at Coachella, the rest of us here at TMN have been hard at work to ensure that you have the latest and greatest tunes the internet has to offer. While FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out for those who don’t know) is inevitable while our eyes our glued to the live stream on YouTube, we’ve managed to keep ourselves relatively busy by scouring the net for the most serenely sublime tracks we could find. Although we expected a bit of a slowdown in output this week with the advent of festival season, we instead were surprised to stumble upon an overwhelming amount of material while assembling this magnificent playlist.

We can’t safely say we’ve covered everything here, but we’re fairly certain we’ve found the best of the best. Those include selections from Tin Gardens, D.R.A.M., Submotion Orchestra, Iman Europe, Tiara Thomas, Raleigh Ritchie, Betty Who, Bayou, Telescope Thieves, Joey Solo, XONA, WLYN, Falcons, Lido, Maryann, JENI, CompSci, woodini and Kwabs. Of course there’s plenty of other gems hidden below, but you’ll need to sift through to find them for yourself.

’Tin Gardens – Leave Slow’
’Slime ft. George Maple – Sonnet’
’May – Soul (FloFilz Remix)’
’Sye Elaine Spence – Is This Love’
’Moses Sumney – Plastic’
’Royal Auditorium – Selfless’
’D.R.A.M. – Feet In The Water w/ Sunny & Gabe’
’Midé – Wait For You Ft. Bianca Rose’
’Taylor McFerrin – The Antidote (feat. Nai Palm)’
’Submotion Orchestra – All Yours’
’IAMNOBODI – Try Me (feat. Ego Ella May)’
’Iman Europe – Kneva Know (prod. Zikomo)’
’Aaron “Ab” Abernathy – In Love/Near’
’Elle Varner – Little Do You Know’
’Tiffany Evans – Just Something To Say’
’Melo B Jones – Shoulda Woulda Coulda (prod. by Žiga Murko)’
’Maribelle Anes – Lips Lock (Prod. by Maribelle Anes)’
’August Alsina – Get Ya Money feat. Fabolous’
’Tiara Thomas – You Do’
’Math Allen – Get Out The Way (Prod. By The Ambassadors)’
’1 O.A.K. – Slide Thru Ft. P Lo (Prod. by Hyperspace Music)’
’Rome Fortune – Come & Get It (Prod. DunDeal)’
’SoMo – We Can Make Love’
’Raleigh Ritchie – The Chased’
’Betty Who – Lovin Start’
’Rizzo – Flush’
’MNEK – Every Little Word’
’Fantastic Mr Fox feat. Denai Moore – On My Own’
’HUNTAR – EXPECTATIONS (FTSE’S X X X – PECTATIONS MIX)’
’b a y o u – Airlock’
’THROWING SHADE – SWEET TOOTH (from the ’19 JEWELS’ EP – out on 19 May via No Pain In Pop)’
’K A I Z E N – The Doin”
’Telescope Thieves – Svns (feat. Nori)’
’Grand Beach – Swim Good ft. S. Carey & Daniela Andrade’
’Jon B – Calling On You ( J LOUIS ) remix’
’Jansport J – Teresa’s Prototype’
’John Legend – GreenLight (Iman Omari Flip)’
’Melo Zed – About (her)’
’Joey Solo – Christina (Out now on Play It Louder Vol.2)’
’kenji – True’
’kenji – If You’re Lost’
’WithLoveXavier – Better (Prod. XONA)’
’This Girl – Radio Roman (XONA Remix)’
’kwok. – I Got’
’WYLN – Changes’
’Duncan Gerow – Tinashe + Esta = Vulnerable’
’Ciara – Body Party (Kwok Remix)’
’Cassie
Me & U (Altisko Rework)’
’XONA – Doin U Right’
’Jalen Jenkins – For Me’
’PARTYNEXTDOOR – West District’
’PARTYNEXTDOOR – Persian Rugs (Falcons Bootleg)’
’Drake – Too Much (GXNXVS Remix) (Feat. Sampha)’
’Drake – Bria’s Interlude (SAVON Bootleg)’
’Poetic Justice – Kendrick Lamar (Ft Drake)(XONA Remix)’
’PlueStarfox – We Be All Night (DERP)’
’Yung Lean – Gatorade (Lido Remix)’
’Maryann – You And Me (Prod By N8 The Gr8)’
’JENI – Drunk In Luv (JENI SUK REFIX)’
’Miley Cyrus – Adore You (CompSci Remix)’
’Marvin Gaye – I’ve Got My Music (KidBeat Refix)’
’Jhene Aiko – My Afternoon Dream ( Telescope Thieves Edit)’
’J Rican – Prototype Body (StarRo X Jeftuz MashUp)’
’Raheem Devaughn – Woman (Layzie Edit)’
’Duncan Gerow – Usher + DJ Clue = My Way’
’Zedd – Find You (Sci Fi Scheme Remix)’
’MTBRD – Who Babe (Flamingosis Remix)’
’Mitch Murder – Mirage (SevnthWonder Remix)’
’noï – Injunction’
’The Weeknd – 28 (ALEXSANDER REMAKE)’
’2K2レイス – get it shawty’
’YUNG LEAN – GATORADE (DOLPHIN TEARS Lido EDIT)’
’Tinashe – 2 On Ft Schoolboy Q (woodini Remix) – DL in description’
’Fluke Nukes – NaNa’
’MellowMaswel – Always (Unmastered)’
’Kwabs – Something Right’
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