ARTIST INFO

 

Territory: G/A/S

Current Album: Back Off Man, I’m A Scientist

Format: CD / Digiwax Vinyl

Release Date: 20th October 08

Label: First Word Records

Cat No: FW24

Booking: linus.munz(at)ssc-group.net

 

kidkanevil is back! Following on from the massive success of last year’s ‘Problems & Solutions’ the talented producer returns with another great set to get your head bouncing. kidkanevil has a crafted a diverse, mature second album - ten tracks of pure quality: all-killer-no- filler. The album takes in a variety of styles including soul (Stomp), hip hop (RIP), afro-reggae (Yuki’s Hometown Hifi ), downtempo (Ketto Revisited) and beats (Tokyorkshire / Real Wild) all imbued with that unmistakablekidkanevil sound.

With a whole host of global musical talent cueing up to work with the kid, the collabs on this are of the highest quality. The UK is represented by the mysterious Double D Dagger on the relentless anti- rap rap anthem ‘RIP’ – a swaggering critique on the current state of the hip hop world. Germany’s electro soul brother number 1 Taprikk Sweezee weighs in on lead-single‘Black Bug’ with a jaw- dropping vocal performance over an unstoppable uptempo club stomper – this is crazy!

Elsewhere Sweden’s Kissey Asplund and the highly-acclaimed Californian emcee Blu (doing his fi nest slick rick English accent!) combine on the sultry ‘When I Dig’ and kidkanevil’s Stateless bandmate Justin Percival lends a fantastic soul-drenched performance to album opener ‘Stomp’.

The album closes with the brooding Ketto Revisited featuring Ninja Tune’s Bonobo, where the two minds meet for a remarkable re-interpretation of the monkey man’s original. With a host of live shows & DJ sets booked in for this autumn and loads more remixing and production work in the pipeline (including a co-production with one of the biggest names in the global hip hop scene – watch this space!), ‘Back Off Man’, is set to be

one of the key releases of 2008.

 

Praise for kidkanevil:

“Like DJ Shadow jamming with Bonobo while listening to J Dilla - a sonic visionary”

iDJ Magazine

“Problems & Solutions is a future classic” Straight No Chaser

“Incredible! Like the best of RJD2 & Timbaland combined” Bonobo, Ninja Tune

“Like DJ Shadow raised on the Yorkshire moors” Hip Hop Connection