Whatever metaphors and superlatives one may use, and even if it is a well used cliché: it is really very difficult to describe the music of the phenomenal Berlin artist who is calling herself KID BE KID. She really is a sensation.
Listening to KID BE KID while she is simultanously singing and beatboxing, playing the piano and synths, is simply breathtaking. How does she do that? Where is this incredible power coming from? With such an effortless certainty of style?
Speaking of which: It is by no means only just one style that she can be pinned down to. KID BE KID blurs genre boundaries playfully and fluidly. There are jazzy pianos, funky R&B grooves, clubby sci-fi synth pads and electronic patterns, and on top: her expressive soul vocals. Great pop with an exclamation mark. Think The Internet, James Blake, Alica Keys, Thom Yorke and Rhazel from the Roots. Except that with KID BE KID, everything visibly flows out of one person's body all at once.
„Sense“ is – after „A Room To Dance“ – the latest single by KID BE KID. Recorded completely live and simultanously performed on grand piano, synths, human beatbox and vocals, "Sense" showcases all facets of her art in the course of the song performance. Everything seems to be very light and in flow with KID BE KID. Yet her music is mind-bogglingly complex. Her body is serving as a groove machine in constant multitask mode, as a tactile tentacle and as a voice for her very own jazzy version of modern soul.
But this is far more than some R&B update for the next cappucino playlist.
Kid be Kid is a true Berlin sensation.
