The Internet NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

September 29 2015 by TIMMHOTEP AKU The Internet is both an anomaly and a sign of the times No I'm not talking about the actual Internet you're using to read this text though that Internet is pretty special too I'm talking about the L A band featuring founding members Syd The Kid vocals production and Matt Martians keys production as well as Pat Paige bass Jameel Bruner keys and Chris Smith drums The band might just be the oddest thing to come from Odd Future the collective known for its irreverence and of course for making hip-hop The Internet doesn't stand out from the rest of Odd Future because of any over-the-top antics but because they make great R B music Beautiful textured enveloping R B Sure the swagger of hip-hop is apparent in Syd's songwriting and the swing of the beats but that doesn't mean it's adulterated theirs is some of the most refreshing neo-soul to come out in years and it's created by a band whose members were small children or not even born when the subgenre came to be in the mid- to late '90s That's where the sign-of-the-times part comes in while some decry the death of musicianship at the hands of samplers drum machines and computer programs we need look no further than the L A band for evidence to the contrary Seeing is believing so the band stopped by NPR's D C offices for a Tiny Desk performance that'll give you a taste of the new Ego Death and a song from 2013's Feel Good Watch the performance and put your Internet service to good use Ego Death is available now iTunes a https 3A 2F 2Fitunes apple com 2Fus 2Falbum 2Fego-death 2Fid999127640 a Amazon a http 3A 2F 2Fwww amazon com 2FEgo-Death-The-Internet 2Fdp 2FB00YSQL1EQ a Set List Get Away Under Control Dontcha Credits Producers Timmhotep Aku Josh Rogosin Morgan Walker Audio Engineer Josh Rogosin Videographers Morgan Walker Julia Reihs Cameron Robert photo by Lani Milton NPR For more Tiny Desk Concerts subscribe to our podcast a http 3A 2F 2Fwww npr org 2Fpodcasts 2F510292 2Ftiny-desk-concerts-video a

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