KID BE KID
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About
KID BE KID is a real sensation. The Berlin musician is an explosive firework. Well, whatever metaphors and superlatives one may use, and even if it is a much-described cliché: it is really very difficult to describe the music of this phenomenal artist with words.
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 somnambulistic certainty of style?
There are jazzy pianos, crispy R&B grooves, clubby sci-fi synth pads and electronic patterns, and on top: her expressive soul vocals. Now she is on a big European tour with her new album “Truly A Life Goal But No Ice Cream”, where everyone can enter her superheroine universe. So much talent in one person would hardly be bearable if KID BE KID wasn’t, above all, such a lovable funky freak!
Press
“A captivating listen from start to finish […]. Lauded for her superb performances across her career, the pianist, singer and human beatbox has consistently turned away from the conventional. Instead, the artist allows for her sound to evolve through experimentation, an instinct that has guided Kid Be Kid from a young age. […] Nowadays, the artist dabbles in a broad range of styles and influences, which ultimately lands at the genre-less. […] Her next steps certainly seem promising.”
– CLASH, UK
“What Kid Be Kid will delight audiences with is not only a consummate grasp of piano/vocal balance but also a truly unexpected twist on just what the human voice is really capable of. The carnival “one-man-band” sideshow of yore has been reinvented for the new millennium and Kid Be Kid has achieved something rare these days: true originality.”
– Pure Grain Audio
“You hear the typical KID BE KID sound made of accomplished beatboxing, vocals appearing like samples, broad synth sounds, acoustic piano, and deep bass lines. A finely assorted rhythmic puzzle depicting deep feelings.“
– A Room
“Kid be Kid is a Berlin based pianist/vocalist/beatboxer and a rising star in Germany. Her performance is based around her excellent piano playing and soulful singing. She throws in elements of just about every genre which could be very chaotic but actually she pulls it off brilliantly. She is a very likeable performer engaging the audience from the outset.“
– Jazzwise, UK
“To describe Berlin musician, singer and producer Kid Be Kid’s music as simply alternative or “futuristic” R&B would be far too reductive. Sure, it offers a new take on the sound — with its robotic synth washes, off-kilter beatboxing and unpredictable rhythms — but there’s more to it than that. […]
The German polymath manages to blend an almost punk approach with jazzy arrangements and flourishes, capped off with a haunting piano line that emerges from the mix and ultimately guides the track to its conclusion.”
– Complex
„KID BE KID does not follow the rules when it comes to music she creates.“
– Exit Through Sound