Cakes Da Killa - Svengali [CLOUDY CLEAR LP]

Cat. no: YAR36LPC1
Format: LP CLOUDY CLEAR
Barcode: 192641874529
Release Date: 29 Sep 2023
Genre: Electronic

With the release of Svengali Cakes Da Kills adds another landmark to his catalogue and brings the long-running relationship between hip-hop and house music into a new chapter

Svengali is a cinematic experience, charting a love affair from hookup to breakup, with all of the highs and lows of romance and attraction in between. Always a brutally (and hilariously) unfltered voice, the album sees Cakes bringing a new layer of vulnerability and depth to his writing, charting the vicissitudes of love in and out of the club. Coming on the heels of the high- energy cult- favourite Muvaland Vol. 1 & 2 mixtapes (but recorded before either of them), Svengali dialsback the manic, rave-till-dawn energy in favour of beats by producer Sam Katz
that offer more subtle moods, as well as a jazz infuence that connects Cakes to the early days of queer culture that bubbled up out of New York jazz clubs and the sonically ambitious jazz lovers who pioneered house music.

Four singles including videos / visuals out ahead of the album release, plus remix EP running alongside physical release.

Will be touring EU/UK + NA around physical release date.

Confrmed for Glastonbury, Sonar and some BeNeLux and German festivals.

Recently completed headline tour dates in Aus / NZ, KU + EU, plus NA dates supporting TOKiMONSTA.

Recent highlights: BBC 6M track premiere + playlist for 2 x singles, Pitchfork track review, NPR track review, Colors feature, BK Vegan, CoS, Clash Mag, Crack Mag interview, P4k, Paper, RA, Mixmag, ID, Impose, Stereogum, Fader, Afropunk, TheQuietus, The Independent, KEXP, Mixmag, Resident Advisor, Paper Mag,
Guardian feature, bandcamp feature, clash mag feature, pitchfork album review, complex feature, dj mag feature, them. feature, Mixmag feature

There's been a hip-hop and house crossover building for decades that deserves recognition...At the forefront of New York's house-rap scene since 2011, the introspective Cakes toes the line between bounce and thought. - NPR.

Cakes Da Killa seamlessly blends club music with hip-hop -- just like he has over the past decade. - CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND.

Cakes has little left to prove - PITCHFORK

LP CLOUDY CLEAR Tracks: Overture / W4TN / Rabbit Hole / Svengali / Luv Me Nots / La Cocaina / Mirror Mirror / Drugs Du Jour / Gratitude / Ball and Chain / Sip of My Sip / Luv Me Nots (Reprise) / Sub Song / Think Harder / Climax / Sip of My Sip (Remix) ft. Blu Bone

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