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After selling out the Melbourne launch of the single, the band was invited to headline Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM x Northside Records live Melbourne broadcast, teasing exclusive album cuts and drawing high praise from Peterson, stating it was “.one of the most incredible live performances I’ve seen’. The debut single Modern Romance was unleashed in October 2018 with a kinky, captivating visual accompaniment that marked the return of the Laneous legacy. In classic Laneous fashion, the musical references for the record run deep, winding through an eclectic array of artists from Martin Denny, Burt Bacharach and The Beach Boys to Shuggie Otis, Wild Cookie and Wu-Tang. Excited to create new music with an artist they’d previously referenced as an inspiration, Paul Bender and Simon Mavin (Hiatus Kaiyote) came on board swiftly, joined by Hudson Whitlock (Cactus Channel) on drums and Donny Stewart (Jazz Party) on vibraphone and flugelhorn - a key element in bringing Mitchell’s vision of an exotica/soul infused album to life. The review aggregator Metacritic gave the album a normalized rating of 88 out of 100, based on 6 reviews, indicating 'universal acclaim'. In 2014, the band began working on their second album, Choose Your Weapon, which was released on.
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In 2016, after 8 years of humbly dominating the Australian underground art, soul and jazz scene Mitchell relocated to Melbourne - a move that would instigate and inspire the long-awaited debut solo LANEOUS record that fans and peers had been craving for nearly a decade. Hiatus Kaiyote in Music Business Worldwide. But while Hiatus’ Nai Palm told media Laneous was “a genius” he often credited music and drawings to pseudonyms. Regularly sought after to provide features for other bands and cover art for Hiatus Kaiyote albums Tawk Tomahawk and Choose Your Weapon, he worked diligently to support his community. A world-class guitarist, vocalist, composer, visual artist and – significantly - muse, Mitchell’s unique ability to shine, create and inspire across genres was his obvious forte, even then. Word of their talent soon reached UK’s perennial tastemaker Gilles Peterson who featured the band on his compilation, Brownswood Bubblers Four alongside other breakthrough acts at the time, Mayer Hawthorne, Floating Points and Lone. " like a human centipede sewn out of all the greatest musicians from the past 80 years" - Liam Pieper (Beat Magazine)Įmerging from Brisbane’s music-art bohemian West End in 2008, self-taught, prodigious musician Lachlan Mitchell aka Laneous, began his eclectic and colourful journey in music as the leading member of funk band KAFKA, stamping his trademark falsetto croon on an Australian music landscape that wasn’t quite ready for an artist whose standout influence was D’Angelo’s ‘Voodoo’. "One of the most incredible live performances I’ve seen" - Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio 6 Music) ‘ Choose Your Weapon’ is Hiatus Kaiyote’s most successful album to date, with their songs, ‘ Molasses’ with 15.9 million plays on Spotify followed by ‘Fingerprints’ with 10 million plays.*** Nominated for ALBUM OF THE YEAR at the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards 2020 ➙ wrldwd.fm/WWA20 It is rumored that the group will be releasing new music together again. In 2017, lead singer Nai Palm released her solo debut album, Needle Paw, garnering the attention of Drake, who featured her on his album, ‘ Scorpion’. The album contained their song, ‘ Breathing Underwater’, which was also Grammy nominated for Best R&B Performance in the same year. The group released their second album in 2015 titled ‘ Choose Your Weapon’ which debuted on the Australian albums chart at number 22 and number 11 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. Gilles Peterson also praises the band, naming them Breakthrough Artist of 2013.
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In the next year, the group was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance for ‘ Nakamarra’. Remi introduced the group to Q-Tip, where he remixed their single, ‘ Nakamarra’, for the worldwide release of their debut album. Remi contacted the group and signed Hiatus Kaiyote to his label, Flying Buddha. The group independently released their debut album, ‘ Tawk Tomahawk’ in 2012 which gained the attention of Q-Tip, Erykah Badu and Salaam Remi. Hiatus Kaiyote met in their home city, Melbourne in 2012. The quartet is comprised of Naomi ‘Nai Palm’ Saalfield on the vocals, Paul Bender on bass, Perrin Moss on the drums/percussion and Simon Mavin on the keyboard. Hiatus Kaiyote is a Grammy nominated future soul quartet from Melbourne, Australia.