Anime DJ kai.wav has teamed up with chart-topping singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc to launch “I Want A Greenback,” the first-ever official dance music rework of Blacc’s 2010 hit of the identical identify.
Touchdown on Central Station Information final Friday, the brand new observe marks kai.wav’s official debut single following his debut remix of Norwegian favourite Matoma’s “The Energy” in March, and captures the soulful really feel of Blacc’s unique report with a summery stutter-house-inspired twist.
kai.wav is totally different from most DJs. He’s not human. Reasonably, he’s considered one of three “metastars” from Hume, a web3 report label and visible arts studio devoted to breaking the world’s first music-driven digital artists. Although they don’t exist in the actual world, these conceptual musicians come to life within the metaverse on Hume’s blockchain-based platform.
In line with kai.wav’s backstory, the U.S.-based artist has emerged from an alternate world paying homage to Venice Seashore, California, and started producing two years in the past when he discovered his late father’s report assortment and began flipping samples from it. Drawing from this key factor of his inventive expression, he’s now inviting followers to “be a part of the wave” and get behind a brand new style he calls “Serotonin home.”
And lots have. Since showing on the scene solely six months in the past, kai.wav has amassed over 70,000 Instagram followers, 3.6 million listeners, and over 20 million views on his video content material, which brings the summary particular person to life in an Anime world courtesy of Hume’s visible designers.
“kai.wav is an artist in contrast to another. Aloe is an artist in contrast to another,” says Hume co-founder and govt producer James Stolar, the actual songwriter behind kai.wav. “Once we began Hume the purpose was all the time to outline new genres and create new types of leisure. This track and the content material round it achieves that, not simply musically however experientially.”
Hear kai.wav and Aloe Blacc’s “I Want A Greenback” rework beneath.
Featured picture from kai.wav.
