Not to put you in a box, but describe the sound that you have. L+T: Your music has been described as “future-soul”. Because we’ve already released Tawk Tomahawk online, was kind of to give an extra incentive to people that might already have the record. It was a trip recording my harmonies with such a legendary voice. He’s iconic, and we’re all big Tribe fans, so it was pretty amazing that we were able to come together. So, when I emailed Q-Tip his interest peaked which is an incredible sign. It’s cool to have a high guy on there dropping a verse, but I really wanted them to be informed about the history of it because it’s pretty sacred to us.
HIATUS KAIYOTE NAKAMARRA SKIN
He brought it to him and I wrote Q-Tip an email about the origins of the song because Nakamarra is an indigenous skin name and there’s a lot indigenous Australian cultural references in there. The Q-Tip collaboration came because he’s known Salaam for years. We’re the first band to be signed to his new label and as a result of that, it’s been distributed around the world, we’re with the CAA Agency. That was important to us and Salaam is such a tastemaker and skillful producer, I think he really resonated with that and was really supportive of our vision. People respond to our music because we’re doing what we’re doing, not because we’re working in a fancy studio or with certain producers. We always wanted to get our music out there, but the bottom line is that we continue to have our creative freedom and be able to record it the way. Through a really beautiful sequence of fate, we found Salaam Remi – or he found us – and he’s been working as an A&R for Sony, and they’ve given him the opportunity to start up his own label which is Flying Buddha. You couldn’t get a physical copy of anything.
So, we’d kind of gotten the world’s attention but we weren’t signed to anybody and didn’t have any distribution deals. Badu picked it up, ?uestlove picked it up, Animal Collective, Jesse Johnson, etc. NP: Yeah, we just put it online originally and it’s kind of blown up like wildfire. L+T: You just recently re-released the album and included a remix featuring Q-Tip. We don’t like to spell it out because if you can vaguely portray something, then it’s more likely that a broader variety of people can relate to it because they can find their own way in.
HIATUS KAIYOTE NAKAMARRA FULL
So, to me, a hiatus is taking a pause in your life to take in your surroundings, have a full panoramic view of your experiences and absorbing, and “kaiyote” is expressing them in a way involves the listeners creativity. A hiatus is essentially a pause, it’s a moment in time. When I looked it up on online it was like a bird appreciation society around the world, so for me that was a great omen, because I’m a bird lady. So it reminds you of things but it’s nothing specific. It’s a made up word, but it kind of sounds like peyote and coyote – it’s a word that involved the listeners creativity as to how they perceive it. Nai Palm: Well basically, “Kaiyote” is not a word. Life+Times: What does the name Hiatus Kaiyote mean? Take a look at how the band define themselves and what they had to say about where they’re headed next. It would be a gross miscalculation to say that Hiatus Kaiyote is going anywhere but up, given the evidence. As if that weren’t enough, Q-Tip slid onto the group’s smooth soul single “Nakamarra” for the project’s re-release on Salaam Remi‘s Flying Buddha label. The remix version of their Tawk Tomahawk LP, Tawk Takeout only reiterates the glowing endorsements with a handful of global heavy hitters putting their spin on the tracks names like Anthony Valadez, Shafiq Husayn, Miles Bonny, Mark De Clive-Lowe and Silent Jay being attached to any project should speak volumes about the content and its creators. Hiatus Kaiyote’s impact in such a short period of time has been nothing short of monumental – a word that could just as easily be applied to their bottomless talent – with Gilles Peterson and ?uestlove amongst the laundry list of musical tastemakers extolling their virtues. The band of future-soul purveyors also discuss their Aussie origins, musical inspiration and creative plans. The group also discuss their debut LP Tawk Tomahawk and the emphatically meteoric ascent that followed the release in a recent interview with Life + Times. Hiatus Kaiyote finally got around to explaining the origins of their name in a recent interview with Life + Times.
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