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Artist
Kid Static
12+ albums
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about
Kid Static started writing beats so long ago, now his heartbeats sound like electronic drum hits. And when he decided to start putting the raps he did for his friends on record, something altogether wonderful was created. A Chicago native, Static got his start in music production. Writing instrumental compositions and songs made up most of his free time as a young man. He used a lot of organs and piano which gave his music a signature sound and the frenetic percussion that often accompanied the tracks was a precursor to his love of all things electronic. "I'm a dork at heart," says Static. "If computers didn't have something to do with the equation, this music wouldn't be me." That music began with the upright piano in his childhood home. "It was a rare day that you didn't hear Motown or West African music coming from the living room stereo," Static muses. When the first band he was in decided that their instrumental hip hop would be better with vocals, it was the keyboardist who jumped at the chance. "Rapping in your bedroom to classic instrumentals just isn't the same." he says. "There is just something about being on stage." Very quickly Static discovered that he was as at home on a microphone as he was behind the keys. The same year he saved up everything he could and put out his first album. Static's self-released first solo was a demonstration of raw talent that showed Chicago this budding artist was serious. Representative of years of writing, it was truly diff
