Hiatus Kaiyote formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2011 around vocalist Nai Palm, and their knotty, gorgeous future soul has been sampled by Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Beyoncé. Choose Your Weapon (2015) is the classic; Mood Valiant (2021) brought them to Brainfeeder. Explore Hiatus Kaiyote vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Hiatus Kaiyote formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2011 around Nai Palm (Naomi Saalfield). The band has been widely cited as a defining contemporary future soul act, with their work earning extensive cosigns from D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Pharrell Williams, Q-Tip, and others. Their songs have been sampled extensively in contemporary hip hop - Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Anderson.Paak, and others have all sampled Hiatus Kaiyote material. They have received multiple Grammy nominations and signed with Brainfeeder for Mood Valiant (2021). Nai Palm has also released solo material.
Hiatus Kaiyote's sound combines neo-soul, future soul, jazz fusion, R&B, and progressive soul with Nai Palm's distinctive vocal delivery, complex rhythmic and harmonic frameworks, and integration of jazz, soul, and contemporary R&B traditions. Their work has been widely cited as one of the defining contemporary neo-soul aesthetics.
Brainfeeder pressings of the Hiatus Kaiyote catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Hiatus Kaiyote typically start with Choose Your Weapon (2015) or Mood Valiant (2021).
