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Sounds like:
The Weeknd,
Shlohmo,
Ryan Hemsworth
Why do we like this?
A little while back, I got a heads up about IO through Dan Solomito. I was previously unaware of this Nigerian R&B artist, but the first track I was exposed to, "I Wasted My Time," showed promise. For those of us who are not vehemently opposed to music in the vein of Maxwell but think someone like The Weeknd takes things a bit too overboard, IO seems to strike a good balance.
Also, he's the grandson of the late great Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji, and that's pretty rad. Stereogum premiered "I Wasted My Time" and have a bit more to say:
Check out the video as well!
Also, he's the grandson of the late great Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji, and that's pretty rad. Stereogum premiered "I Wasted My Time" and have a bit more to say:
"I/O is the music project of Ayo Olatunji, a solo artist whose R&B-informed sound sticks its toes into the static of Weeknd-like musical textures, but a sound free of that artist's narcissism and nihilism. "I Wasted My Time," a single from I/O's imminent Isolated mixtape, shows off an attractive warmth, and for all of its subtlety and laid-back atmosphere, "I Wasted My Time" signals a bright arrival for Olatunji."
Check out the video as well!
Streaming source:
http://soundcloud.com/ioanalog/wasted-my-time
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