Three acts at the vanguard of black experimental music finally have shared a bill here in L.A.Serpentwithfeet, Kelsey Lu and Sampha all sound very different, with their own inclinations toward harshness and beauty. His music dices up Tchaikovsky horns and late-hours soul piano with modern beat-making and rapid-fire narratives from the edges of queer love and lust. It’s rare that a voice like his is paired with a prominent pentagram face tattoo and a wrist-sized septum piercing. Wise hugged the night’s second act, Lu, as she walked onstage to take his place. Lu came at her sound with opposite tools: a cello, a loop pedal and a more rigorous idea of form.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 03, 2016 18:36 UTC