Even before a cache of unfinished Jai Paul material leaked in 2013 and became platinum internet samizdat, the innovative and poignant British electronic music producer and vocalist wasn’t much for the spotlight. His catalog was slim but influential, and beyond that he was a cipher. In the six years since the leak, he’s largely been quiet, apart from beginning an institute to nurture other musicians. A student of Prince, and kin to Dev Hynes and Frank Ocean, Jai Paul blends warmth and abstraction, sparseness with absorption. It’s music that, six years after it was initially conceived, still somehow sounds like a vision of tomorrow.

Source: New York Times June 07, 2019 17:37 UTC