Name: Everybody Down
Brand: Kae Tempest

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CD-DADA-242

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2014-05-20

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Signed copies: No

Supplier US

RTNY

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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5021392894126

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Kae Tempest

Genre US

Hip Hop

Label US

Big Dada

Kae Tempest is a British poet, spoken word artist, and playwright. They were born on 22 December 1985 in Brockley, London, England, UK. Formerly known as Kate Tempest, they have gained recognition as an award-winning spoken-word recording artist. In 2013, they won the prestigious Ted Hughes Award for their project "Brand New Ancients." Since then, Kae has released several albums including "Everybody Down" (2014), "Let Them Eat Chaos" (2016), and "The Book of Traps and Lessons" (2019). In 2022, they changed their name to Kae for their latest album release. In August 2020, Kae announced a change in pronouns from she/her to they/them.

Throughout their career, Kae Tempest has captivated audiences with their powerful performances and thought-provoking lyrics. Their unique blend of poetry and music creates a mesmerizing experience that resonates with listeners on a deep level.

To learn more about Kae Tempest's work and explore their discography, visit the official website or check out releases under the label Kate Calvert.

Kate is best known as a poet, perhaps a performance poet or a spoken word artist. She also has a novel coming out next year with Bloomsbury. But ask Kate what she is and she's more likely to say she's a rapper. That's her true and first love. More of Skinnyman than Seamus Heaney, more of Deal Real's legendary Friday night rap battles than a book signing and reading at Foyles. 'Everybody Down' has twelve 'chapters' telling one long, inspired story, a unique, one-off project and comes produced in its entirety by Dan Carey (Bat For Lashes, M.I.A and Hot Chip). The result is a revelation. Tempest takes the tropes of the hip hop story - drugs, money, gangsters - and brings them to life in a whole new way, a London way, but also a completely personal way, where she inhabits the different characters and shows the boredom and fear in their lives rather than some faked glamour, shows more than anything their need for love. Producer Dan Carey, meanwhile, sculpts soundscapes that pay tribute to the roots of hip hop while melding into the themes Tempest addresses, tough and gritty but intensely musical, the sound of a wet winter's night out in London. He even got US singer-songwriter Willy Mason to contribute a chorus! In the end we get an audio story Dickens might have tried to write, one which is, in Tempest's words, quite simply about 'loving more.' CD - Four panel CD softpack with cyclus offset lyric booklet (textured paper). LP - Heavyweight vinyl with cyclus offset lyric sleeves. LP format also includes digital download coupon.

Everybody Down

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