Kaidi Tatham – The Only Way - We Are Beyond Noise

First Word Records is very proud to welcome the return of the inimitable Kaidi Tatham, with his 5th album for us, entitled ‘The Only Way’.

Kaidi Tatham is a legendary multi-instrumentalist born in the Midlands and based in Belfast. Established as one of the original creators of the Broken Beat sound, he is a virtuoso on the keys and a true innovator in sound production.

A deeply prolific artist, this is Kaidi’s 5th solo album under his own name, following on from ‘Don’t Rush The Process’ (2022), ‘An Insight To All Minds‘ (2021), ‘It’s A World Before You‘ (2018), and ‘In Search Of Hope‘ (re-pressed in 2020), all released on First Word, along with several EPs from 2017 onwards.

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‘The Only Way’ is the latest chapter in Kaidi’s entirely unique explorations into sound. 11 tracks touching on bruk, funk, jazz, mid-tempo hip hop and hyper-energetic Brazilian flavours, all thrown into a melting pot that’s diﬃcult to define, but all containing Kaidi’s unmistakable sonic signature. The epic opener ‘Reason We’re Here’ starts the album softly, before switching midway into KT’s trademark synth-lead bruk boogie, to set the scene of what’s to come. Lead track ‘The Only Way’ sees the return of Philly MC Uhmeer (Jazzy Jeﬀ’s son), his third collab with Kaidi and a timely celebratory track about this thing called Hip Hop, in its 50th year. ‘Feels Like I’m On My Own’ is a statement within itself, starting oﬀ as a jazz-funk jam, before switching to breakneck Brazilian choro, in the only way Kaidi can, with ‘It’s On’ on a similar vein. ‘Fricassee’ is some heads down dancery business, and there are more guests with Tiran Kayhatu appearing on ‘Alien @$^%’ and Matt Lord on the super energetic album closer ‘Not Suﬀering’.

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