Happysad, by Kiefer

Happysad

by Kiefer

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Carlos Rugerio Everything I love about music, deep beats and hypnotic melodies. Favorite track: Dope Nerd.

Steve Lawson One of the most successful and satisfying jazz hip hop crossover projects I've ever heard. Manages to do what both genres do well without compromise. Killer beats and beautiful harmonies. Love this! Favorite track: Highway 46.

Samuel Ashton The jazz and beats combination with this album is really special, can't wait to hear more from kiefer! Favorite track: Thinkin of.

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Kiefer's debut album on Stones Throw. 1/LP black vinyl.

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1.	Dope Nerd 02:10	buy track
2.	What a Day 02:37	buy track
3.	Highway 46 03:01	buy track
4.	Highway 41 03:34	buy track
5.	Magnetic 03:54	buy track
6.	Socially Awkward 02:22	buy track
7.	Memories of U 04:02	buy track
8.	Thinkin of 02:33	buy track
9.	Agoraphobia 01:20	buy track
10.	FOMO 03:53	buy track
11.	Temper 04:31	buy track
12.	Upwards 01:31	buy track
13.	AAAAA 03:34	buy track

about

Kiefer is a constant in Mndsgn’s live trio, has shared the stage with Moses Sumney and Terrace Martin, and has lent production talents to the likes of Kaytranada and Anderson .Paak. He began playing piano as a child and producing beats at around age twelve, moving from San Diego to L.A. to study under renowned jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell at UCLA’s Jazz Studies program. There, he started thinking about the synergy between the jazz piano he studied and the beats he created outside of school. While his peers were performing over live instrumentation, Kiefer produced electronic beats free from sampled melodies or drum breaks. He released his debut album Kickinit Alone on Leaving Records last year, earning a Best Jazz Album nomination from A2IM.

Whereas Kiefer describes Kickinit Alone as “90% focused on all types of sadness”, Happysad is more complex. He says it’s “my emotional journal of the last year. I struggle emotionally a lot, and yet I feel pretty damn good much of the time. This album is focused on both joy and sadness, and how they are always intertwined.” The track titles are deliberately left open to interpretation; opening on a confident, blissful note, then segueing into a more dynamic mood before entering a deeper, darker and more ethereal place.

Inspirations for Happysad and Kiefer’s music in general include jazz titans Herbie Hancock and Bill Evans, as well as label mates Karriem Riggins and Knxwledge. “I've loved the sense of responsibility that comes with being a jazz musician,” he says, “The responsibility to study and understand its history, to respect the discipline of an instrument, and to dedicate your career to positively changing the direction of the music.”

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released June 8, 2018

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Kiefer Los Angeles, California

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Superbloom

Sep 2019
Bridges

Apr 2019
Happysad

Jun 2018
Miss U

Jan 2018
Kickinit Alone

Mar 2017

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