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K-os


with Saul Williams

$25 advance

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From the Promoter

K-os released his highly anticipated sixth studio album, Can’t Fly Without Gravity, to critical and fan praise on September 4th. Exclaim Magazine proclaimed “k-os spits brilliantly cheeky rhymes… It’s a thrill to hear him return to the creative stratosphere once again on Can’t Fly” and Now Magazine declares “If we’d forgotten, k-os rabidly reminds us that he’s a stellar rapper”. Now K-os is hitting the road with a tour date announced in Edmonton – Friday December 11th at Union Hall. Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 11th.

Can’t Fly Without Gravity captures all of the different sides that make up k-os’ musical DNA. It's an affirmation that “the forces which pull you down are simply put there to inspire you to rise above them” and promises to be a more stripped-down, holistic effort than its highly conceptual predecessor, 2012’s double-LP opus Black on Blonde. However, the rock-vs. rap dialectic at that album’s core still guides k-os on a more philosophical level: it’s not just a question of reconciling disparate musical styles, but of differing workflow strategies. To be k-os in 2015 is to find the happy medium between hip-hop’s penchant for rapid-fire releases and perpetual stylistic mutation with the more measured approach and timeless aspirations of rock ‘n’ roll artists—all while engineering his music for a post-EDM pop landscape that has not only changed listeners’ tastes, but their very physiology. Recent single, Turn Me Loose is a testament to this, blurring the lines of genre specific stylizations, instead exuding an unabashed confidence that has become such a staple aspect of his sound. Couple this with the new-age banger, Steel Sharpens Steel and the physiological shift in his musical progression is clear for all to see.

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