Genre:R & B
Two years ago, London-based Leo Kalyan uploaded a refix of Duke Dumont's "Need U (100%)" and Jessie Ware's "Running" to Soundcloud. Anchored around his own delicate vocals, it appeared online for the purest of reasons; because making it was fun and it was the result of Kalyan teaching himself to produce. Notoriety soon followed with a number of blogs picking up on the then unknown artist/producer, leading to him topping the HypeMachine chart. This sense of organically letting things take shape has permeated the self-styled “oceanic beats” that Kalyan has made since: from the percolating electro-soul of "Temptation" (his first original song), to the stuttering majesty of the Karma Kid and MNEK collaboration "Over You” - supported by Annie Mac, MistaJam and Huw Stephens amongst others - to the recently released Silver Linings EP which featured lead track "Fingertips" reaching the top of the Spotify worldwide viral charts and being added to the BBC 1Xtra playlist with widespread radio and press support from around the world. Leo Kalyan has a sound that luxuriates patiently, washing over you in its own time.