Headliner Kaytranada, who curated the Boiler Room set at Empire Garage last night (March 18), went last, playing a set that seemed tame compared to what had preceded, but featured a stunning array of genre that engaged every pocket of the crowd that had replaced Rae Sremmurd's rowdy group.
Kaytra leaned heavier on dance music than hip-hop, forgoing the glitch clatter of his excellent debut, Kaytra Todo, in favour of dance floor-pleasers, including a tropical-flavoured "Like I Love You" by Justin Timberlake and a flange-heavy "I'm Really Hot" by Missy Elliott. The set was consistent, but seemed to play it a little too safe; there were few climaxes throughout, as Kaytra rode a pretty solid 125bpm throughout. It might have been a little too mellow to get a crowd going from zero, but at the end of a Boiler Room night that featured BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface and energetic youngsters Rae Sremmurd, it both kept the crowd moving and provided a nice break before Dipset's surprise show later on.
Kaytranada has a new EP coming out on XL, and if his Boiler Room set was any indication, it will be as irresistible to the body as his debut was to the mind.
Kaytra leaned heavier on dance music than hip-hop, forgoing the glitch clatter of his excellent debut, Kaytra Todo, in favour of dance floor-pleasers, including a tropical-flavoured "Like I Love You" by Justin Timberlake and a flange-heavy "I'm Really Hot" by Missy Elliott. The set was consistent, but seemed to play it a little too safe; there were few climaxes throughout, as Kaytra rode a pretty solid 125bpm throughout. It might have been a little too mellow to get a crowd going from zero, but at the end of a Boiler Room night that featured BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface and energetic youngsters Rae Sremmurd, it both kept the crowd moving and provided a nice break before Dipset's surprise show later on.
Kaytranada has a new EP coming out on XL, and if his Boiler Room set was any indication, it will be as irresistible to the body as his debut was to the mind.
