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Artist:KHAYA

Genres:
  • Electronic
  • Hip-Hop
  • Indie
Perth, WA

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Track: Nature Calls by KHAYA
Track: Nature CallsGenres:
  • Hip-Hop
  • Indie
  • Metal
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    Artist: KHAYA

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    About

    KHAYA's second single 'While You're Asleep' is out now! Recorded by Fraser Cringle (Eskimo Joe, Axe Girl, Red Jezebel) and mixed by John Prosser at Vision Studios. KHAYA have spent the last coupld of years sharing stages with artists like Stella Donnelly, Axe Girl, Edie Green and Old Blood. Their songs reflect on personal battles, love, loss, mental illness and the struggle for identity. Check out their latest single 'While You're Asleep' above. Follow them on social media for upcoming shows and don't forget to share the love! KHAYA formed when singer Kozo Mkhwanazi, the son of a South African anti-apartheid fighter, abandoned his life in Pretoria (SA), and turned up on Lincoln Ward’s doorstep with only his voice and his words. Lincoln, the godson of Grateful Dead soundman Owsley “Bear” Stanley, took Kozo up to the Kimberley, where they spent three months writing songs and living out of the back of Lincoln’s van. The KHAYA family has since grown to include guitarist Brendan Polain ...

    Members

    Kozo - Vocals / Guitar Lincoln - Guitar / BVox / Bass Brendan - Guitar / BVox / Percussion Joey - Drums / BVox Nicky - Bass / Guitar

    Sounds Like

    Ocean Alley, Soundgarden, The Internet, Thundercat, RHCP, Hiatus Kaiyote

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