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Canadian producer/composer/singer and occasional rapper Byron ‘Slakah the Beatchild’ Joseph’s latest release
Something Forever is a pretty little slow burner to easily rival, even outshine, 2008’s
Soul Movement.
Operating under several aliases each reflecting his various modes of musical expression, Slakah is Joseph’s soulful/Hip Hop alter-ego. With
Something Forever he seeks to create just that; a timeless record. This is much less of a collaborative effort than his last outing under the Beatchild moniker, with only a couple of guest appearances by long-time creative affiliates
Ebrahim and Swedish singer-songwriter
Tingsek.
He goes by the name of Byram Joseph aka Slakah the Beatchild and he’s a “performance producer” from Canada whose interests include "making timeless music." He is influenced by the late great J.Dilla, often likened to such veterans as Raphael Saadiq, Pete Rock and Dwele and has worked with the best of the best of Canada's popular artists from Drake to Justin Nozuka to Glenn Lewis to Melanie Durrant.
But what is a “performance producer” anyway? A term in which the artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist believes he invented is representative of the likes of the Pharrells and the will.i.ams and according to the Beatchild, “they are first and foremost producers in my opinion but they are also performers as well and they really excel in producing and I think I excel in producing and making beats and what not but I perform my craft as well.”