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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.”
