Olicía & KID BE KID: Double Concert

They share lead vocals, layer and harmonize, create rhythms through vocal percussion, or expand into large choirs. The instrumentation ranges from synths and looped vocal snippets to guitar and clarinet. For Olicía, genre boundaries have always been fluid—fragile folk moments, pulsating pop, avant-garde soul, spoken word, and jazz.

At the same time, Olicía’s music always has a gently futuristic feel thanks to its unique method of creation using two synchronized loop stations. The constraints (and lengths) of loop-based music seem to be practically nullified by the duo, who craft direct songs with efficiency and elegance—songs that do without backing tracks and leave room for improvisation and chance.

While their Jazz Prize-nominated debut “Liquid Lines” explored the boundaries of the individual song, “Out of the Blue” is now an attempt to reimagine their own art form, connecting their music through dialogue and exchange with other art forms. Each song on the album opens up a world of its own while simultaneously peering into the parallel universe of another artist from fields such as film, design, painting, literature, and crafts.

Kid Be Kid is an explosive fireworks display.

It’s hard to describe the young Berliner’s music in words. When she sings, plays piano and synths, and beatboxes all at once, it takes your breath away.

“It’s astonishing how Kid Be Kid replaces a full drum kit—using only her voice and mouth. Her creative tools and creativity seem limitless. She impresses not only with virtuosity but also with unconditional devotion to music,” describes “Deutschlandfunk Kultur.”

For the petite musician manages to sound like a band, even though she is completely alone on stage.