Kyogi - Not Good Enough

When I first heard this tune it was the soulful male vocal that caught me straight away. There is a sort of blues/gospel feel in the sample. This gets enhanced by the fact there are times where you can hear excerpts of a choir behind him. The sample is taken from a classic 1980's tune by Colonel Abrams called "Trapped". If you hear the original the soulful quality is in Abrams voice rather than the music and Kyogi has used and chopped this sample in a great fashion. The tune itself rises and swells with really cool melodies, bass and synth work. It's interesting to note that there are elements of 80's sounding house, but there is a definite modern summer feel to it. I guess that comes from the intertwining way the synths rise and fall during the tune. It's amazing to log onto Kyogi's Soundcloud and discover he is only 16. That is the beauty of music nowadays. Anyone can have access. Put out a tune. If it's good it'll get attention. "Not Good Enough" was released on Locked On Recordings on 18th June, so I am a bit behind the curve, but the more people hearing this tune on Radio 1 and the rest the better!