Hear Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Cover Sade With A Modular Synth
Switched-on Sade.
Buchla synthesizer guru Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has found her soft-pop touch with a wonderfully original cover of Sade’s classic track “By Your Side”.
You would normally associate Smith’s synth work with pioneering modular acts like Suzanne Ciani rather than pop stars like Sade; but then again, musicians as diverse as Panorama Bar resident Virginia have considered the legendary singer a music and style icon. Smith, it seems, also shares that assessment. Writing about the song, Smith describes Sade as a “favorite vocalist of mine—so emotive and honest and true. To me, her voice glides naturally across genders and genres, which is a quality I also work to embody with my vocals. Sade is pure class in my book.”
For the cover, Smith has infused Sade’s vocal stylings with her signature lush modular melodies and atmospheres. You can hear and download the cover for free from Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s Bandcamp here. Scroll down further to hear Sade’s original effort.
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