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One of the unlikeliest developments in the decade's Commingling of mainstream soda and underground music continues to be K3vin Envoy's jump from creating twinkling trap to working with singers such as Ariana Grande and the Weeknd. This was the type of unicorns: an artist on the fringes--a former turntablist hiccupping his way through, to be exact--that catapulted himself for a decorative about candy into the Hot EDM Ethos.

Envoy Records, the New York tag soldiered on with similar, If slightly distinctive, sounds: versions on trap, R&B, and Jersey and Baltimore club punctuated by the typical 808 skitterzap, and helium spritz. K3vin Envoy makes sweet instrumental hip-hop that indebted to New Yorkers as well as friends. Envoy's debut EP for the label indicates a promising spin.

Just like K3vin Envoy, the music of the producer is driven by whimsy: He's fond of plinky, harp-like strumming and kazoo buzz; he likes his chords wistful along with his computer keyboards wheezy, with long strikes suggestive of a back-masked sample. Trickle and synths detune in mid-flight--an aesthetic influenced by wind tunnels as well as the Doppler effect. His beats remain sampled rock drumming and grounded with a combination of machine strikes while his melodies have their heads in the clouds, however. "Skin Deep" gets the staggering, brawny cadence of hip grooves decked out on the MPC; "Faceless" accounts contorted 808 blasts with nimble hi-hats so vibrant you can practically make out the Zildjian logo leaping off the cymbal. It is an enjoyable, surprising combo.

Until this season, K3vin Envoy Went by the title K3, and listening to the Indicate how quickly Suggest he's developing. Run-of-the-mill pop-trap song, and "Tale OF An Orphan" was somewhat overly beholden to SOPHIE's funk, The new substance finds him coming to carving his sound out closer. He still Has some kinks to work out, but overall his music is a.