Syd
Biography Syd
Syd
got her start at 14 making beats and doing sound engineering for neighborhood kids who rapped, including Odd Future, and eventually became the group’s official DJ. She began writing and co-producing with Odd Future’s Matt Martians, but only started singing when she couldn’t find people to hand her songs off to. From Time Magazine;
“When I started making music, I just wanted to be the producer who sang the hooks,” she says. “I wanted to be Pharrell, honestly, the one who made the beats and was in the music video with the girls.”…
Martians and Syd—who still put out albums on the Odd Future label, though the group has largely disbanded to pursue separate endeavors—originally intended to make their beats, write their songs and then hand them off to other artists to sing. But when they couldn’t find the right people, Syd tried singing them herself—and her voice is so achingly natural it sounds almost like breathing.”
Martians and Syd created The Internet in late 2011, adding three band mates and casting Syd as a reluctant lead singer. But despite her hesitance she emerged a clear star, with gorgeous, airy vocals and mesmerizing stage presence. Syd’s talent is unique among the current crop of budding R&B talent, including Kehlani, SZA and Tinashe. She is a triple threat — a musician who can sing, write and produce.
