Genevieve Artadi

A Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and producer with a background in jazz studies, Genevieve Artadi creates sophisticated, eclectic pop that playfully expresses a wide range of emotions. First reaching an audience as the leader of <a href="spotify:artist:1DyzeQOXBAo1tuMIC9hLEs">Pollyn</a>, an indie electronic trio influenced by trip-hop, disco, and new wave, Artadi formed KNOWER with <a href="spotify:artist:6uIst176jhzooPMetg2rtH">Louis Cole</a> in 2009, and the duo achieved viral success with their offbeat covers of pop hits and tightly wound, energetic live videos. Artadi also became a prolific collaborator, recording and performing with acts such as <a href="spotify:artist:7ENzCHnmJUr20nUjoZ0zZ1">Snarky Puppy</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0QWrMNukfcVOmgEU0FEDyD">Jacob Collier</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4frXpPxQQZwbCu3eTGnZEw">Thundercat</a>. She exercises complete creative freedom on solo projects such as 2020's Dizzy Strange Summer, a whimsical yet reflective mixture of vocal jazz, dream pop, and dance music. 2023's Forever Forever combines similar elements, but is generally tighter, knottier, and more mature and refined.

Artadi's parents were pop musicians, and she took classical piano as a student, later receiving a bachelor's degree in Jazz Studies. She sang and played bass and keyboard in <a href="spotify:artist:1DyzeQOXBAo1tuMIC9hLEs">Pollyn</a>, which also consisted of electronic musician Adam Weissman and guitarist Anthony Cava. First appearing with the 2003 EP Songs for Sale, <a href="spotify:artist:1DyzeQOXBAo1tuMIC9hLEs">Pollyn</a> released three albums, beginning with 2009's This Little Night, which combined influences such as Afro-beat, synth pop, and trip-hop. Artadi met songwriter and multi-instrumentalist <a href="spotify:artist:6uIst176jhzooPMetg2rtH">Louis Cole</a>, and they formed the duo KNOWER in 2009. After quickly gaining online attention for their cover videos of tunes by <a href="spotify:artist:26dSoYclwsYLMAKD3tpOr4">Britney Spears</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1uNFoZAHBGtllmzznpCI3s">Justin Bieber</a>, they released their debut album, Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi, in October of 2010. Building on the album's home-brewed mixture of pop, jazz, funk, and drum'n'bass, subsequent albums such as 2013's Let Go were denser, brighter, and more complex, incorporating dubstep and EDM influences into a unique form of maximalist pop.

When she wasn't busy working with her bands, Artadi wrote solo material, and a self-produced set of fragmentary tracks titled Genevieve Lalala appeared in 2015. KNOWER released their fourth album, Life, in 2016, and they continued performing in a full-band formation as well as a duo setup. Artadi appeared on albums by guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:3GxEPmRiVDifXYi0mswBAK">Allen Hinds</a>, bassist <a href="spotify:artist:6Xo1vXFRCEJPgVqCyHlTPW">Sam Wilkes</a>, vocalist <a href="spotify:artist:0QWrMNukfcVOmgEU0FEDyD">Jacob Collier</a>, and others. She was also featured on the song "When You're Ugly" on Time, <a href="spotify:artist:6uIst176jhzooPMetg2rtH">Cole</a>'s 2018 <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Brainfeeder%22">Brainfeeder</a> full-length. After Artadi completed her second solo album, she intended to release it herself, but <a href="spotify:artist:6uIst176jhzooPMetg2rtH">Cole</a> brought it to the label's attention and they immediately decided to put it out. Dizzy Strange Summer, produced by Artadi and featuring input from longtime collaborators such as <a href="spotify:artist:6uIst176jhzooPMetg2rtH">Cole</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6Xo1vXFRCEJPgVqCyHlTPW">Wilkes</a>, and saxophonist <a href="spotify:artist:35fZivtiaWTLzphTDaWnrf">David Binney</a>, appeared on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Brainfeeder%22">Brainfeeder</a> in July 2020. Artadi recorded her next album, Forever Forever, at El Desierto Studio in Mexico, joined by musicians including <a href="spotify:artist:6uIst176jhzooPMetg2rtH">Cole</a>, keyboardist/vocalist Chiquita Magic, and guitarist/vocalist <a href="spotify:artist:7fgw6kQggc48KiNoTGWNU5">Pedro Martins</a>. It was issued by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Brainfeeder%22">Brainfeeder</a> in 2023. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi