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Leo Napier is an American soul singer, pianist, and songwriter born to British parents and raised in Los Angeles, California.
Napier's strength as a songwriter and vocalist gained serious recognition after trading the LA freeways for NYC's subway sytem. He burst onto the EDM scene in 2014 after meeting DJ Gramatik in Brooklyn, where they collaborated on their first song ‘Faraway,’ which was then released on the album ‘Age of Reason.’ An electro-funk collaboration with DJ GRiZ entitled ‘A Fine Way to Die’ came soon after, and this was followed up with ‘Native Son’ for Gramatik, featuring Raekwon of Wu-Tang fame, which has since been streamed well over a million times and culminated in a spectacular live performance at Coachella. Another chart-topping dance collaboration with GRiZ came out in 2017 with Napier’s ‘Before I Go,’ and this led to a solo EP release entitled, ‘Mind Up.’
After a near-death experience in August of 2023, Leo is back from the dead and fresher than ever, his focus and determination now an indomitable force within him.
All you need do is listen to his most recent 'Philly Gritz' E.P - the depth of soul on display through Napier's smokey, oak-barrel-aged vocals, tasteful piano playing and musical arrangements, along with his often irreverent, self-deprecating and witty lyrics, offer a refreshing dose of authenticity in this increasingly artificial world.
There has never been a better time to discover Leo Napier's mind and music.
Napier's strength as a songwriter and vocalist gained serious recognition after trading the LA freeways for NYC's subway sytem. He burst onto the EDM scene in 2014 after meeting DJ Gramatik in Brooklyn, where they collaborated on their first song ‘Faraway,’ which was then released on the album ‘Age of Reason.’ An electro-funk collaboration with DJ GRiZ entitled ‘A Fine Way to Die’ came soon after, and this was followed up with ‘Native Son’ for Gramatik, featuring Raekwon of Wu-Tang fame, which has since been streamed well over a million times and culminated in a spectacular live performance at Coachella. Another chart-topping dance collaboration with GRiZ came out in 2017 with Napier’s ‘Before I Go,’ and this led to a solo EP release entitled, ‘Mind Up.’
After a near-death experience in August of 2023, Leo is back from the dead and fresher than ever, his focus and determination now an indomitable force within him.
All you need do is listen to his most recent 'Philly Gritz' E.P - the depth of soul on display through Napier's smokey, oak-barrel-aged vocals, tasteful piano playing and musical arrangements, along with his often irreverent, self-deprecating and witty lyrics, offer a refreshing dose of authenticity in this increasingly artificial world.
There has never been a better time to discover Leo Napier's mind and music.
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