How can we be Champions of the Underground without supporting someone like TaDa? Kenny Ta, the L.A. beat-maker, burst on to the scene last year with some of the freshest takes on trap we’ve seen, utilizing the space within his tracks to build rhythm and flow while injecting life into them with creative sample choices and insane sound design. We’ve already had the honor of premiering his collab with PWDR ‘IN MY CUP,’ and this time TaDa returns to the site once again with his new single ‘whispers.’
Fitting for the title, the intro showcases an eerie whisper sample lurking in the background of a tension-building first section, filled with creative percussion elements and ghostly risers. Following this, in true TaDa fashion, we’re hit with a barrage of masterfully crafted 808s that seem to perfectly dance around the detailed percussion work and intentional space left in the track. Immediately after this portion, we’re met with another build-up in which a spazzy vocal sample is introduced. The vocal sample is chopped and manipulated throughout the second drop, all the while being complemented by those juicy 808s. Needless to say, trap arms are fully activated here.
We got the chance to check in with TaDa, and try to pick his brain about his workflow and writing style, “I usually like to go into a project with a free mind so I can just experiment with things and have no endpoint or wanting the result to sound like this song or that song. That usually puts me in a creative block if I start trying to reference and stuff.” He also let us in on a little fun fact about this record, “This was a track I made for the Insomniac Countdown competition.” Oh boy, we sure are glad it ended up in our hands!
Expect big things from the trap innovator in the new year as he looks to solidify himself in the scene, “I have a track coming out with a good friend of mine on Partica’s compilation next month. I also have releases planned for up until around April/May which are all self-releases at this point. I am playing a show in LA in March and this will be my first debut show ever so pretty stoked on that!” Make sure to check ‘whispers’ out below and grab the free download.
