Canadian Grunge Trap
Genre: Alt Hip Hop
Bio:
There was no other choice. Sometimes the love of music is so deeply ingrained–the need to express yourself so keenly felt–that you just gotta do it, no matter the cost. Coming out of Campbellford, Ontario, he started early. Some kids treat piano lessons like a chore, but he treated them like a lifeline. A way out. He grew up and fell in love with bass. He studied every aspect of music, deconstructing sound, what worked and what didn’t. Like so many frustrated small-town kids, he found a voice through the influences of artists — Eminem and Rage Against the Machine, Nas and Marilyn Manson. And when he grew up, he got out, and he started creating a voice all his own.
He moved to Toronto, and he became Krosst Out. He began to work obsessively, both in the studio and on stage, finding the sound that worked for him without compromises. And slowly, he became known as a live performer who could convert a crowd in a hurry. He did his time in small clubs and performed in front of drunk people more times that he could count, and soon he began to crisscross the country, performing
in venues from British Columbia, to Quebec, to New Brunswick, and back again, always bringing an energy and a passion, so that even people who at first had no idea who he was damn sure knew by the time he hit the last note.
Now his new album, to be released in 2020, will serve as a reminder of what he’s achieved and how far he still wants to go. It is the culmination of the sound and ideas he’s been developing since he first tentatively touched a piano key in Campbellford all those years ago. And more importantly, it’s going to be a lot of damn fun. Where hip hop krosses punk. Where introspective writing krosses party anthems.
Where a small town upbringing krosses big city ambition. Where the work so far krosses the work still to come. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Krosst Out.