South X Lullaby: Nick Hakim
South X Lullaby: Nick Hakim with tags npr, npr music, national public radio, live, performance, sxsw
In the Optic Obscura installation at SXSW, Hakim sings some psychedelic soul music for outer-space performed in a room that looks like outer-space.
By Lars Gotrich
Nick Hakim begins with a bit of a fake-out — languorous strings like something out of a Stars Of The Lid record rumble from a sampler, somber and hesitant. But as he begins to sing in a heartbroken falsetto, surrounded by optical fibers hanging from the ceiling of SXSW's Optic Obscura installation by Raum Industries, the ambient intro morphs into a quiet, psychedelic croon.
"The Want" will appear on Hakim's full-length debut, Green Twins, but for now, this solo version is only backed by Mellotron and the reverb'd rhythms of what sounds like a Casio preset. It's soul music for outer-space, performed in a room that looks like outer-space.
Credits:
Producers: Bob Boilen, Mito Habe-Evans; Director/Videographer: Nickolai Hammar; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Executive Producer: Anya Grundmann;
