The brilliant new mixtape from Kai Whiston - DRAYAN! - was released last month has been described as 'extraterrestrial storytelling and emotive genre-hopping from one of the UK’s most exciting experimental pop producers' by Resident Advisor. 

"Drayan! explores the emotions of his pubescent alien son, expressed through organic sounds and strange textures. The title track is like hi-def trip-hop, while on standout "Enabling Dreamtime Communication Via Distortion Implant Device," he channels an alien vision of Jai Paul-style blown-out soul to huge effect. One thing to remember, though: This is Drayan's record. He's 17 and emo as fuck. He sings on most of the tracks, equally catchy and disturbing hooks pieced together from a heavily-processed mix of groans and gurgles. On "Hybrid Child," calm, whimsical strings erupt into spectral choirs and a flurry of fireworks in a matter of seconds, and the aforementioned soul track quickly does a 180-degree turn, cracking and splintering into "Bothering Me," an angsty trap beat built with metallic percussion and scream samples."...read more.