Go on and Hideaway some more with Kiesza

<h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #f1c232;">Kiesza Artist of the week</span></h2> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We first heard Hideaway on a Tiesto podcast back in the beginning of the year. We were instantly blown away by Kiesza's strong vocals. Hideaway has found its way to number 1 on the  5FM Top 40 chart. It's only fair that she be our artist of this week .</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25j5Z4aLeZlgnAL1XOlf4DAAG3H3Cfp6j8VUgAdM53oJKNz45ezJtvYtTcO3rMuRjdIhg-P37APsfk39FXqcOidbFyJO2u5ccuWYgB28qL1tZoLHd0_uRiKlGTdbZodMxDkFIlFATtBkn/s1600/Kiesza2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25j5Z4aLeZlgnAL1XOlf4DAAG3H3Cfp6j8VUgAdM53oJKNz45ezJtvYtTcO3rMuRjdIhg-P37APsfk39FXqcOidbFyJO2u5ccuWYgB28qL1tZoLHd0_uRiKlGTdbZodMxDkFIlFATtBkn/s1600/Kiesza2014.jpg" title="kiesza" width="640" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></h1> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></h1> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;">Kiesza is a singer-songwriter from Calgary, and is also an in-demand songwriter for acts across the globe, puts together her own stunning artwork, is a trained ballerina, and a former tall-ship sailor who the Army once attempted to train as a sniper.</span></span></h1> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></h1> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;">Kiesza’s first songs had a distinctly folky edge, but her writing would soon expand to other genres. After recording a few demos with a friend, she decided to submit a CD to Selkirk’s music school, before setting sail for Hawaii. Upon arrival in Hawaii, she received a call saying she was accepted without an audition or interview. Kiesza left Hawaii, and after a year at Selkirk received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston.</span></span></h1> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></h1> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;">After attending Berklee, she went to New York City to advance her music career. One professor knew Kiesza had a rare skill and put her in touch with recent graduate Rami Samir Afuni. The well-paired duo started experimenting with music and songwriting, and still does to this day. Kiesza’s transition from folk to her new evolving sound has developed naturally, as she idolized Michael Jackson when she was younger, and grew up listening to dance-floor dominating voices like Martha Wash, CeCe Peniston and Robin S. More recently, Disclosure and Hot Natured have been added to her musical influences, as well as nights spent dancing at New York’s Body & Soul events.</span></span></h1> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></h1> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;">In January 2014, ‘Hideaway’ was released by Rami’s own Lokal Legend label, and soon after Kiesza moved to London. The track was recorded in just over an hour; just before Kiesza was due to get on a flight. The song’s video was shot in one-take on the streets of Brooklyn, and showcases Kiesza’s attention-grabbing dance moves.</span></span></h1> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></h1> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;">There are no half measures for Kiesza. A committed artist whose extraordinary ambition is matched only by her unusual clarity of vision and overwhelming talent, this former queen of the high seas has spent years plotting a course to the epicenter of pop. In 2014 her voyage is just beginning, and everyone is welcome along for the ride.</span></span></h1> <div> <span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <span class="watch-title yt-uix-expander-head" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #f1c232; cursor: auto; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Kiesza - Hideaway (Intrigued Dubstep Remix)">Kiesza - Hideaway (Intrigued Dubstep Remix)</span></h1> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/f-61z3UCe8A" width="560"></iframe><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">If you not a dubstep fan this dubstep remix will surely convert you . </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h1 class="yt" id="watch-headline-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-wrap: normal;"> <span class="watch-title yt-uix-expander-head" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="-webkit-user-select: auto; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #f1c232; cursor: auto; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Kiesza - Hideaway (Zac Samuel Remix)">Kiesza - Hideaway (Zac Samuel Remix)</span></h1> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tv_xfmTqESI" width="560"></iframe></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Loving this piano rework from Zac Samuel. It just hits all right spot. </span></div>

Go on and Hideaway some more with Kiesza

Kiesza Artist of the week We first heard Hideaway on a Tiesto podcast back in the beginning of the year. We were instantly blown away by ...