Edo Saiya

Edo Saiya (2020)

Edo Saiya , actually Timo Bethke , is a German rapper from Cologne .

Career

Edo Saiya at a performance

Edo Saiya was born in Cologne under the real name Timo Bethke. Musically he was mainly influenced by American rap and emo post rock, as well as soul and jazz to a certain extent . At first he played in rock bands before he appeared publicly as a battle rapper : “At some point I was at the point that I thought: I don't just want to rap to rap, I want to say something. I have higher demands on myself. ”He borrowed the pseudonym Edo Saiya from Japanese and based himself on current influences from cloud rap .

From the beginning of 2018, Edo Saiya regularly released singles and tapes. After his debut EP Somnia was self-distributed in April, his first single Besser followed a few weeks later . RecordJet then took over the rapper's publications. The album Azur was released on the platform in summer 2018 , on which Negatiiv OG , Kid Cairo and Felikz are represented as guests. The latter was followed by the Collabo EP Flight of Fancy at the beginning of October . Saiya closed the year with the album Broken Displays Broken Promises , which has more prominent support from Sierra Kidd and Yin Kalle.

In 2019, the rapper first released the EPs Akt01 and The Cold Hit Hard . The album This Was Home followed in May , for which songs with Felikz, BLAMEPEAK, Young Richie Rich, Negatiiv OG and Jalle were created. In August Jan Rode, the former founder of TubeOne Networks , took over the management of Edo Saiya with his company Kein Plan . Distant was released a month later . Together with Lil Lano , he recorded the single Sag Wieso , which the AnanasSquad label released in January 2020. At number 51, a publication by Edo Saiya was able to position itself in the charts for the first time. His solo tour planned under the title Brille Kaputt Tour in May fell victim to the COVID-19 pandemic, as did his appearance at Splash! -Festivals.

reception

The online magazine Diffus dealt with the musician in spring 2019. Edo Saiya reflected in his songs "his lifestyle between nights spent, drug consumption and honest reflection on his own personality", making him one of the "most promising German-speaking artists". Musically, he uses "progressive sounds full of driving drums or pressing 808 basses". He mixes this sound "with genre-breaking elements from rock, indie, RnB and alternative." While the magazine describes The Cold Hit Hard as a "dark work", This Was Home sounds "overall cheerful, almost summery".

According to Jakob Wihgrab, “contemporary 808 beats meet emo attitude” in Edo Saiya. In his contribution to Puls , the youth channel of the Bavarian Radio , he criticized the “drug pose”, but at the same time praised how the rapper reflected his “soul life”: “There are the highs, the parties, the drugs, but also the lows that brings with it: self-doubt, lovesickness and phases of depression. ”The song Kids exemplifies the“ wasted youth feeling between excess and pressure to succeed, permanent high and depressed mood ”. While Saiya refers to rappers like Waka Flocka Flame , Wihgrab sees parallels with Lil Xan and Lil Peep . The influence of US trap and cloud rap is "unmistakable".

Discography

Albums

publication	title	Chart placements			comment	Cover
		DE	CH	AT
2018	Somnia	-	-	-	EP
2018	Azure	-	-	-
2018	Flight of Fancy	-	-	-	EP with Felikz
2018	Broken Displays Broken Promises	-	-	-
2019	Act01	-	-	-	EP
2019	The Cold Hit Hard	-	-	-	EP
2019	This was Home	-	-	-
2019	Distant	-	-	-
2020	The Entire History Of You	5	-	-

Singles

publication	title	Chart placements			album	Cover
		DE	CH	AT
2018	Better	-	-	-	-
2018	circle	-	-	-	-
2018	Falling	-	-	-	-
2018	Gang $ igns	-	-	-	-
2018	Ouh (with hall)	-	-	-	-
2018	Wendy (with Ezet)	-	-	-	Wendy
2019	wasp	-	-	-	-
2019	Champagne (with Kid Cairo)	-	-	-	-
2019	Okay (with Jalle and Kid Cairo)	-	-	-	-
2019	Frei (with Young Richie Rich)	-	-	-	-
2019	Red Gauloises	-	-	-	-
2019	roll	-	-	-	-
2019	Pour it (with Kid Cairo)	-	-	-	-
2020	Say why (with Lil Lano)	51	-	-	-
2020	Because you	-	-	-	The Entire History Of You
2020	Hurts	-	-	-	The Entire History Of You
2020	A.	-	-	-	The Entire History Of You
2020	Jana's interlude	-	-	-	The Entire History Of You

Web links

Commons : Edo Saiya  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• official homepage
• Official presence on Instagram
• Official presence on Facebook

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Edosaiya.de: Official Website. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
2. ↑ 16bars.de: Edo Saiya on 'BDBP', Sierra Kidd and Battlerap. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Hiphop.de: Edo Saiya - Azur. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Hiphop.de: Felikz & Edo Saiya - Flight of Fancy. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
5. ↑ 16bars.de: Edo Saiya - if you want. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
6. ↑ 16bars.de: Edo Saiya - For you. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Hiphop.de: Edo Saiya - This Was Home. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
8. ↑ 16bars.de: Edo Saiya, Young Richie Rich - Through the night. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
9. ↑ 16bars.de: Edo Saiya, Kid Cairo - Pull Up. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
10. ↑ 16bars.de: Lil Lano, Edo Saiya - Say Why. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Officialcharts.de: Lil Lano & Edo Saiya - Say why. Retrieved April 20, 2020 . 
12. ↑ 16bars.de: Edo Saiya - pioneer of the new Deutsche Welle # 1. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Juice.de: Line-Up-Update: Migos, Kitschkrieg, Megaloh and many more. at the Splash! 2020. Accessed April 24, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Rap.de: Festival summer in Germany canceled: Limestone and splash! Festival are affected. Retrieved April 24, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Diffusmag.de: Edo Saiya shows with his new tape "This Was Home" why he is one of the most promising German-speaking artists. Retrieved April 20, 2020 . 
16. ↑ BR.de: Edo Saiya: between drug intoxication and self-doubt. Retrieved April 20, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Offiziellecharts.de: Edo Saiya - The Entire History of You. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .