We wonder if Brooklyn based producer Obey City‘s stage name is intended as a way to describe the Big Apple – which wouldn’t be a very rock’n’roll view of our city, although probably a quite correct one: New Yorkers tend to comply (or – to put it more positively – are great team players!!!). Probably not, since his real name is Sam Obey, which is fitting indeed: you can’t be a producer without being a diplomatic person. He operates mostly in the electronic/experimental RnB realm and he’s keeping himself busy, churning out tracks and remixes on a weekly basis – one of the most popular was the song entitled Rewind he co-produced for emerging LA via DC soul diva Kelela. He also co-owns "record label/blog/party" Astro Nautico (it sounds like a great business model). Earlier in 2015 Obey City released a three track EP entitled "Merlot Sounds," featuring again a collaboration with Kelela in the synth-ballad "Airy" – streaming below. Check out also single Waterbed. He’ll be bringing the party at Palisades on New Year’s Eve, if soulful EDM is your kind of thing, you don’t want to miss it.
