Hear Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith cover Sade’s ‘By Your Side’ on modular synth

The modular synthesist takes on an old favorite.

Fresh off two excellent albums last year, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has released a cover of the Sade classic ‘By Your Side’.

“Lovers Rock was the album I listened to the most when I was 15 and decided to start writing songs,” she writes about the song. “Sade has always been a favorite vocalist of mine – so emotive and honest and true. To me, her voice glides naturally across genders and genres, which is a quality I also work to embody with my vocals. Sade is pure class in my book.”

The cover is available now on Bandcamp as a free download. Grab it here and watch more of her modular synth work in action below.

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