Electric with potential, balanced with forces and energies in motion, Wakefield channels the momentum that has always carried him through his time as a musician. Multi-faceted, humble, eclectic and refined, Wakefield composes, performs, conducts and exists as Wakefield. Under this name he stays chiseling innovation from the marbled inspirations that guide him still. Born in Memphis, he eventually relocated to Buffalo where footing was found among the snow to launch a career in music. Dissolving the boundaries between hip-hop, jazz, rock, along with a litany of subliminal styles and subgenres, Wakefield engines a demonstration of what can be done when you never stop pushing the envelope: a life on the cutting edge. Between the soulful, sophisticated production through the inaugural audial grail of reaching solace within maturation, Chapter 45 is Wakefield’s declaration of self. This was shortly after followed by an aptly named Sample Pack which amalgamates some of his more experimental influence along with rippingly honest lyricism. These both build hand in hand to his most recent offering, BUFFALO, which redefines lucidity within the young discography while focusing his lens on the city that helped forge his skyward trajectory. On all of these projects you can hear the heartbeat of a familial presence.