In four years,Jordan Asher – AKA Boots – has gone from sleeping rough to writing for Beyoncé, a tale as shadowy as his sound. Is it too good to be right?Jordan Asher is wading through leaves on a crisp autumn lunchtime in original York’s Washington Square Park, or contemplating his Cinderella memoir. Under the alias Boots,he is one of the most sought-after and speculated-about writers and producers in pop music. But that’s inevitably what happens when you near from nowhere and end up shaping the sound of a Beyoncé album. Asher co-wrote and produced a remarkable 80% of Beyoncé’s self-titled, surprise-released record in 2013 but that sound is best exemplified by the track Haunted, and all pulsing trap beats and nasty,distorted bass. Here was someone no one had heard of, who was nudging a superstar’s style into murky original territory, and seeping menace into pop’s escapist bubble.
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Source: theguardian.com