favourite things | 6.18
favourite things 6.18 – Fatima, Mogillah feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow & Flote, Ohmega Watts, Azizi Gibson, Sugiwa, Duval Timothy feat. Nicholas Mandolas, Freddie Gibbs, Slowthai, Mndsgn, Swarvy feat. Ivan Ave, Pink Siifu, K15, Fushou, Clap Cotton, Katbrownsugar feat. HMD, Children Of Zeus feat. DRS & KSR, Louis VI feat. Moses Boyd, JMSN, L’indécis, Ol’ […]
emanative | Earth
Led by drummer and producer Nick Woodmansey, Emanative have created a cosmic strand of multi-cultural UK jazz with African, Indian and Middle Eastern influences unlike any other act on the UK scene. Following on from their previous record on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label back in 2015, Earth celebrates the diverse backgrounds of it’s galaxy […]
Yazz Ahmed | La Saboteuse
Bahraini-British performer, Yazz Ahmed, is transforming what jazz means in 2017. This trumpet and flugelhorn-playing artist has worked with Radiohead and These New Puritans, experiments with electronic effects, and combines sounds from her shared heritage to author a new narrative for the genre. Part of the new wave of artists credited with stirring up the […]
shabaka & the ancestors | wisdom of elders
“Wisdom of the Elders” was recorded in Johannesburg in 2015 on one of many trips Shabaka Hutchings took there to immerse himself in the country’s rich musical heritage. The album is a psalm in nine parts. An episodic unfurling of a sonic journey across the Atlantic. “The grand scheme of this album is to present […]
sons of kemet | lest we forget what we came here to do
Sons Of Kemet are born of many vital elements – including a name that nods to ancient Egyptian culture, and a line-up that comprises some of the most progressive 21st-century talents in British jazz and beyond. Band-leader, composer and sax and clarinet don Shabaka Hutchings (himself named after a Nubian pharaoh-philosopher) brings together his fiery […]