Sons of Kemet Your Queen is a Reptile might just be my AotY, a bit early to say, granted. There's a bit of a buzz going on about British jazz at the moment, and not before time. My first connection with this was through Polar Bear, and their band members continue to exert an influence. Seb Rochford only appears on half the tracks on this album, with Pete Wareham making a guest appearance. Both featured in Acoustic Ladyland, which evolved into Melt Yourself Down, which is where I first came across Shabaka Hutchings, who is the key member of Kemet, which is a two drum, tuba and sax/clarinet quartet.
The music on this album is more substantial and confident, and channels mixed identity which is what unites so many of those within the British jazz scene. Give it a whirl. They're playing at Komedia in October too.
Guess you have seen this but for the benefit of others....
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2...asion-moses-boyd-matthew-halsall-nubya-garcia
I like the sound of Moses Boyd.
Moses Boyd is great. Check out last year's offering from Binker & Moses.
NSC'ers early bird thing!
As some of you enjoyed my last album 'An Awkward Bow' I thought I'd let you know that a mini album of previously unreleased tracks and remixes from the album sessions (not officially released until Monday) can be found here...
https://damselfly1.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-the-rose
Gratuitous bounce for this highly listenable mini album from the amazing Damselfly.
Take an awkward bow [MENTION=3052]Hungry Joe[/MENTION]!
My latest mix can be found here:https://www.mixcloud.com/The_Airing_Cupboard/mix-38/
Tracklisting:
1. Kino Mono - Supermoon
2. Audiobooks - Gothenburg
3. Lotic - Hunted
4. Christina Vantzou - Sound House
5. Marissa Nadler - A Forest
6. Jenn Champion - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
7. Carla Dal Forno - Summertime Sadness
8. Black Polygons - Aricie
9. Melody's Echo Chamber - Breathe in, Breathe Out
10. Sibille Attar - Paloma
11. Anemone - Laying In The Sand
12. Aisha Devi - Dislocation Of The Alpha
13. Sofi Tukker - Batshit
14. Mattiel - Count Your Blessings
15. Cherry Glazerr - Juicy Socks
16. Dubais & the Wolves - Blowhard
17. Mourn - Barcelona City Tour
18. Vital Idles - A Premise
Length: 60 minutes
Enjoying listening to this whilst packaging up and mailing out my CDs, cheers!
Very much enjoying the new Jon Hopkins
https://open.spotify.com/album/1nvzBC1M3dlCMIxfUCBhlO?si=2EziWdzsRlqIBNx5hlOMaw
Very much enjoying the new Jon Hopkins
https://open.spotify.com/album/1nvzBC1M3dlCMIxfUCBhlO?si=2EziWdzsRlqIBNx5hlOMaw
This had a bad review in The Guardian which worried me. However, everyone else seems really positive.