Neue Grafik Ensemble is a true reflection of the connections made at East London’s now legendary Total Refreshment Centre. The urban improvised music warehouse no longer runs in the Foulden Road location, but many collaborations were dreamt up during late-night jams in the studios upstairs. This band is one such...
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A jazz trio that instigates raves drenched with frenzied dancing and euphoria; The Comet Is Coming is a jazz electronica band that feels like it is pushing boundaries and creating music that belongs in a large crowd. Their music will lift you up, as the group like to lead you on...
We always look for musicians who are able to move the musical focal point to new scenes and regions. That’s what FREEK is doing. The Somali-born United Arab Emirates-based MC is currently spotting a light on the rising GCC and Middle Eastern trap and drill scenes. On 21st December, he...
Preview: Marsm Presents Makkam w/ Arteria FM & MOZÃO @ The Jago (London; Saturday 7th December 2019)
Throughout the years, MARSM UK has tempted us with plenty of exciting Middle Eastern and North African scented music events. While on 7th December, the needle of their music compass and turntables will run through Afro-Latin and Afro-Brazilian grooves. They partnered up with London-based DJ collective Makkam to take over...
Focus Africa 9th Anniversary won’t only be an opportunity to say happy birthday to the London cultural association, founded 9 years ago, but it’s also going to be a rare occasion to enjoy and dance to the Afro-urban sound of Young Paris. Rich Mix will indeed be inundated by the...
On 4th December, it’s griot day at the Jazz Café. Head for the Camden venue, and you will have a one-off opportunity to enjoy three masters performing on the same stage. Mamadou Diabaté, Diabel Cissokho and Sourakata Koité are three remarkable interpreters of the West African music tradition. They all...
On Tuesday 3rd December, enjoy a full immersion into the past, present and future of Japanese music at Café OTO. Throughout the evening, in the Hackney venue, traditional and experimental sounds from the Far Eastern country will accompany you on a journey of musical re-discovery. Yama Warashi and ∵n∀v∩∴ are...
A (post) Christmas party like no other! On Sunday 29th December, head for Hootananny, and you’ll find out how to celebrate Christmas in pure with some pure upbeat exuberance… Dancing, having fun and partying the last Sunday of the year away, together with the wildest and grooviest band in town, Mama...
You can call it Afro-jazz, but we prefer to define it “Afro-joy”, because that’s what Kongo Dia Ntotila eventually bring and share with their music. The London-based six-piece band, led by talented Congolese bass player Mulele Matondo, presents an upbeat fusion of Central and West African styles, blending together the aforementioned...
To end November, the trusty Jazz Cafe have booked an evening with Turkey’s female offering of psychedelia and funky-folky rock. Gaye Su Akyol has been unstoppable in the last couple of years; perhaps a peak would be playing 2018’s WOMAD. Her blend of Turkish tonality, funk, political and social sentiment...