![Album Review: Cykada – Cykada LP [Astigmatic Records; March 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cykadacover-335x335.jpg)
Cykada’s first album release, Cykada, is a colourful mix of styles and activity, condensed into five instrumental pieces. The compositions they have created are both unexpected and groovy. The drum kit sounds melodic and the FX helps to transform the musicians’ possibilities. Cykada take on a lot of music styles:...
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Sarah Tandy usually shies away from the limelight. However, the West London keyboard player has now put together her own feverish line-up and is releasing her first EP, Infection in the Sentence, with Jazz Re:freshed. She will be showcasing the new album at Kings Place on 27th April. With a...
Steam Down are the arts collective that is putting Deptford on the world map. This is a group of London-based artists that come together at their weekly jam to play improvised music based on jazz, Afrobeat, grime and hip hop. Their philosophy, that the audience is an equal part of...
Boiler Room and Total Refreshment Centre are uniting at the Barbican Centre on Saturday to tell the story of London’s current jazz scene as it still evolves. Together with thirty local musicians, they will be narrating the untold tale of the rise of the cross-cultural sound of blended Caribbean, reggae,...
We never made a secret of the fact that we love Ibibio Sound Machine music, so we were really looking forward to hosting at Soas Radio for the April episode of Rhythm Passport On Air, their frontwoman. Eno Williams. Have a listen to our interview with Eno enriched by a...
![Album Review: The Comet Is Coming – Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery [Impulse! Records; March 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cometzzz-335x335.jpg)
The Comet Is Coming is a trio of jazz/psychedelic enthusiasts, one of whom is the increasingly recognised Shabaka Hutchings, who already leads two other groups (Sons of Kemet, Shabaka and the Ancestors). This group claim “to reconnect with the energy of the Lifeforce in the hope of manifesting higher realities...
In 2016, Nerija, an all-female group of young London based jazz musicians released a self-titled EP. After three years of sporadic gigs, solo projects (more to be mentioned on these later) and some refining, Nerija are hosting a night celebrating a rerelease of their original EP by Domino Records. But...
There’s not much need to say how influential a project like Jazzmatazz has been for both jazz and hip-hop. What is maybe less in the public eye is how much Jazzmatazz is still shaping the sound of new jazz and hip-hop acts. Last year, the seminal first album of the...
Preview: Auntie Flo (Live), Darkhouse Family & Sunken – Jazz Café (London; Thursday 14th March 2019)
Rhythm Section and Bradley Zero will be at the Jazz Café this Thursday to host Auntie Flo live from the heart of Camden. Hailing from Glasgow, Auntie Flo has been a long-time favourite behind the decks, known for his meaty vinyl sets, world grooves and ‘Afro-futurist’ sound. Five months after...
Despite its recent vicissitudes, Total Refreshment Centre is loudly and proudly turning seven this March. Seven years spent discovering, spreading and staging some of the finest music (jazz in particular) from all over the world. Since 2012, the former Hackney Social Club has become a meeting point for the London...
