The idea behind 'Ancestry' was to explore the stories from my family history, including my great, great grandfather: a black minister who married a white woman in Jamaica in 1880;  his son, the conservator of forestry on the island, who planted the trees that are now under threat from the extreme weather and flooding of the climate crisis; and the living and future children in our family, all framing the expression of themes of climate justice, dual heritage identity and generational healing.
 
The album was funded by Arts Council England and the MOBO fund of Help Musicians UK. I worked with producer Doug Cave, whose music features regularly on BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Worldwide FM and has frequent rotation on Spotify's jazz/leftfield Playlists, as well as some of Bristol's finest new wave jazz musicians from Snazzback, No Go Stop and Cousin Kula. 

The sound was inspired by classic artists like Marvin Gaye, Carole King and Minnie Riperton as well as Robert Glasper-esque RnB and jazz, and contemporary artists like of Cleo Sol, Sault, Michael Kiwanuka and Jordan Rakei, as well as spoken word of Arlo Parks and Kae Tempest.

Like Family

Dying Heart (Piano)

last weekend, I recorded some outdoor sessions with soma cosmos, OP-1 & guitar
then i read marc's assignment today
I thought that's exactly what it is

it's a three part track, each part for me and my little brothers above me

brothers(disquiet0566)

release date : 20/07/2023  
foto by Katiuscia Valerio
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Animated Suspension-  Formants(disquiet0603)

You can becme a wholetone mobster if you can commence to live the life of permanent tension with little resolution.  Particularily, on the others...

Wholetone Mobster

3-4 beats ish. this will be my last tpc for a while. will be focusing on making beatbatches for album projects.

SEE YAA. peace

Tpc329 (True Grit)

Day 8. Only guitars. A song about being present.

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Let Me Just Say (TPC 341)

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Strongly influenced by the fruits of the downtempo Bristol sound of the early nineties, Endless Blue's music spins the trip-hop style in a new direction while staying true to their roots. They infuse trip-hop's "signature" lo-fi beats, vintage synths, and jazzy bass with guitar and songwriting that leans toward the indie-rock vibe of their original home of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sprinkled into th...ese grooves are eclectic snippets of other genres, from synth-pop to industrial to loungecore to staright-up rock. Finally, bringing it all together is a female voice that is a blend of numerous eras, from the torch singers of the '40s to the classic female rockers to the modern trip-hop singers.

Dirty beats, trashy keys, sultry vocals -- this is Endless Blue.

Jamuary 2024 - Day 25 - Sleeping By My Feet

Endless Blue

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