V.A. (NEW TANGENTS IN KAMPALA, LONDON & NAIROBI) / オムニバス / NEW TANGENTS IN KAMPALA, LONDON & NAIROBI VOL. 1 / レコード

UK、ケニア、ウガンダの気鋭音楽家により構成されるコレクティブ、Extra Soul Perception のレーベル・サンプラー的レコードがリリース決定! Joe Armon-Jones をフィーチャアするなど、興隆極める UKジャズ・シーンをも巻き込みつつも楽曲はすべて即興で作られていったのだとか。アカペラ、暴力的な GQOM、スワヒリ語による鋭利なラップ、R&Bのメロウネスなど、それぞれのルールを無視したユニーク極まりないトラックには熱いエネルギーが迸っているものの、それを爆発させるのではなく、あくまでクール&メロウにまとめた全体のディレクションにも敬服。新しい何かが起きていることを感じさせるワクワク度の高い一枚です!



In November 2019, eight artists from Kenya, Uganda and the UK spent a week in Nairobi together exploring new tangents in soul music.

The group, collectively known as Extra Soul Perception, is made up of Faizal Mostrixx (Ug), Hibotep (Ug), K15 (UK), Karun (Ke), Labdi (Ke), Lex Amor (UK), Lynda Dawn (UK) and Maxwell Owen (UK).

Every day of the writing camp they worked with a new combination of artists, putting their powers of improvisation and collaboration to the test. The result was a body of work that reflected their range of backgrounds, interests and disciplines: acapella harmonies, soft spoken word, transcendental gqom, razor sharp swahili rap, bumping broken beat and beguiling RnB. The tracks capture a spirit, unique to a place and time that won’t be replicated again; an energy and atmosphere forged by open minds and prodigious talent.

The first EP of music made in Nairobi will be released in Spring 2020, titled New Tangents in Kampala, London & Nairobi Vol.1. It features five tracks by all eight artists in different combinations, and three cameos.