WATCH: Blue Lab Beats' 'Labels' - Jazz FM Session
Jazztronica duo Blue Lab Beats returned to our studios for a Jazz FM Session
Last updated 23rd Mar 2022
The simply brilliant Blue Lab Beats blew us away with their performance of 'Labels', taken from their debut album Motherland Journey. Check it out below:
Personnel:
Drum pad/Controller: NK-OK (Namali Kwaten)
Keys: Mr. DM (David Mrakpor)
Accordion: Anatole Muster
About Motherland Journey:
For Motherland Journey, the two producers and musicians assemble an all-star lineup ranging from Afrobeat star Ghetto Boy to rising stars such as Tiana Major9, Pip Millet, Ego Ella May, Kofi Stone and much more. They broaden their inspirations from their trademark Jazztronica and masterfully blend afrobeat, New R’n’B and Soul.
One of the fastest-rising production duos in the world right now, with a Grammy nomination for their work on the Angelique Kidjo album Mother Nature, and a MOBO nomination for ‘Best Jazz Act’ in 2021 testament to their rise, Blue Lab Beats craft a supple, wide-ranging sound that blends boom-bap grooves and jazz-funk hooks are wide-ranging influences inspired by the pioneers of hip-hop and the music of the African diaspora; a sound that tells of London, of today, while hinting at the future.
Motherland Journey is out now via Blue Note Records
Blue Lab Beats - 2017 & 2018 Jazz FM Sessions:
The jazztronica have visited our visited our studios in the past, to produce two other fantastic sessions, which you can see below.
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