Brother’s Testament are a groove based jazz fusion band from London. Consisting of Mark Mollison, Hugo Piper, Jack Robson and Munashe-Caleb Manyumbu, their sound amalgamates powerful grooves and stirring melodies whilst also being rooted in the jazz tradition. Brother’s Testament perform from the heart and embrace improvisation, so that the set manifests organically on stage…
Steam Down is an artist collective, weekly event and music community based in Deptford, South-East London. Founded by Ahnanse in May 2017, Steam Down is comprised of Alex Rita, Brother Portrait, Sawa Manga, Theon Cross, Nadeem, Benjamin Appiah, Dominic Canning and Nache. Their weekly sessions are a magical explosion of Afrofuturism, grime and future soul,…
Sawa-Manga is the creative child of beat wizard D’Vo and vocalist/poet And Is Phi, joined by a string section comprised of Maria Osuchowska on Harp, Mark Mollison on Electric Guitar, and Saskia Horton on Electric Violin. It is an exploration of musical landscapes, deep sea diving into liminal places for storytelling. It is sway, funk,…
Based in south east London, electronic musician Ben Hayes creates music somewhere between spiritual jazz, dance music, and experimental electronica. Lacing synthesisers and live instruments with found sounds, he expertly layers organic textures with punchy lopsided beats, whilst pulling out sounds of minute beauty that would otherwise pass us by. Active in the bubbling south…
The Yonis are a contemporary movement girl band. They made their debut at Brainchild in ’17, accompanying the wonderful Don’t Problem to do an imrov music meets dance set. In their words they are “Inspired by gig culture, we want to recreate the shared feelings of joy, euphoria and togetherness that one feels when watching…
Chantel Foo is a London based multidisciplinary artist who works with gesture and movement. Formally trained in traditional Chinese Dance, she takes interest in the physical body as a performative medium. Here, she further develops material from her on-going collaborative project “Sieve Cycles”, exploring fleeting intimacies. In “Sieve: Allowing Time” Chantel acknowledges her departure from…
Gardenn are a Brighton collective of DJs and musicians delivering high energy and eclectic selections of dance and electronic music from the world over. Their promise is simple: Always high energy, always fun. Last year they did a cracking job of playing the closing set of the Shack, we thought we’d invite them back to end…
Hector Plimmer & Wu-lu will be presenting CRATES on Sunday night at the Kite Bar. CRATES is an event that focuses on using music to bring people from all different walks of life together through a broad selection of music to shake your butts to. Get ready you Sunday night movers & groovers… See ya…
Benny Mails is a South-London-based artist of restless creativity. Brought up in the midst of London’s grime scene whilst also listening to heroes like Nas on the one hand and the discovery of his family’s funk and jazz records on the other, his early experiences of playing live weren’t that of a typical MC: Benny…
CDR is an international music project and community setup to be the platform for the development of new music, production and thinking. Covertly resident in London, Berlin, Copenhagen, Sydney and Melbourne sessions include conversations, production insights and partnerships with like minds in the industry. Shanti Celeste will be teaming up with CDR to talk about music…