Sinkane - U'Huh
With a falsetto voice drifting over driving beats and layered synth lines, the compelling sound of Sinkane defines Ahmed Gallab’s journey from a childhood in London and Sudan to Brooklyn, where his music took flight. His style-hopping sonic influences embrace Afrobeat, pop and soul grooves and the result is a seamless and seductive cross-cultural mesh.
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Mt Eden
Out of their teenage bedrooms, Mt Eden are now
working with some of the biggest artists and producers in the game. Expect them
to fire up their trademark extended build-ups, drum solos, double and
triple drops as Mt Eden take crowds to the peak and tip them over the edge
again and again.
Marlon Williams
Described by the guardian as delicious, oddly uplifting misery, Marlon William’s is New Zealand’s acclaimed folk and country singer making deep waves overseas. A veteran singer songwriter at the age of 25, Williams found his calling as a child growing up in Lyttelton, New Zealand. He is known for his ability to truly inhabit his material blurring the distinctions between classics and his own works.
Mercedes Peon
Mercedes Peón is a one-woman musical hurricane
who has single-handedly revived the traditional music of Galicia in northern
Spain. A true original, Peón has painstakingly collected the songs of the
region and experimented with them, unleashing them live in a dramatic solo show
on stage, with an armoury of instruments and effects on hand.
Warsaw Village Band
Formed in 1998 as a defiant musical gesture against
mass market mentality, this wild and adventurous seven-piece group proudly
embraces Polish folk traditions, but with a thrilling and raw edge. Using old instruments rarely heard in modern
music, their most recent album also draws influences from India, Persia and
Spanish Galicia.
