One area where the UK is indisputably a world leader is cultural cross-pollination. Mackwood is an excellent example of their collective genius flowering.
Drummer, producer, songwriter and bandleader Mackwood announces details of his debut album Master Changes, out 17th October via 5dB Records. The announcement comes accompanied by new single ‘Thunder’, featuring rapper and Silhouettes Project founder Eerf Evil and acclaimed singer-songwriter and Omar collaborator Kianja.
Inspired by the UK’s rich electronic and soundsystem culture, Mackwood warps what we usually understand as jazz into thrilling new shapes and unpredictable forms, melding modern production with live instrumentation from his 6 piece band at West London’s 5dB Studios. Named after a sci-fi novel about a nuclear apocalypse, Master Changes, is influenced not only by a vast range of music, spanning from Curtis Mayfield to Nubya Garcia and Holst to Four Tet; but also by literature and wider conversations on identity, connection and the human condition.
Listen to ‘Thunder’ here
Press release courtesy of Only Good Stuff
