Sons of Kemet

Sons of Kemet

Theon Cross performing live on Druga godba festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 30 May 2015
Background information
Origin London, United Kingdom
Genres Jazz, World
Years active 2011–present
Labels Naim Jazz Records
Associated acts Jerry Dammers, The Heliocentrics, The Invisible, The Comet Is Coming, Polar Bear, Melt Yourself Down
Website sonsofkemet.com
Members Shabaka Hutchings
Oren Marshall
Tom Skinner
Seb Rochford
Theon Cross

Sons of Kemet are a British jazz group formed in 2011, made up of Shabaka Hutchings, Oren Marshall, Seb Rochford and Tom Skinner. The group uses saxophone and clarinet (Hutchings), tuba (Marshall, Cross), and two drummers to make their music and features a mixture of jazz, rock, Caribbean folk and African music.[1]

Sons of Kemet won 'Best Jazz Act' at the 2013 MOBO Awards.[2]

On 9 September 2013, Sons of Kemet released their debut album Burn, which received a variety of awards and nominations, including the Arts Desk 'Album of the Year 2013' and a nomination for Gilles Peterson's Album of the Year. Their next album Lest We Forget What We Came Here To Do received the same nomination for the year 2015.

They were featured on BBC 2's Maida Vale Session on 12 November 2013.[3]

Producers such as Micachu, Vince Vella and Ben Marc have remixed various songs from Burn.

Discography

Videography

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Year Title Director Choreographer Ref
2016 In The Castle Of My Skin Motheo Moeng Jarrel Mathebula [4]
2015 Play Mass Jordan Copeland Valeria Tello Giusti [5][6]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Ouellette, Dan (May 2014) "Sons of Kemet: 'Vibrating in Space'". DownBeat. p. 20.
  2. 1 2 "Winners 2013". MOBO Awards. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sons of Kemet Maida Vale Session". BBC Radio 2: Jamie Cullum. BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Music Video Sons Of Kemet - In The Castle Of My Skin". Pulse.com.ng. David Mawuli. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. ↑ James Keith. "Premiere: The Video For Sons Of Kemet's "Play Mass" Is A Jazz-Fueled Trip". uk.complex.com. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Linzy Na Narkorn. "SONS OF KEMET – 'PLAY MASS' MUSIC VIDEO SHOOT WITH TENTACLE FILMS". Linzy Na Nakorn Dance Artist. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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