Sons of Kemet XL

Sons of Kemet XL

With Sons of Kemet, sax wizard Shabaka Hutchings takes cues from Afro-Caribbean carnival to contemporary UK grime and hip hop. This is music played with punk drive, the immediacy of club music and riddled with jazz, dub and afrobeat. New LP ‘Your Queen Is A Reptile’ is a sacred totem for black female icons, released on the prestigious Impulse! label (which has hosted greats like Coltrane, Mingus, Sanders). We’ll present the band’s ‘XL-version’, an extravaganza featuring four drummers.

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Thursday Oct 4th 2018

Listen: Shabaka Hutchings' personal playlist for his curated program at LGW18

Thursday Sep 20th 2018

Watch: Sons of Kemet perform 'Your Queen Is A Reptile' for Boiler Room & Mercury Prize

Thursday Aug 23rd 2018

Video portrait: Shabaka Hutchings on Impulse!, curating at LGW, and music as joyous celebration

Tuesday Jul 3rd 2018

Track of the Week #6: Sons of Kemet - 'My Queen Is Harriet Tubman'

Thursday May 24th 2018

Listen: Sons of Kemet release new album on Impulse!