Emma-Jean Thackray - Um Yang 음 양Emma Jean Thackray, an outstanding figure in the UK jazz scene, releases Um Yang, her long dreamed project dedicated to the Taoist philosophy of duality and harmony. A highly ambitious and personal record that sees Thackray leading a septet featuring Soweto Kinch and Steam Downs Wonky Logic, recorded straight to vinyl. An accomplished trumpeter, beat maker, singer, composer and DJ, Thackray draws on far wider influences than jazz. Her sound is

‘In A Poem Unlimited’ album opener ‘Velvet 4 Sale’ concerns a female narrator imploring another to buy a gun for protection

It was in those clubs that Jude

when the 1967 Detroit Rebellion was tearing Detroit apart and Coltrane’s untimely death was devastating the jazz community

Memphis was officially declared 'Home of the Blues' by an act of Congress

wildly expansive 12-minute statement of intent a world away from anything any of the members have made before

Maceo Parker

the band have galvanized a following that’s ready to take them to the next level and now they’re coming to the UK

The new album was worked on throughout 2019 and mixed in early 2020 again sticking to mainly analogue processes

” says Mozgawa

Mixed by Eli Crews (with whom the band worked on Run Fast)

psychedelic space-rock-cum-minimal synth slop

I wanted to call the shots