Sons Of Kemet win ‘Best Jazz Act’ at the MOBOs.

Monday, October 21, 2013

Congratulations to Shabaka Hutchings and his group Sons Of Kemet on winning the award for "Best Jazz Act" at the 2013 MOBO Awards.

We have received the following press release regarding this award;

SONS OF KEMET

Winners of Best Jazz Act in 18th annual MOBO Awards

?As soulful and vital a British jazz record as there’s been in a while? **** MOJO

??deeply dubby, hypnotically danceable sound? Metro

? Sons of Kemet carry rhythmic hipness to new levels?
The Guardian

??the opening track sounds like an approaching stampede of elephants. It’s exciting, original and challenging??
**** BBC Music Magazine

?Could a jazz gig need a mosh pit?? The Times

Naim Jazz Records is pleased to announce that Sons of Kemet won Best Jazz Act in the 18th annual MOBO Awards held at the SSE Hydro, Glasgow on Saturday 19th October 2013.

The announcement was made hot on the heels of their highly acclaimed debut album release ?Burn’. Led by clarinetist, saxophonist and composer Shabaka Hutchings (photographed) with Oren Marshall on tuba and both Tom Skinner and Seb Rochford on drums, these four mighty creative forces have yielded music that is powerful, lyrical and, above all, fiercely original. The album was released to rave reviews, with much on-air support from the likes of Gilles Peterson on 6music, John Kennedy on XFM and Jamie Cullum on Radio 2, for whom the band are also recording a Maida Vale session this week.

Although born in London, Shabaka Hutchings spent most of his childhood in Barbados and it was there that he turned for inspiration when putting Sons of Kemet together - two artists in particular making their mark on him - Count Ossie and Cedric ?Im’ Brooks.  However, the band’s infectious and compelling sound also stems from the deployment of two drummers, in Skinner and Rochford, whose visceral exchange of rhythmic ideas is an unforgettable, highly danceable experience.  Throw into this one of the great wild cards of contemporary British music, Oren Marshall on tuba, and you have a wonderfully unorthodox configuration that The Guardian described in a recent 4 star live review as ?visceral as a rock group, as serenely sensual as a ska band, as rootsy as a percussion choir and as instrumentally hip as a post-bop outfit?.

Sons of Kemet support Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana: Mehliana at the Barbican on 21st November as part of the London Jazz Festival. http://www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/info/brad-mehldau-mark-guiliana-mehliana

Watch the Czlowiek Kamera (Fever Ray, Sigor Ros, Half Moon Run) directed promo video for ?Inner Babylon’ here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJRrk3PMFdc

Watch the alternate video for Vince Vella’s remix of Inner Babylon here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-8DAidLWRY

http://www.sonsofkemet.com / www.naimjazz.com / http://www.mobo.com

Ian adds;

Congratulations to Shabaka and the guys on this well deserved award. I’ve seen the band play live twice and can confirm that they’re an astonishing and dynamic live act. Meanwhile “Burn” is one of the most distinctive and important UK album releases of the year.