Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Nok Cultural Ensemble鈥檚 mixtape

Verity Sharp shares a mixtape from Nok Cultural Ensemble鈥檚 Edward Wakili-Hick, which explores the Afro-diasporic percussive traditions that inspire the collective.

Verity Sharp shares a mixtape from Edward Wakili-Hick, a London-based drummer and producer, and founder of the new collective Nok Cultural Ensemble. He鈥檚 been a key figure in the London jazz scene for years as part of Steamdown and Sons of Kemet, and his new collective features many of his frequent collaborators like Theon Cross and Kokoroko鈥檚 Onome Edgeworth, as well as the likes of Angel Bat Dawid and Sulyiman. The ensemble is named after the ancient Nok culture which flourished in what is now Nigeria during the Iron Age, and in their music they celebrate and centre Afro-diasporic percussive traditions.

His mixtape for Late Junction platforms and explores some of those sounds that inspire the group, from traditional Atyap songs and Nigerian highlife to South African jazz and heavy percussive electronics.

Elsewhere in the show, Verity shares a selection of new releases from the likes of Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva, Irish fiddlers Caoimh铆n 脫 Raghallaigh and Dan Trueman, and Japanese producer 99LETTERS. Plus a dive into the musical heritage of Norwegian Travellers with a new collection of traditional songs that shine a light on Romani culture in Norway.

Produced by Katie Callin
A Reduced Listening production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

2 hours

Last on

Fri 25 Nov 2022 23:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Forest improvisations and hand-built harps

Next

OKI and cktrl in session

See all episodes from Late Junction

Music Played

  • Manja Risti膰 & Mark Vernon

    Sveta prasina (Sacred Dust)

    • Sound Postcards from the Centre of the Periphery.

  • Mario Montalbetti

    M煤sica para quince grullas atadas de las patas

    • La Materia Verbal (Antolog铆a de la Poes铆a Sonora Peruana).
    • Buh Records.

  • Pulverize the Sound

    Breakover Point

    • Black.
    • Relative Pitch Records.

  • Modu Moctar

    Iblis Amghar

    • Niger EP 2.
    • Matador.

  • Theon Cross

    Wings

    • Wings / Back To Africa.
    • Marathon Artists.

  • Nok Cultural Ensemble

    Kyangma (feat. Simeline & Sulyiman)

    • Njhyi.
    • SA Recordings.

  • PIQSIQ

    Ikitaa

  • Odeya Nini

    Sumbmerge

    • Ode.
    • Populist Records.

  • Susana Baca

    Se帽or De Los Milagros

    • Susana Baca.
    • Luaka Bop.

  • cktrl

    Yield

    • Yield.
    • cktrl.

  • Elias Akselsen, Stian Cartsensen & Ola Kvernberg

    Det var I fjor jag tjena dreng

    • Horta.
    • Heilo.

  • Caoimh铆n 脫 Raghallaigh & Dan Trueman

    The Fate Of Bones

    • The Fate Of Bones.
    • IrishMusic.net.

  • Rh茅a Dally

    I Say The Sea

    • Anthology Of Contemporary Music From South Africa.
    • Unexplained Sounds Group.

  • Malombo Jazz Makers

    Matshenyogo

    • Spirit Of Malombo - Malombo Jazz Makers, Jabula And Jazz Afrika 1966 - 1984.
    • Strut.

  • Count Ossie & Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari

    Nigerian Reggae

    • Tales Of Mozambique.
    • Dynamic Sounds.

  • Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble

    Now (Forever Momentary Space)

    • Now.
    • International Anthem Recording Company.

  • Jahari Massamba Unit

    Inestimable Le Clos

    • Pardon My French.
    • Madlib Invazion.

  • Nigerian Union Rhythm Group

    Unity

    • London Is The Place For Me 3.
    • Honest Jon's Records.

  • Native Sound System, SHOLZ & The Cavemen

    Tortoise

    • NATIVEWORLD.
    • Native Sound.

  • DJ Skothan

    Congo Dance

    • The Gqom Trilogy.
    • Hakuna Kulala.

  • Afrorack

    African Drum machine

    • The Afrorack.
    • Hakuna Kulala.

  • Steven Julien

    BLK808

    • Eight Balls.
    • Apron Records.

  • Scratchclart

    Storm

    • DRMTRK LP X.
    • DRMTRK.

  • 罢谤盲诲

    Traditional Atyab Song - Samba

  • Susana Santos Silva

    All The Birds

    • All the Birds and a Telephone Ringing.
    • Thanatosis Produktion.

  • Moncho y su Banda

    Buscando Las Flor

    • Que Bellas Son.
    • El Palmas Music.

  • Alex Paxton

    Corn Crack Dreams

    • Ilolli-Pop.
    • Non Classical.

  • Gu冒mundur Steinn Gunnarsson

    Bergrisi 2. Skei冒

    • Landv忙ttirnar fj贸rar.
    • Carrier Records.

  • John Also Bennet

    Badlands

    • Out there in the middle of nowhere.
    • Poole Music.

  • Peter Broderick

    Ceasefire

    • Piano Works Vol 1.
    • Erased Tapes.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Nov 2022 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

Is the synth the ultimate feminist instrument?

Five pioneering women and the technology they made their own...