Moses Boyd - Dark Matter

Released 14th February 2020.

SK Album of the Year 2020

‘A key figure in the all-conquering London jazz scene, Moses Boyd has collaborated with most of its players, either sat at the drum stool or in the producer’s chair. Plenty of them return the favour here, including that man again Joe Armon-Jones, saxophonist/composer Nubya Garica, tuba innovator Theon Cross and Boyd’s old sparring partner in the fiery improv duo Binker & Moses, Binker Golding.

Rooted in the London sound with its prominent Caribbean and UK bass culture influences, the Mercury-nominated ‘Dark Matter’ elides the boundaries between jazz and dance music, and is a cohesive, compelling document of one of the UK’s most fertile musical patches.’

‘Dark Matter’ is a landmark record, a producer album by a young auteur, threading several thrilling musical traditions into a bold new tapestry: the raw energy of grime and afrobea