portions for foxes presents:
GHOSTPOET
+ Alt J
@ The Cluny, Newcastle
27th February
Tickets £12 from RPM, Beatdown stores
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Born and raised somewhere between London, Coventry, Nigeria and Dominica, Obaro admits that his heritage is important to him, but that it hasn’t consciously affected his musical career: “My parents enjoyed listening to music around the house but never really encouraged it as a career. I kind of pursued listening to various sounds late into the night when the house was asleep.” And as for attempting to pinpoint his tastes… it’s hard to gauge when his palette flips from Badly Drawn Boy’s ‘The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast’ (the first CD he ever bought) to the angular dynamics of the UK grime scene via Iggy Pop, Fela Kuti, Radiohead, MF Doom and Squarepusher. This was the music that captured his imagination at university, where Obaro was part of a grime collective: “One of the guys made the beats with Reason, he taught me the basics and I kind of stumbled, bumbled and fumbled my way to the present.”
The 'present' Obaro talks about? a Mercury Prize nomination in 2011 and widespread celebration of his debut as the most nuanced, original and characterful debut in hip hop since Original Pirate Material.
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PRESS:
"Rarely does a British debut album forge such a fully formed, genuinely unique direction that attempts to slot it into established scenes prove almost entirely fruitless. You probably have to go back to Original Pirate Material, in fact, for similar impact." BBC
Ghostpoet (aka Obaro Ejimiwe) fresh outta the West Midlands, has been making a serious dent on the live circuit this summer thanks to his storytelling skills. if you don’t know about his suave Brit-hop style already, get involved. - Mixmag 5/5
“With lullabies to hypnotise, this somnolent spirit is sleepwalking his way to greatness”
The Guardian
“A mix between Mos Def’s halfhearted croon and Tunde Adebimpe [lead singer of TV On The Radio] on quaaludes”.
Patric Fallon, XLR8R
“(A voice that is) idiosyncratic. It has a quality of it’s own. Languid, laidback, pensive, wise and broken. Sad but hopeful at the same time.” Nobodydancenomore
