YUSSEF KAMAAL - Black Focus LP Minimal Wave No instruments nor electronic manipulations

No instruments nor electronic manipulations were ever employed within the group's physiognomy

Harry Smith (the importance of documenting/archiving a time and place)

the elements of punk are a driving fistfight that’s entirely the band’s own

with “Ants From Up There” managing to strike a skilful balance between feeling like a bold stylistic overhaul of what came before

YUSSEF KAMAAL - Black Focus LP Minimal Wave No instruments nor electronic manipulationsThe borders between Londons musical tribes have always been porous. For Yussef Kamaal, the sound of the capital with its hum of jungle, grime and broken beat has shaped a self taught, UK tipped approach to playing jazz. In the states, the genres long running to and fro with hip hop from Robert Glasper to Kamasi Washington has reimagined it within US culture. On Black Focus, Yussef Kamaal frame jazz inside the bass saturated, pirate radio broadcasts of