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Music Life: Allowing Yourself To Be Possessed with GAIKA

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28/10/2023 GMT

Allowing Yourself To Be Possessed with GAIKA

BBC Afghan TV - Music Life, Allowing Yourself To Be Possessed with GAIKA

GAIKA with Speech Debelle, Lucinda Chua and James Massiah.

Our host this week is artist and musician GAIKA - he was born in London and raised in the city’s night clubs.  He released his debut mixtape “Machine” in 2015 and since released a string of projects including “BASIC VOLUME" and “Seguridad".  He’s collaborated with some of the most renowned names in contemporary music, including 3D of Massive Attack, Dean Blunt, Kelela, Mike Skinner, Mykki Blanco and SOPHIE.  Alongside his music he's also created a number of art installations and has just released his new album ‘Drift’.  

Joining him are a group of artists whose music incorporates hip-hop, dub poetry and experimental pop – plus lots of spaces in-between.  

First up, is a British rapper It’s Speech Debelle, who released her debut album ‘Speech Therapy’ in 2009, a record which went on to win the coveted Mercury prize.  She released two further albums in 2012 and 2017.  In June the self-confessed food lover shared her latest album 'Sunday Dinner On A Monday'.  

Next up is a singer, songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Lucinda Chua. Based in South London, she primarily using her voice, a cello, and an array of effects units to create her music, and released her debut album ‘Yian’ in March. 

And finally, South London-born poet and musician James Massiah, a wordsmith who has built a reputation for his literary voice.  His collaborators include The xx and Massive Attack. He released his ‘Natural Born Killers’ EP in 2019 and at the end of last year shared the latest in his ‘New Poems’ series, Volume 4. 

Together they discuss their songwriting process, whether they’re led by words or music, and the psychological effect of creativity. 

Then in the second half of the programme, Speech Debelle takes us through a playlist called Music Is Good Food, featuring tracks from Black Uhuru, Prince, Kelis, plus more.

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