Name: Freedom Fables
Brand: Nubiyan Twist

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-STRUT-225

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Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-05-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

4062548015683

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

CD-STRUT-225

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4062548015676

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Nubiyan Twist 

Genre US

R&B / Neo-Soul

Label US

Strut

Nubiyan Twist are a twelve-piece outfit based in Leeds/London, UK, fusing groove-driven music from around the world with soundsystem culture and jazz-inspired improvisation. A culmination of musicians, DJ's and producers, the band strives to encourage artistic and social unity between different cultures and musical styles. Notable influences include artists such as Fela Kuti, King Tubby, J Dilla and Herbie Hancock.

Nubiyan Twist return with their brand new album Freedom Fables on Strut, the follow-up to the acclaimed Jungle Run from Spring 2019. Woven around soul searching, cautionary tales and parables for modern life, the new album is the most accomplished yet by the Leeds/London collective, effortlessly fusing different soul, jazz and global styles with great musicianship and lyrics.

The album is packed full with illustrious guest appearances: regular collaborator Cherise features on the brilliant ‘Tittle Tattle’, calling out gossip through acerbic nursery rhyming, the loping ‘Flow’ dealing with the ebb and flow of anxiety and the epic Brazilian jazz workout, ‘Keeper’; UK jazz saxman Soweto Kinch brings a burning alto solo and rhymes to the determined ‘Buckle Up’ alongside the band’s own vocalist Nick Richards as the track aims to “find the door to peace” among life’s challenges. Richards continues the “dust yourself off and find hope” theme on the rousing ‘Wipe Away Tears’; Ghanaian great Pat Thomas voices a gorgeous Accra meets London highlife jam; massive new vocal talent Ria Moran (a contemporary from the band’s time at Leeds College Of Music) steps up on the sensual ‘Morning Light’ tackling delicate complexities of the heart and long time friend of the band, KOG, brings his trademark full strength Afro dancefloor energy.

Shaping up to be a modern classic, Freedom Fables is set to catapult Nubiyan Twist even further into the limelight and cement their position as one of the UK’s leading soulful collectives of the current generation. The album was produced by Tom Excell at Henwood Studios in Oxfordshire and mixed by Oli Barton Wood and Tom Excell at The Premises. Artwork comes courtesy of Emma Rodriguez aka Mooncrab.

Freedom Fables

Music US

Discover Freedom Fables by Nubiyan Twist on Strut. This soulful album blends jazz and global styles with guest appearances, available in LP and CD formats.