Momoko Gill - support tbc

What to expect

Momoko Gill presents her much-praised debut album Momoko in the Balzaal of De Vooruit.

• Autodidact drummer, producer, songwriter and singer
• Worked with Alabaster DePlume and Matthew Herbert
• Worked with Coby Sey, Tirzah and Nadeem Din-Gabisi
• Nadeem Din-Gabisi: An Alien Called Harmony
• Toured on drums, keys and vocals
• Touring sharpened her composition and production instinct
• Album's 11 tracks cover a broad spectrum
• Album sounds mature for a debut
• Influences: jazz, singer-songwriters, experimental artists, electronic producers
• Rejects imitation and tradition
• Builds sound from feeling and expression
• Grew up in Japan and the US
• Lives in London
• Broad perspective shapes her musical ideas and stories
• Voice shaped by instinct, collaborations and self-study
• 'No Others' has a jazz-infused groove
• 'Heavy' is harmony-soaked and reflective
• 'Shadowboxing' moves into an eerie instrumental beat
• 'Test A Small Area' is on the album
• 'When Palestine Is Free' features a 50-voice choir
• Choir includes Shabaka Hutchings and Soweto Kinch
• Choir also includes Alabaster DePlume and Coby Sey
• Choir also includes Marysia Osu and others
• Personal and poetic recording
• Shows full uncompromising range of her vision
• Presented in her own voice