BLUE LAB BEATS
Genres: Jazz Related Electronica, Hip-Hop, RnB • United Kingdom

Genre-bending duo Blue Lab Beats are part of London's booming contemporary jazz scene, throwing grime, hip hop, neo-soul and Carribean music into their melting pot of influences. The pair cook up their grooves and hooks in their self-dubbed Blue Lab, with rising names Kojey Radical, Ruby Francis and The Age of L.U.N.A regularly stopping by for sessions. Having remixed tracks for Jodie Abacus, Dua Lipa and Rag’n’Bone Man, the twosome – Namali and David, aka NK-OK and Mr DM – released their debut EP, Blue Skies, in 2016 and have since scaled jazz charts in the UK, Europe and Japan and packed out shows including London's iconic Ronnie Scott’s. Their debut album, Xover was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios and is due at the end of this month. It features a whole host of musicians including rising saxophonist Nubya Garcia, award-winning drummer Moses Boyd and all-female jazz septet Nérija, plus the likes read more...