Frizzy P and Mr Cole first began working together after meeting at a benefit concert linked to a festival project in Mali, though the collaboration took years to fully take shape. In the conversation that follows, they reflect on the latest in the LADI DADI series, the corridors of The Backroom Tape, and the way hip-hop, jazz, trip-hop, and personal writing continue to move through their music without ever settling into a single genre.

Born Gavin Blair and professionally known as Gavsborg, the East Kingston artist is one of the central architects of Equiknoxx/Equiknoxx Music, the Jamaican collective and label that pushed dancehall's experimental possibilities into a global underground conversation.

V.I.V.E.K, born Vivek Sharda, is one of UK Bass music's under-the-radar builders. As a producer, DJ, label head, and soundman, he has a mythology that begins in Southall, where he absorbed sound-system culture as a teenager. In this context, Southall is more than a birthplace or London suburb.

A teenage girl hears pirate radio, following toward fugitive geographies of garage, jungle, drum and bass, squat parties, and after-hours. Years later, as MANTRA, the London artist born Indra Khera, she would become one of the central figures in the contemporary underground jungle and drum and bass scene.

Although Double O belongs to jungle's first generation, his career is most impactful through what he makes possible for others. In his hands, breakbeats, Doncaster, London, pirate radio, dub plates, family, community work, parenthood, and political solidarity exist simultaneously.

At a recent show in Switzerland, Summer Pearl felt the room open up around her, recalling the surprise of facing a far larger audience than expected and the sense that she and her band, The Anatomy, simply let go that night.

There is a lot to say and little space for all the memories, music, friends and goose bumps that we’ve been through for all the years. So, we will say it in the best way we know how - by putting together a line-up that speaks for itself.

Bilal is one of the voices that define the blend of jazz, hip-hop and neo-soul. More than twenty years into his storied career, the singer, songwriter and producer born Bilal Sayeed Oliver—who, after decades of accolades and A-list collaborations with likes of Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Erykah Badu, Clipse, and so many more—is as locked in as ever. 

The next Black Rhino Residency nods at bass music’s culture and surroundings. For Saturday, April 18, we team up with Outlook Festival and put together a lineup covering both rooms of the club, sharing music from some of the rising artists in the scene.

We are happy to announce a new [ALT JAZZ] series event: The USA Grammy-nominated jazz artist, drummer, emcee, singer and producer Kassa Overall comes live in Control on Monday, May 11, promoting his latest album ‘CREEAM’ released on Warp Records. 

A new instalment of the [ALT JAZZ] series drops on Monday—April 20, at Control, and moves to the trio format, bringing forth the tuba player Theon Cross, accompanied by drums and saxophone. 

Second instalment of ALT JAZZ series is Summer Pearl. Known for her care-free live performances and to-the-point lyrics, Summer Pearl transcends the audience to a place of soul and truth.