Momoko Gill

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VIERNULVIER

Fri 13.11

19:30 - 22:45

BALZAAL

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Momoko Gill presents her acclaimed debut 'Momoko' at the Balzaal in De Vooruit

Momoko Gill has long been one of the UK electronic and jazz scene’s best-kept secrets. A self-taught drummer, producer, songwriter, and vocalist, she has brought her unique touch to collaborations with Alabaster DePlume, Matthew Herbert, Coby Sey, Tirzah, and Nadeem Din-Gabisi (her musical foil in An Alien Called Harmony). Extensive touring behind the drum kit, at the keys and in front of the mic have honed her compositional and production instincts.

Debut album 'Momoko' sounds extraordinarily grown up for a first record. Throughout, you can hear the stylistic flavours of jazz musicians as much as singer-songwriters, experimental artists and electronic producers. Gill rejects imitation, sculpting her sound through feel and expression rather than tradition. Based in London and having grown up in Japan and the US, Gill channels her breadth of perspective through her musical ideas and storytelling, with a unique voice developed through instinct, collaboration and solitary study.

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[Momoko's] stunning centrepiece ‘When Palestine Is Free’ sees her expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people, shoulder to shoulder with a 50-piece choir and jazz heavyweights such as Soweto Kinch and Shabaka Hustings — esteemed company in which Momoko Gill truly belongs.

– DJ Mag

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The album’s eleven tracks take in a wide spectrum with the jazz-infused groove of ‘No Others’ and harmony-drenched, reflective ‘Heavy’ contrasting with the dark, confrontational sound of 'Shadowboxing' leading into an eerie left-field instrumental beat, ‘Test A Small Area' and the impressive 50-person choir on ‘When Palestine Is Free’ (which includes heavyweights Shabaka Hutchings, Soweto Kinch, Alabaster DePlume, Coby Sey, Marysia Osu and more). It is a deeply personal and poetic recording and showcases the full uncompromising range of Momoko’s vision, presented in her own voice.