Jahcoozi is a Berlin-based multinational trio composed of Sri-Lankan/British MC Sasha Perera, Robot Koch and Israeli born Oren Gerlitz. The group’s sound has been described as consisting of abstract electronic beats within ragga, hip-hop, blip-hop, re and electronica.

In 2003 Jahcoozi starting playing on the Berlin underground circuit and made a name for themselves with their live performances. The trio’s debut ‘Fish’ EP which came out on the Berlin club label WMF Records in July 2003. After John Peel played Fish on his BBC radio show and the De-Bug listed the EP as one of its favourites, Jahcoozi were invited to play at Marke B, a Berlin music festival. The band has also opened for Big Dada Soundsystem, Aphex Twin, DAT Politics, Chicks on Speed, Airborn Audio, Kevin Blechdom, Jamie Lidell, Tiefschwarz and Mocky.

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A Strange Case of Grace
Saturday, December 13, 3-5 p.m.
Brooklyn Art Museum

In conjunction with the exhibition Who Shot Rock & Roll, the Black Rock Coalition presents a tribute to Grace Jones, one of the most iconic figures in America’s vast Black rock tradition. Guillermo E. Brown and Light Asylum explore Jones’s legacy. Gail Buckland, the curator of Who Shot Rock, gives a gallery talk in between sets.

New release from A Race of Angels !! With Femi on the cover whose beautiful mind you can follow at Femi Lives.

A Race of Angels’s sound is built around Yeofil’s songwriting and round but gentle voice, with Te’amir on drums, Gailybird on bass and a dash of Ainjoy on saxophone. “The sun is my inspiration,” says Yeofil. “Living in England, you are in the grey gloom for most of the year, so you really appreciate the sunny days.” Despite relocating to the always-beaming climate of LA, Yeofil clearly is still in touch with the English gloom, singing over dark electronic textures or effects-laden guitars and keys, the beats and heavy layers adding up to moody, romantic babymaking jams or circular, lonely lullabies. At the core of all that sound, though, are solid, thoughtful songs—Yeofil writes unplugged and alone on a guitar. “It’s always spontaneous,” he says. “I never really know what is going to go on, and that’s how I like to keep it.”  – via darealkeyzz

Video for Golden (2008)