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Dance, Dance, Dance
On the eve of release of Ezra Collective’s new album, band members Ife Ogonjobi and James Mollison talk high energy live shows, bedroom posters and recording the new album, Dance, No One’s Watching.
It’s something of an understatement to say that 2023 was a big year for Ezra Collective. Their unexpected win at the Mercury Prize generated not only the memorable and highly joyful image of a whole-band bundle when their name was declared but also an acceptance speech that placed their success in a community context, shouting out their youth club, Tomorrow’s Warriors, alongside friends and family. It was a very Ezra moment.
They’re topping off 2024 with the fruits of the past year’s labour – a third album written backstage and on tour buses and then recorded at the famous Abbey Road studios. Dance, No One’s Watching combines core Ezra ingredients of jazz and dub, hip hop, hi-life and salsa; worldwide dance music, Londonised. This is big welcoming dancefloor energy, with enough balm-songs to take you home afterwards – and to pick you up the next morning.
04.10.24
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