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Following on from her first three singles – championed by the likes of Crack Magazine, Jamz Supernova, Shanti Celeste, Gilles Peterson and many more – Marla Kether continues to showcase her remarkable ability to blend diverse musical influences into her music with the release of ‘The Juvenile Masculine’, featuring Snazzback collaborator, and social campaigner Solomon O.B.
A thought-provoking commentary on gender identity in the modern world, Solomon’s musings on their relationship to and the complexities of ‘masculinity’ and ‘femininity’ punctuate a bed of deep and dubby percussive groove from Marla. Drawing from her unique experience in Global House, Jazz Fusion & Spoken Word, she creates a lively and mesmerising fusion that transcends cultural boundaries.
The Juvenile Masculine is a dark, dubbed out and contemplative continuation of Marla’s previous release ‘In My Corner ft K.O.G’. Completely recontextualising the Moog Synth and drum selections from In My Corner’s ecstatic afrobeats, into The Juvenile Masculine’s stretched and cavernous space, Marla Kether puts a completely different meaning to a motif or sample, with no editing of the parts themselves, only the context around it.
Exceeding 27 million Spotify streams for her work as a session bassist (Yazmin Lacey, Oscar Jerome, Obongjayar), and having toured globally as a core member of Loyle Carner’s band, Marla now has 5 brilliant global dancefloor tracks ready to roll out under her own name this year, with a new tune dropping approx every 6 weeks, culminating as an EP in November 2023.
Marla will be playing some of the UK/Europe’s biggest festivals this year as bassist for Loyle Carner. During this time she will also be playing her own DJ gigs and live band shows, with bookings including Love Saves The Day, Forwards Festival, Highrise Festival and London’s iconic NinetyOne Living Room.
Marla is releasing through Saffron Records, the Bristol-based label and respected non-profit organisation making considerable waves in innovative music tech circles, on a mission to uplift women, trans and non-binary artists –
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