Blue Lab Beats: London’s “jazztronica duo” cultivating some of the city’s most dynamic sounds

Musical masterminds coming together is always special, but when they find each other from an early age and begin creating and vibing, that’s pretty much dynamite. So when the self-professed “jazztronica duo” Blue Lab Beats – Namali Kwaten and David Mrakpor – met at youth arts organisation, WAC Arts, in North London in 2013, at the respective ages of 13 and 18, their musical partnership … Continue reading Blue Lab Beats: London’s “jazztronica duo” cultivating some of the city’s most dynamic sounds

Blue Lab Beats release Keep Moving single from forthcoming Freedom EP

Blue Lab Beats team up with saxophone player Nubiya Garcia to create some jazz, beats and blues vibes. The track, Keep Moving, will feature on the London production duo’s forthcoming Freedom EP. Blue Lab Beats Keep Moving featuring Nubya Garcia is out now. Blue Lab Beats’s Freedom EP is available to pre-order now Rosalind Medea is Life & Soul Magazine’s Chief. She is a writer specialising in … Continue reading Blue Lab Beats release Keep Moving single from forthcoming Freedom EP

Blue Lab Beats: Working jazz and soul into a hip hop format

Blue Lab Beats, the twosome behind some of the freshest beats, melodies and multi-instrumentals with a hip hop/soul/jazz vibe, play their first headline gig at Jazz re:freshed tomorrow night. The North London-based production duo, Blue Lab Beats – who have produced remixes for the likes of Jodie Abacus, Dua Lipa and Rag’n’Bone Man, and collaborated and worked with the likes of The Age Of L.U.N.A, songstress Ruby … Continue reading Blue Lab Beats: Working jazz and soul into a hip hop format