Nok Cultural Ensemble

Nok Cultural Ensemble is a project originally formed in 2017 by Nigerian-British musician/producer Natcyet Wakili (Sons of Kemet, Nala Sinephro, Steam Down, Kokoroko), a fluid and evolving collective, which features an impressive line up of collaborators including Theon Cross and Angel Bat Dawid. On Njhyi, the Nok Cultural Ensemble centres diverse Afro-diasporic percussive traditions. Glitching beats unfold on African timelines, expressed through free jazz sensibilities which extend the futuristic pulse of dub technologies. The collective craft a visionary rhythmic continuum that tunes into living traditions stretching back to the ancient NOK civilisation, and reaches towards liberated futures. NCE foregrounds the diversity of black percussive music styles - from agbaja and apala, soca to bélé, sega, broken beat and beyond.