See: Global beat fusionists Black Flower preview ‘O Fogo’ from incoming album ‘Magma’.

The pronunciation might be tricky but you can’t question the discerning taste of Belgian label Sdban Ultra in the nu-jazz, funk and grooves department. More proof comes with the label’s first taster from Black Flower’s soon-to-come ‘Magma’LP (due 28th January), ‘O Fogo’.

Four albums in and Black Flower have been steadily sharpening their kaleidoscopic blend of ethio-jazz, afrobeat, psychedelia and global rhythms, so much so that 2019’s ‘Future Flora’ set aficionados, Giles Peterson included, chattering. It’s a safe bet then that any new recordings from the five-piece will turn the heads of those in the know. As a first hint of what’s to come ‘O Fogo’ is set to raise that giddy anticipation further with its flighty flute melodicism, agile broken beats, deft organ stabs and dub-tinged electronica pauses. This is a fabulous fusion sound with its own identity – available from all the usual platforms…

Bring on January- Black Flower’s ‘Magma’ is set to lighten things up around here…