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NEW JOINT ALBUM ” THE LOCKET ” DUE OUT 06 AUGUST
Today, Mr Jukes and Barney Artist have announced the rescheduled live dates for their ‘The Locket’ tour. The new dates will now take place in November 2021 with shows at Manchester Gorilla on 22nd, Brighton Chalk on 23rd, Bristol Thekla on 28th and London Scala on 29th November – which has been upgraded due to demand.
The duo will release their new collaborative album ‘The Locket’, on 6th August via their own label The Locket Records / Virgin Music. ‘The Locket’ is the coming together of two masters of their craft to create something hopeful in a time of unrest. It features ten tracks cut from sessions that span over eighteen months. It’s sunshine-dappled, psych-tinged, hip-hop flavoured, leftfield pop. Beats, bars and a unique sort of retro futurism that zips from sepia-tinged to full technicolour almost as fast as Barney’s flow. The pair have also recently shared their new single ‘Check The Pulse’ featuring Kofi Stone
During a period of prolonged inactivity, Jack Steadman scratched an itch to do something new. He went by the moniker of Mr Jukes and released an album, God First, in 2017. We say ‘by himself’ but it was very much an open-door policy, resulting in a collaborative record that brought contributions by legends such as Charles Bradley, De La Soul, Horace Andy, Lianne La Havas, BJ The Chicago Kid and Lalah Hathaway. The project also features a contribution from Barney Artist, who Jack had quite simply stumbled upon on a Spotify playlist and never forgotten.
Barney’s music takes the vibrance of jazz infused hip-hop but with a London feel. Growing up in Forest Gate, East London, Barney touches on conscious themes by way of lively, dynamic delivery to create something instantly likeable, like the artist. He’s a larger than life presence, fun to be around and a searing, peerless talent too. A collaborator by nature, Barney grew up around Tiana Major9 and Jay Prince and has made music with Tom Misch, Alfa Mist and Jordan Rakei.
Barney’s contribution to God First, “From Golden Stars Comes Silver Dew” (also featuring Lalah Hathaway) proved to be a standout. Bonded by a mutual love of the ever-changing landscape of modern hip-hop, the two artists instantly fell into step with one another. There was no clear plan or brief to fulfil for a full-length Jukes X Barney project, but both artists instinctively knew that it would be a waste not to explore the potential they’d uncovered. They were right, clearly.
Jukes and Barney are excited to be performing together this year to showcase their new album and summery songs that pull from their love of hip-hop.
LIVE DATES 2021
Mon 22 November Manchester Gorilla
Tue 23 November Brighton Chalk
Sun 28 November Bristol Thekla
Mon 29 November London Scala
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago and married my childhood sweetheart and life is good.
