{"id":74422,"date":"2021-03-09T16:55:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=74422"},"modified":"2021-03-09T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T16:04:09","slug":"blue-lab-beats-ghetto-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/blue-lab-beats-ghetto-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Lab Beats and Ghetto Boy reunited by afrobeats on single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The British duo joins forces with the Ghanaian star on new single &#8220;Blow You Away (Delilah),&#8221; ahead of Blue Lab Beats&#8217; new EP <em>We Will Rise<\/em>, to be released on April 9.  <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Increasingly popular in the UK, Blue Lab Beats is known for its keen sense of rhythm, whether it be via jazz or afrobeats. Formed by the multi-instrumentalist Mr DM and the producer NK-OK, the duo is beginning to make its mark. They now seem omnipresent on the radio, and also have had the opportunity to perform in concert at Glastonbury and Afropunk. These artists have opened for American artists Roy Ayers, Kiefer and Thundercat. All that, as well as remixes of tracks by Dua Lipa and Rag&#8217;n&#8217;Bone Man, as well as collaborations with the French artist Lala &amp;ce and the Zambian singer Sampa The Great, have driven hype over their new EP, to be released on Blue Note Records (a label whose name refers to the mythical blue note in jazz and the blues.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Blue Lab Beats - Blow You Away (Delilah) (Lyrics Video) ft. Ghetto Boy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BrN8O-4sPsA?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Blue Lab Beats &#8211; Blow You Away (Delilah) (Lyrics Video) ft. Ghetto Boy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Combining groove, jazz and funk, Blue Lab Beats is greatly inspired by the pioneers of hip-hop but also by the musical diversity of the African diasporas, mirroring today&#8217;s multicultural London. NK-OK explains: \u201c<em>Most of our music is instrumental, for us it makes it accessible<\/em>.\u201d He added: \u201c<em>We grew up listening to everything we could get our hands on, from soul, funk, jazz, afrobeat, highlife, grime. Our parents played all this music at home all the time; it&#8217;s an important part of London culture. We wanted to put this soul and this energy in our outings.<\/em>\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first single from their new EP, entitled &#8220;Blow You Away (Delilah),&#8221; is tinged by a throughline of afrobeats. In the company of the Ghetto Boy, Be\u00e9sau&#8217;s trumpet and Kaidi Akinnibi&#8217;s saxophone blend with transcendental percussion. The duo says: \u201c<em>Ghetto Boy immediately sorted out the piece we sent him. What he did with it was pretty crazy. He added ad-libs, he changed the tone in some places, he manipulated the words to project them into a real 3D space when you listen to it through headphones<\/em>.\u201d Mr. DM adds that they were inspired by Burna Boy, and also by <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/wizkid\/\">WizKid<\/a>: \u201c<em>We wanted to bring that electronic Afrobeat sound in addition to the rhythms we grew up with<\/em>.\u201d The new EP will also feature Kojey Radical, saxophonist Braxton Cook and Wizkid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/bluelabbeats.lnk.to\/BlowYouAway\" target=\"_blank\"><em>We Will Rise<\/em><\/a> EP ahead of its April 9 release via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bluenote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Note<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to Blue Lab Beats and Ghetto Boy in our One Dance playlist on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/5fzbLUbqLiEvriBPMlLNbf?si=-0mH0IkjTN6PQ-2ZGmXuCg\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/fr\/playlist\/2316095842\" target=\"_blank\">Deezer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/26490011-unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/26490011-unnamed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/26490011-unnamed-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/26490011-unnamed-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/26490011-unnamed-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/26490011-unnamed-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/26490011-unnamed-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/26490011-unnamed-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/26490011-unnamed-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/26490011-unnamed-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British duo joins forces with the Ghanaian star on new single &#8220;Blow You Away (Delilah),&#8221; ahead of Blue Lab Beats&#8217; new EP We Will Rise, to be released on April 9. 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