BLK JKS

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"South African mindbenders BLK JKS create a multivalent, 360-degree view of Johannesburg Now: Afro-jazz riffs segue into tribal rhythms, which swagger through street-level sociology before exploding into hardcore bursts of noise, kwaai kwaito beats, and addictive rock hooks. Prepare yourself for a dizzy blend of up close, freaked-out, kind of-not-quite-like-anything-you've-heard-before music." -Time Out New York

Johannesburg's psychedelic rock outfit BLK JKS have turned it all the way on for their first stateside visit. Fresh from recording sessions at Electric Lady studios, these young lions come with the sound of urban Africa now: forward bounce, agile changes and deep dub set against haunting, debonair vocals—this is fractured pop music filtered through free jazz, angular feedback, digital noise and the urban Zulu blues of mbaqanga. From a band on a meteoric rise both home and away come catch a first listen to notes of a feverish generation on the verge.