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On The Table Read Magazine, “the best enertainment magazine in the UK“, Brooklyn based avant-garde experimental jazz trio Nite Bjuti have released their new single, Mood (Liberation Walk).
Mood (Liberation Walk)
Mood (Liberation Walk), the brand-new single and video from Brooklyn-based avant-garde experimental jazz trio Nite Bjuti, is out now.
In their much-anticipated single, the acclaimed singer-songwriter Candice Hoyes, Grammy-nominated SoundChemist and beatmaker Val Jeanty, and bassist Mimi Jones discuss existential topics like maturity, growing up, and profound physical, mental, and spiritual change.
Hoyes explained in Mood (Liberation Walk) that they express the sudden feeling of a girl jumping or jumping into puberty, roped into a new emotional reality, physicality, and social positionality. She jumps through her own portals until the street lights flicker, as shown in the music video. Jumping embodies connectivity, the chasmous leaps of Black womanhood’s growth, and shared childhood experiences. Candice Hoyes, a mixed-media artist, is in charge of the music video.
The hypnotic vocals, Haitian-inspired drums, and soul-piercing basslines of the Afro Caribbean three-piece complete an intentional and intoxicating fresh jazz meets electronica sonic experience. Candice Hoyes, a mixed-media artist, directed the accompanying music video. Nite Bjuti and his bandmates have been recognized by NPR’s WBGO and Jazz Times, among other publications, for their performances at the internationally renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Nite Bjuti
Nite Bjuti is Candice Hoyes, Val Jeanty, and Mimi Jones, an evocative improvised trio of Afro-Caribbean musicians who cultivate their narrative journey through the use of electronics, vocalism, bass, Haitian drum rhythms, sampling, and spoken word. For their mixed media installation in 2022, which was commissioned by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, they were awarded a UMEZ Arts Engagement Grant. In 2020, they were awarded the NYC Women’s Fund in Jazz Music, which will fully fund their forthcoming debut album.
Nite Bjuti draws inspiration from “Night Beauty,” a centuries-old Haitian folk tale about a girl whose spirit seeks justice when her bones begin to sing in the afterlife. Nite Bjuti has recently performed at The Schomburg Center, Nublu Jazz Fest, NYC Winter JazzFest, WBGO live broadcast, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. They draw inspiration for their music from performances in museums, dance and visual art installations, electronic and jazz music venues, and other venues around the world.
Nite Bjuti performs to bring back the world’s lost Diasporic beauty, which transcends generations. They improvise with the intention of developing layers of intimate community within the band and with its audiences. Nite Bjuti made her debut at Jazz at Lincoln Center in honor of International Women’s Day 2018.
Find more from Nite Bjuti now:
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