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Ahead of their appearance at Sea Change festival and the release of their new album Danijela Bočev talks to Danalogue and Betamax in an attempt to bridge the inner and outer worlds of Soccer96. Photographs by Fabrice Bourgelle
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In anticipation of the release of Sons of Kemet's latest LP, Your Queen Is A Reptile and their appearance at this year's Field Day Festival, saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings detailed the thirteen albums that shaped his experiences as both a man and a musician to Olamiju Fajemisin
London's Shabaka Hutchings and Tom Skinner sit down with Tristan Bath to discuss the free-flowing and vibrant grooves of their new quartet Sons Of Kemet, and how they emerge from a desire to explore the hidden currents linking the world's musics together