Momoko Gill - No Others / When Palestine Is Free (Double Single)

Picture Credit: Manuel Vasquez

Strut are set to release ‘Momoko’ on the 13th February, the debut solo album from producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Momoko Gill.

Fresh from her critically acclaimed collaboration ‘Clay’ recorded with cult electronic artist Matthew Herbert, Momoko steps forward in her own right for the first time with her remarkable new album, with pulsating lead singles ‘No Others’ and the electric ‘When Palestine Is Free.’

Momoko has long been one of the UK electronic and jazz scene’s best-kept secrets. A self-taught drummer, producer, songwriter, and vocalist, she has brought her unique touch to collaborations with Alabaster DePlume, Matthew Herbert, Coby Sey, Tirzah, and Nadeem Din-Gabisi (her musical foil in An Alien Called Harmony). Extensive touring behind the drum kit, at the keys and in front of the mic have honed her compositional and production instincts.

In ‘No Others’ Gill’s jazz experience is clear, bass leading the way to lush, danceable instrumentation with the layered, harmonic vocal stylings that Gill is quickly becoming known for. In tandem standout track ‘When Palestine Is Free’ Momoko brings in fifty voices from London’s music scene, artists such as Alabaster DePlume, Rozi Plain, Coby Sey, Shabaka Hutchings, Soweto Kinch, Marysia Osu, and collaborator Matthew Herbert, creating an astonishing choir lending their voices to the community. “Why is it that we know, with more certainty than ever, that we are just one corner of a vast living, breathing mycelium network in a state of total emergency, battling powerful forces that seem to be driven by antagonism towards life itself?” Momoko says of the track “Colonial violence, racism and oppression are everywhere, but it has never felt more urgent to renew our vows to fight it everywhere we see it.”