Jordan Rakei
@ the Love Supreme Jazz Festival
6 July 2024

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Biography

Jordan Rakei is known to millions as a master producer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and DIY innovator. By the time he turned 30, the New Zealand-born, Australia-raised artist already had a string of critically acclaimed albums to his name; everyone from GRAMMY winners and chart-toppers to Mercury Prize nominees were clamouring to work with him. Now he’s poised to reintroduce himself yet again, as a man whose voice is capable of stirring the soul – bringing those deep-buried feelings right to the surface.

The Loop, Rakei’s fifth album, marks his recent signing to Decca (and Verve Forecast in the US) - a new career chapter that coincides with a number of profound changes in his personal life. This is an extraordinary record, not least for its sheer, breath-taking ambition. Along with his typically bold production style are spectacular orchestral arrangements and haunting choirs, hypnotic beats and an Odyssean-style narrative that charts a course through times of darkness and hope.