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NSWL018 – Bok Bok ft Kelela – Melba’s Call (Deleted Mix)

Bok Bok — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 19:02:46 +0000

An artefact from a perfect studio long abandoned, Bok Bok drops this alternative “Deleted” mix of his new single “Melba’s Call”. This version will be available on limited 10″ vinyl only, as part of the Night Slugs White Label series.

Both the original mix (released digitally March 31st) and this version feature Kelela, the powerful vocalist behind the smash Cut 4 Me mixtape, released last year on Fade To Mind.

Bok’s instrumental melted in the trash, mangled tape dragging his cyborg funk to an excruciating, ruined Memphis-like quarter-time. Meanwhile Kelela remains as immediate as ever, evoking R&B greats from a cannon she is clearly set to join.

To be played loud and preferably in the dark.

NS015 – Bok Bok ft Kelela – Melba’s Call

Bok Bok — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 23:56:49 +0000

After Bok Bok’s work with the Fade To Mind star Kelela on her Cut4Me mixtape in 2013, the pair team up again on ‘Melba’s Call’, the single from Bok’s forthcoming EP.

After a series of live sets blending Bok’s grime selection with Kelela’s powerful vocals, ‘Melba’s Call’ continues in that Grime&B tradition. The beat blends classic funk production with the unsteady 8bar logic and sub weight that run through all of Bok’s work. Classic samples are subverted for new purpose, an array of melodic detail and DMX drums reverberating in a concrete space. This is grime as deconstructed pop production.

Kelela’s visceral update of the R&B female modality with genuine, self-penned tales of love in 2014 completes the piece.

29.03.14 – Bok Bok & Friends @ Oslo LDN

Bok Bok — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:59:44 +0000

Join us to celebrate the release of “Melba’s Call” on the 29th March @ London’s Oslo.
Bok invites some of London’s best DJs (to be revealed on the night!) to play alongside himself on Oslo’s very, very serious new soundsystem.

Limited advanced tickets are available here:

https://www.alt-tickets.co.uk/alttickets/event_ate_18425a.html

BB’s other tourdates this month:

07.03.14 – Stealth, Nottingham
08.03.14 – Chow Down, Manchester
11.03.14 – Bigger Than Barry, Leeds
21.03.14 – Boston Strip, Amsterdam
22.03.14 – Get Born, Bristol
28.03.14 – Tuesday Club, Sheffield

stream Bok Bok’s new single featuring Kelela

Bok Bok — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 02:34:14 +0000

Here finally is Bok’s new new. On “Melba’s Call” he reunites with Kelela, picking up where their work on Cut4Me left off. Bok Bok ft Kelela – Melba’s Call

Released March 31st – > preorder on iTunes here Stay tuned for the video dropping next week!