Sheldon Agwu - "Kintsugi"
Photo by Karolina Wieolcha
Sometimes you just hear a musical combination that makes such perfect sense that you're shocked you haven't heard it before. "Kintsugi," the latest single from London-based Sheldon Agwu, is considered a mixture of dream-jazz and trip hop. It's all of the best qualities of chilled out trip hop with a hazy layer of horn over it. Agwu has crafted a completely mesmerizing new single that is going to suck in fans of either genre. This is such a great combination of trippy and laid back, and maybe we've missed an entire genre before this, but "Kintsugi" isn't quite like anything we've heard before while still feeling familiar in its parts.
You can listen to "Kintsugi" below. Kintsugi, the album, is due out April 11, and is available for pre-order through Bandcamp. For more on Sheldon Agwu, check out the artist's website.