Alfa Mist - Burnside Ballroom
Event description
presented by Porch Records,
Astral People & Handsome Tours.
on Kaurna Country.
we bring to you a special one.
ALFA MIST.
at a dream space,
the 1950's ballroom,
The Burnside Ballroom.
the most breathtaking space you ever did see.
a stacked line up of incredible
music, food and booze.
SUPPORTED BY:
Elle Shimada (Naarm)
Alexander Flood (Kaurna)
& Vinyl inbetweens by Nantale
doors from 6:30pm.
Food by
Pearla Tuck Shop
headlining this majestic show
is the one and only, UK's - ALFA MIST,
From East London, British pianist, rapper and producer Alfa Mist makes his Adelaide debut with his distinctive urban soundscapes that fuse hip-hop, soul and contemporary jazz. Inspired by his teenage exposure to grime and breakbeat, the gifted multi-instrumentalist made waves with his jazz-infused debut Nocturne (2015), and explored funk fusion and orchestral sounds on follow-ups Antiphon (2017) and Structuralism (2019). Alfa’s soul-searching fourth record Bring Backs (2021) found him layering lyrical poetry over intricate grooves, while his forthcoming album Variables – teased by the dark, introspective '4th Feb (Stay Awake)' and the improv jam 'BC' – promises to be his most expressive, fully-realised work to date.
“I’ve been focused on who I am in my music, but now I’m exploring where I am,” Alfa Mist says. “I’m asking: how did I get here?”
This is the journeying question that underpins Alfa's fifth album, Variables. Traversing luscious, big band swing, head-nodding boom-bap rhythms and yearning melodies, the record is expansive, soulful and moving, in both body and spirit. On Variables, his second release for ANTI-, Alfa achieves his most fully-realised, expressive musical work to date, coupling his keen ear for looping, memorably emotive piano lines with intuitive grooves and a free-flowing jazz improvisation.
Since the release of his first full-length project Nocturne in 2015, Alfa has established himself as one of the UK’s most focused, in-demand and distinct musical voices. He has worked with the likes of Jordan Rakei and Tom Misch. Artists look to him for his unique blend of intimate bedroom production and expansive jazz group orchestration, since Alfa is yet to be boxed into a specific genre. His music spans everything from hip-hop beat-making to producing for artists such as rapper Loyle Carner, composing neo-classical works for the London Contemporary Orchestra, and reworking tracks from composer Ólafur Arnalds and pioneering jazz label Blue Note.
“Music is the gift that will never stop giving because I am always trying to figure out something new,” he says. “There will always be a question and I’m just searching for new ways to answer it.”
This will be SPECIAL.
any questions, thoughts, feelings, emotions
- drop us a line on
sharni@porchrecords.com.au
xo
