Jazz Loft presents: the Ōtepoti Vocal Ensemble and Reid+Wolken

The Ōtepoti Vocal Ensemble is the brainchild of vocalist Karin Reid who has gathered a small group of eclectic singers who share a love of layering close and dreamy harmonies over arrangements of some cool jazz, soul, R&B and neo-soul ‘bangers’. Their repertoire consists of interpretations from the songbooks of, for example, Hiatus Kaiyote, Radiohead, Jamie xx, Maisey Rika, a range of jazz classics and more..

The Ōtepoti Vocal Ensemble is made up of Hagino Baker (The Wild Chitokakas), Danielle Culling (Inati), Claire Hones (Dangerous Women, Soul Deep), Jamie Powell (Soul Deep) and Karin Reid (Reid+Wolken). The individual voices of the group are both highlighted and blend exquisitely together to create a deeply soulful sound world with lashings of jazz harmony and tinges of the experimental from the guitar accompaniment of Alex Wolken. Stripped back musically, their combined harmonic textures are groove laden, vocal forward and rich in sound.

The newly formed ensemble will tentatively debut a ‘first draft’ set of songs alongside a set of songs from hypno jazz noir duo, Reid+Wolken for two special shows at the quirky and acoustically rich setting at Trident House in the Vogel Street precinct. These intimate shows are to fundraise for the project while presenting audiences with a reflective pre Xmas concert, a chance for conviviality and to wind down while listening to luscious harmonies and lucent voices…

Cash bar tbc

Bios tbc