Broadcast

Emma-Jean Thackray + Maria Chiara Argiro

March 5th, 2022

PCL PRESENTS
Emma-Jean Thackray
Saturday 5th March 2022
Broadcast, Glasgow
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AGE 18+
DOORS 7PM
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Tickets available here: https://www.seetickets.com/…/emma…/broadcast/1893002
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Bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Emma-Jean Thackray was born and raised in Yorkshire but is today a resident of Catford, south-east London. Her 2020 EPs Um Yang ? ? and Rain Dance marked Thackray out as standard-bearer of a spiritually-minded, dancefloor-angled take on jazz that stood at a slight remove from the broader UK scene. But Yellow – released on Thackray’s own Warp Records-affiliated imprint, Movementt – feels like a further step into a fresh and distinct space. Its 14 tracks bloom with brass and strings, choral segments and ecstatic chants. But this deeper, richer sound is not at the expense of immediacy. “The groove is the most important thing,” says Thackray. “Even if it’s a tune that’s really mad and free, all kinds of crazy shit happening, there’s usually a groove there – an anchor, locking it down.”