Dave Okumu - I Came From Love (Live from the Roundhouse) (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:40:45 | 237 / 614 Mb
Genre: Rock Jazz
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:40:45 | 237 / 614 Mb
Genre: Rock Jazz
ave Okumu's extensive résumé includes three full-lengths as the frontman of genre-defying indie electronic band the Invisible, as well as work on Jessie Ware's albums, several releases by Matthew Herbert, and a collaboration with Joan as Police Woman and Tony Allen and this list barely scratches the surface of everything he's done. Though he released Knopperz, an instrumental hip-hop record based on Duval Timothy's Sen Am, in 2021, he regards I Came from Love as his first true solo project. Credited to Dave Okumu & the 7 Generations, the album is a reflection of his own life and family ancestry (the son of Kenyan immigrants, he grew up in Vienna and has lived in England since he was ten) as well as an exploration of Black history as a whole. The album incorporates spoken passages drawing inspiration from the work of writers and activists such as Aimé Cesaire, James Baldwin, and C.L.R. James, as well as references to historical events.
