Raz & Afla

Name: Raz & Afla
Start: 2025-01-31T20:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-31T23:30:00+00:00
Location: The Jam Jar Bristol

Schedule

Fri Jan 31 2025 at 08:00 pm to 11:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Jam Jar Bristol | Bristol, EN

🌍💥 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙤-𝘾𝙡𝙪𝙗 𝙙𝙪𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢🌍💥
Raz Olsher & Afla Sackey: a bond that fuels a dynamic and effortless musical relationship. Their music represents a harmonious union of African influences with electronic music, full of soul, vibrant energy and captivating rhythms. 🪘🪘
𝗥𝗮𝘇 & 𝗔𝗳𝗹𝗮
+ 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗮𝗿, 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹
𝟴𝗽𝗺 - 𝟭𝟭.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺
+ 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁
Raz, owner of Fossil Studios, is an award-winning, chart-topping, mutli-platinum producer. His repertoire includes a broad range of solo electronic music productions while also lending his refined ear to composing and producing for other artists including Basement Jaxx, Lamar, Sam Lee and many more. 📀 🎶
Afla’s background as a dancer and session musician for artists such as Ginger Baker, Sun Ra, Oren Marshall, Osibisa, Ibibio Sound Machine, and Tony Allen embodies his lineage. 🔥🔥
The balance between Raz’s production style and Afla’s Afrocentric flavours ignited dance floors and earned the duo a glowing reputation from the very beginning. Their debut album, ‘The Cycle’, came out late 2022 and has gained critical acclaim from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Lauren Lavern, Jamz Supernova and was play listed on BBC Radio 6,1Xtra, FIP, Radio Nova as well as obtaining fans from their peers and remixing the likes of Glass Animals, Batida and Crate Classics.
Following their debut The Cycle, and its subsequent remix project, their sophomore LP, Echoes Of Resistance, finds the duo remaining committed to exploring new sonic territories and creating music that speaks to the universal language of rhythm and melody. Beyond their studio recordings, Raz & Afla are celebrated for their exhilarating live performances, playing shows in major festivals in France, Netherlands, Germany, Cyprus and the UK.
This is a twosome expressing themselves to the world; vulnerable, truthful and exposed, it’s a personal statement that will resonate with listeners all over the world. 🌍💥