Raz & Afla + Kema Kay

Name: Raz & Afla + Kema Kay
Start: 2025-06-20T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-06-20T22:30:00+01:00
Location: Cobalt Studios CIC

Schedule

Fri Jun 20 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Cobalt Studios CIC | Newcastle Upon Tyne, EN

Please note, the advertised start time is when our doors will open, generally music starts one hour after doors.
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Dance wildly, pay close attention to the lyrics and let the spirit of Raz & Afla transport you away from everyday life into another dimension of rhythm and sound…
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.
Originally from Tel Aviv, Raz, owner of Fossil Studios is an award-winning, chart topping, multi-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, Sam Lee’s Mercury-nominated album and Lamar, among many more. Afla’s background as a session musician for artists such as Ginger Baker, Sun Ra, Oren Marshall, Osibisa, Ibibio Sound Machine, Tony Allen and later, as a dancer, embodies his lineage. Work with Sadler’s Wells and the Royal Festival Hall are among his many proud achievements to date.
A steady flow of releases came out of their studio activity; with releases on Beating Heart, to Mo Black’s Afro Zone and their own Fossil Sounds imprint now finding a home with Parisian label Mawimbi Records. 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 and many others worldwide.
As remixers, Raz & Afla developed their own take of the art from with dance floor fillers for artists such as Glass Animals, Batida and Crate Classics.
Raz & Afla’s innovative, multi cultural approach to music was recognised by the National Lottery Arts Council as they were rewarded a grant to continue their work of building bridges through music and dance.
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. Through the universal language of music they communicate sincerely, with music that has pure intention.
razandafla.bandcamp.com
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Kema Kay
Kema Sikazwe also known as Kema Kay brought up in the west-end of Newcastle. Kema came from a musical background with a passion for rap, singing, and songwriting which he developed in a local youth project where he spent most of his time as a teen. He's gone on to perform at the biggest venues around Newcastle, also Headlining his show at the O2 academy.
During his career, he got interested in acting and he went on to land a main role in BAFTA, Palme D’or award-winning film I Daniel Blake & lady Macbeth. Eager to learn and build his craft he wrote and performed his one-man show "Shine" which played at Live Theatre in Newcastle and received 4-star reviews in the Herold and the Guardian. Just coming off the back of a full UK tour of 108 shows of the stage version of I Daniel Blake he's back working on music with an upcoming album!
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Please note we are unable to offer refunds.