A primer on London’s bright-burning young jazz scene, this new compilation brings together a collection of some of its sharpest talents. A set of nine newly-recorded tracks, We Out Here captures a moment where genre markers matter less than raw, focused energy. Looking at the album’s running order, it could easily serve as a name-checking exercise for some of London’s most-tipped and hardworking bands of the past couple of years. Recorded across three long, fruitful days in a North West London studio, the crossover between each of the groups speaks to the close-knit circles which make up the scene.

Surveying the way that London’s jazz-influenced music had spread outside of its usual spaces in recent years, this album bottles up some of the vital ideas emanating from that burgeoning movement. Giving a platform to a scene where mutual cooperation and a DIY spirit are second-nature, it’s a window into the wide-eyed future of London’s musical underground.

Tracklist:
A.1 Maisha - Inside The Acorn
A.2 Ezra Collective - Pure Shade
B.1 Moses Boyd - The Balance
B.2 Theon Cross - Brockley
C1. Nubya Garcia - Once
C2. Shabaka Hutchings - Black Skin, Black Masks
C3. Triforce - Walls
D1. Joe Armon-Jones - Go See
D2. Kokoroko - Abusey Junction