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After releasing an EP and fresh new album with electronic punk-rap project FOꓘKOP.EЯA, rapper/vocalist Herb Cells and pianist Martin Daniel also present the acoustic version, somewhere between jazz and baroque lyricism, alongside the excellent Manolo Cabras on double bass and Ben Tequi on drums. They call it 'FOKꓘOP. UNPLUGGD’.

A Brussels’ contribution to the jazzrap & spoken word legacy and homage to its pioneers such as : The Last Poets, Gil Scott-Heron, Daddy-O, Stetsasonic, Steve Coleman & Five Elements, B. Marsalis & Buckshot Lefonque, GURU’s Jazzmatazz, US3, Dream Warriors, G-Clef & Ghetto Philharmonic, Greg Osby’s 3-D Lifestyles, Digable Planets, The Roots, Steve Lehman, Van Herzeele - Greetings from Mercury, Truffaz & Nya ... and many more.

FOKꓘOP. UNPLUGGD will release a very first album on Igloo Records (with Nic Thys on upright bass) during Lotto BJW & Dinant Jazz. Stay tuned.

(banner photograph by Toan Barthélémy)