Sekoya, Scotland On Sunday, 16 June 2024
Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com
Like many of our favourite releases over the past couple of years, Sekoya came about during the pandemic when Simon Toner (double bass), Gavin Lamont (drums) and Luke Cunningham (piano/keys) began writing together. This resulted in an album’s worth of demos which so impressed Memphis-based studio that it invited the band over to record for 10 days at the end of 2022.
Titled Shuna, it is a beautifully crafted piece of work which would best be filed under jazz, although the three members cite a huge range of influences including folk, rock, soul, metal, blues, Scottish trad, contemporary classical and modern textural orchestral music. It is due for release on 6 October with a documentary of the band’s ten days in the studio, shot by David Hagen, also due before the end of the year.
In the meantime, Sekoya will also be taking vinyl pre-orders at their forthcoming show at Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre on 28 June, where merchandise will include their own blend of herbal tea and special calligraphy, made by Cunningham, who is currently training to be a Zen monk, support from The Jellyman’s Daughter visit https://linktr.ee/sekoya
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