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When Vince Staples needed a voice to light up his Ramona Park Broke My Heart song "When Sparks Fly" he turned to Lyves, the London-based R&B singer whose soulful vocals exist on a beautiful ambient wavelength. Staples sampled her 2016 track "No Love" on his street love song, written from the perspective of a gun shortly after it is obtained by police. For a while it seemed like going back in time was the only way we'd hear from Lyves as she took two and a half years out.

Joan As Police Woman has announced a run of headline shows in 2022 across Australia and New Zealand.The artist – aka Joan Wasser – dropped her latest album, ‘The Solution Is Restless’ last Friday (November 5), a collaborative effort featuring The Invisible‘s Dave Okumu and drummer Tony Allen prior to his passing.On Allen, Wasser talked of their meeting in a press release.

The Invisible‘s Dave Okumu and legendary drummer Tony Allen, shortly before his death in April of last year.‘Geometry of You’ is the second song to be lifted from a forthcoming collaborative record from the trio, ‘The Solution Is Restless’, which is set to arrive on November 5 via PIAS.“‘Geometry of You’ is a song about the intersection of math and sensuality.

Tony Allen and The Invisible’s Dave Okumu.‘The Solution is Restless’ is the ninth studio album by Wasser under her long-running project. It is also one of the final studio recordings of Allen, who died in April 2020.Born out of a night-long improvisation session in a Parisian studio, ‘The Solution is Restless’ will be released on November 5 via PIAS Recordings.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A MERCURY Prize nominee gave a special guest lecture to music students studying at New College Lanarkshire.Musician Dave Okumu spoke with pupils about working with world-renowned artists such as Grace Jones, Jessie Ware, Arlo Parks and Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien.Dave, who was nominated for a Mercury Prize as part of the critically acclaimed band The Invisible in 2009, recalled his time as a student in Scotland