✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

You have reached the limit of free articles.


To enjoy unlimited access to Culture Whisper sign up for FREE.
Find out more about Culture Whisper

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy

Each week, we send newsletters and communication featuring articles, our latest tickets invitations, and exclusive offers.

Occasional information about discounts, special offers and promotions.


OR
LOG IN

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

Thanks for signing up to Culture Whisper.
Please check your inbox for a confirmation email and click the link to verify your account.



EXPLORE CULTURE WHISPER
✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy
Forgot your username or password?
Don't have an account? Sign Up

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

If you click «Log in with Facebook» and are not a Culture Whisper user, you agree to our Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy, which includes our Cookie Use

Support Us Login
  • Home
  • Going Out
    • Things to do
    • Food & Drink
    • Theatre
    • Visual Arts
    • Cinema
    • Kids
    • Festival
    • Gigs
    • Dance
    • Classical Music
    • Opera
    • Immersive
    • Talks
  • Staying In
    • TV
    • Books
    • Cook
    • Podcast
    • Design
    • Netflix
  • Life & Style
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Gifting
    • Wellbeing
    • Lifestyle
    • Shopping
    • Jewellery
  • Explore
  • Shopping
  • CW SHOPS
  • Support Us
  • Get Started
  • Tickets
  • CW SHOPS
Get the Best of London Life, Culture and Style
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
Gigs

Ibeyi, Koko

On 03 Nov 15, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Hotly tipped twin sisters come to Koko this November. 

By CW Contributor on 21/5/2015

1 CW reader is interested
Ibeyi, Koko
Ibeyi, Koko
Ibeyi, Koko Ibeyi, Koko Ella Cory-Wright
Traditional West African Yoruba music and James Blake-inspired electronic crooning appear to stand worlds apart, until you remember the crucial importance of non-Western music in the history of pop. Ibeyi understand these connections acutely, and bring them to a distinctive place. On the heels of their well-received debut album, River they are visiting London this November.
Ibeyi are twin sisters Naomi (lead vocals, piano) and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz (vocals, cajón, Batåa drum), daughters of legendary Buena Vista Social Club percussionist Miguel. Raised in Cuba but resident in Paris, they embrace their West African descent by following the Regla de Ocha faith. And listening to their self-titled album, it can feel like you’re privy to a ritual, paying tribute to departed family members and lost love.
The incantatory ‘Oya’ carries echoes of Jenny Hval and Susanna, with a hymnal opening that gradually embraces a crunching beat, while ‘Mama Says’’ maudlin jazz lament reaches a sort of redemption with an outpouring of joyful Yoruba chant. The sparse ‘River’, whose minimalist video perfectly captures the song’s half-awake atmosphere, spotlights the power of their contrasting voices, with Naomi’s earthly, soulful tones balanced against Lisa-Kaindé’s more insistent, tautness. Although Ibeyi’s music can feel etched with the signs of their forbearers - most notably Bjork in her most inward-looking moments – it manages to have a compelling potency of its own.
click for more live music
recommendations

What Ibeyi, Koko
Where Koko, 1a Camden High Street , London, NW1 7JE | MAP
Nearest tube Camden Town (underground)
When On 03 Nov 15, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Price £18.56
Website Click here to book via ticketweb



Most popular

Best London Exhibition to see now
Top exhibitions on now in London
Things to do in London this weekend: 9–11 June
Things to do in London this weekend: 9–11 June
Irene Maiorino and Alba Rohrwacher in My Brilliant Friend season 4, HBO/Sky Atlantic (Photo: HBO)
My Brilliant Friend, season 4, Sky Atlantic: first-look photo, release date, plot, cast

A little more...

  • click for more live music
    recommendations

    What the critics say 

    NME

    "But while there's heartache here, ‘Ibeyi’ is uplifting and prayer-like; its songs often built only from earthy drums, piano and palm-slaps … Innovative and comforting"

    Greg Cochrane

    PITCHFORK

    "It is a joyful moment. And it is also, as every debut album attempts to but doesn't always succeed in being, a declaration of self."

    Minna Zhou

    Practical 

    VENUE 

    KOKO, formerly the Camden Palace Theatre, is formerly one of London's largest theatres outside of the West End. Classic BBC shows were recorded there over its history, including Monty Python, and the original classical style of its 1900 origins still remains.

Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).

We recommend nearby

  • Croque Monsieur

    The new branch of Lost Boy's Pizza, who are branching out into absinthe with bar Croque Monsieur.

    Read more...
    Map
1

Africa

You might like

  •  Chucho Valdés with Irakere, Ronnie Scotts

    Chucho Valdés with Irakere, Ronnie Scotts

  • Jamie xx, 02 Academy Brixton

    Jamie xx, 02 Academy Brixton

  • Seun Kuti, Ronnie Scott’s

    Seun Kuti, Ronnie Scott’s



  • The Culture Whisper team
  • Support Us
  • Tickets
  • Contact us
  • Press
  • FAQ
  • Privacy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Cookies
  • Discover
  • Venues
  • Restaurants
  • Stations
  • Boroughs
Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
×