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Steam down now6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() but now the Coal and Copper Company can load 400 tons a day, and the other 300. The collective has already seen the likes of Kamasi Washington, Charlotte Dos Santos, Poppy Ajudha and Jools Holland appear unannounced on their nights, whilst picking up two Jazz FM Awards, playing Glastonbury, selling out Village Underground and headlining Boiler Room’s festival: all up front of their first body of work, which was introduced by recent single 'EMPOWER'. ‘Five Fruit’ will see a release on September 24th via Decca. Do you think, if a steamer were there, she could not steam down with. Lacking a stable and collaborative space in which such creativity could flourish, Ahnansé chose simply to make his own: in Steam Down’s case, their musical Mecca proved to be a railway arch bar in South London, soon home to a frenzied, weekly jam-night infamous for its opportunity for reflection, release.and a lot of sweat. As they prepare to roll out their similarly-immersive debut EP, ‘Five Fruit’ - and bring the weekly night back from the pandemic - Steam Down’s return feels particularly poignant. ![]() ![]() Formed in May of 2017, the project was born out of Ahnansé’s desire to reconnect to a community: fractured not only by endless touring, but the forces of gentrification and censure threatening the arts across the capital. Steam Down is a collective, a weekly night, and a genuine movement. Line-up: AHNANSE sax & vocals AFRONAUT ZU vocals TINYMAN vocals GERMAINE MARVEL vocals BENJAMIN APPIAH drums NAIYAH vocals LORENZ OKELLO piano & keys SHANTEH FULLER vocals, ISOBELLA BURNHAM, bass and vocals. Booking now closed, a few tickets still left on the door.
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