British/Sierra-Leonean Artist, Poet, Rapper Nadeem Din-Gabisi Releases Debut Album ‘POOL’
Nadeem Din-Gabisi’s music radiates a determined and un-rescinded energy. Its message, immersed within a cocktail of grime, hip-hop, highlife and jazz – akin to punk in its fervent cries, charged lyrics and refusal to subscribe to any particular lane – deftly takes the listener through his personal journey, examining moments of trauma and happiness in childhood. It uses those moments as a diving board to explore mental health issues and coping mechanisms of many young black men, born in inner and outer London. It questions and attempts to answer why some of these men swim, why some sink and why some others don’t enter the POOL.
Nadeem draws on the influence of a potent collaboration between himself and fellow musicians Coby Seyand MettaShiba, with the waters they navigate expertly helmed by producer Beni Giles (Lianne La Havas, Oscar Jerome). The musicians’ credits span an astute list; beat maker and composer Coby Sey has toured with Tirzah and collaborated with Mount Kimbie, whilst multi-instrumentalist MettaShiba is a 2020 Brownswood Bubbler with her project An Alien Called Harmony.
Tracklist:
1. Shallow
2. Deep End
3. Towel
4. Poolside View
5. Holy Wata
6. Splash ft. Coby Sey & Mettashiba
7. Pour
8. Drowning
9. Shore
10. Float
11. Exit
