Maribou State - Blackoak

Maribou State - BlackoakMaribou State the duo formed of Chris Davids and Liam Ivory mark their highly anticipated return with brand new single Blackoak, their first new music in over three years, released today on Ninja Tune. Blackoak is a classic slice of signature Maribou sound, blending intricate electronics with organic live instrumentation and vocals, built around the kind of enticing hooks that have earned them such a huge and dedicated fan base over the years. It acts

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the core trio will expand to a live line-up with two drummers

sings and plays most of the instrumentation on his records himself) is accompanied by an unrelenting - yet agreeably humble - ambition

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changing him fundamentally as a person through many highs and lows as he battled back to full fitness

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Smith links up his own sequel to the original

He also recently covered Donald Byrd’s “Wind Parade” for the Blue Note Re:imagined compilation

Tickets are available now at the Brixton Academy website

The only other productions on the record not from Manuva’s own hand arrives via the antipodes