BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:387@jointherevolution.net DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221204T230000 DTSTAMP:20220823T222919Z URL:https://www.jointherevolution.net/concerts/moonchild/ SUMMARY:Moonchild DESCRIPTION:Out Friday 11 th February\, ‘Starfruit’ is the fifth album from LA-trio Moonchild (Amber Navran\, Andris Mattson\, and Max Bryk).\nTh e result of ten years spent working and growing together\, ‘Starfruit’ showcases the respect\, musical understanding\, and love\nthe trio have\, both for each other and for the noteworthy list of collaborators featured on the album. Bringing a host of beautiful\nmelodies and personal lyrics\ , ‘Starfruit’ beholds offerings from Lalah Hathaway\, Alex Isley\, Tan k and The Bangas\, Rapsody\, Ill\nCamille\, Mumu Fresh\, Chantae Cann and Josh Johnson. “This is our 5 th album\, which felt like a big milestone to us. They all added\n\ntheir magic touch to the songs and really brought the music to a new and special place\,” Amber muses.\nAlongside the LP ’s extensive list of featured artists\, the release sees Moonchild exper imenting with new synths and sounds.\nWhile still rooted in their trademar k tones\, these textures and sound palettes elevate ‘Starfruit’ to new and impressive Moonchild\nmusical territory. “Max has this arpeggiator synth patch that makes me so happy every time I hear it\, Amber incorporat ed this\nsuper cool octave pedal patch on her vocals and I made a keyboard patch I’m obsessed with\,” Andris remarks.\nTheir first release featu ring collaborations\, Moonchild take the opportunity on ‘Starfruit’ to work with a number of acclaimed\nBlack female musicians. “I was so over joyed that they were down and I’m obsessed with everything they did!” Amber enthuses.\n“All too often Black women don’t get the recognition and credit they deserve for their incredible talent and contributions to t he\nmusic industry\, and in every industry\, scene and space. Each one of these women has been a huge inspiration to us and we were so\nhonored to g et the opportunity to make music with them”. Each providing their own ‘goosebump’ moment to ‘Starfruit’\, the\neclectic mix of vocals an d lyrics set to the backdrop of Moonchild’s musical synergy and understa nding makes for something\nspellbinding. “My favorite moments are always evolving\,” Andris adds. “Beat drops\, verses\, bridges\, outros\, br eakdowns\,\n\nclarinets… every song on the album has moments that still give me chills”.\n\nThis landmark release follows Moonchild’s critical ly acclaimed album ‘Little Ghost’ which saw huge support from the like s of Jamie\nCullum (BBC Radio 2)\, Phil Taggart (BBC Radio 1)\, Jamz Super nova (BBC 1Xtra)\, Huey Morgan\, Cerys Matthews and Don Letts\n(BBC 6Music )\, Bradley Zero and from across Jazz FM (who previously named the band So ul Act Of The Year) and KCRW. The\nalbum also saw press accolades from Pas te Magazine\, Vinyl Factory\, Soul Bounce\, HYPEBEAST\, Cool Hunting\, Com plex and from\nNPR\, with Moonchild’s Tiny Desk Session having now logge d over 3.7 million views. Recorded whilst on tour in 2019\, the\nperforman ce has become more pertinent since\, with Navran’s call to action for pe ople to “spend their privilege” being widely\n\nshared by NPR over the summer of 2020.\n\nFollowing the release of ‘Little Ghost’\, Moon child played some of their biggest shows to date\, toured with Jill Scott\ , and\nperformed at Tiny Desk before things were cut short due to COVID-19 . As Amber explains: “We’ve been processing everything\nthat’s been going on in the world\, spending some time away from music\, collaborating a lot with other artists\, making this new\n\nMoonchild album and picking up some quarantine hobbies.”\n\n2019’s ‘Little Ghost’ followed th e widely-praised ‘Voyager’ [2017]\, ‘Please Rewind’ [2015] and  ‘Be Free’ [2012] which were shown\nlove by DJs across BBC 1Xtra\, BBC 6Music\, FIP Radio\, KCRW\, BBC Radio 2\, Jazz FM\, Worldwide FM and K EXP. The releases\ngarnered praise from The Fader\, Complex\, Echoes Magaz ine\, Saint Heron\, Kick Mag\, KEXP and Okayplayer\, with the band racking \nup over 100 million plays on Spotify and Apple Music and the video for “The List” gaining 15+ million views on YouTube.\nMoonchild have colla borated and toured with highly respected names from across music including  Kamasi Washington\, Stevie\nWonder\, The Internet\, Jill Scott\, have b een compared to the likes of Tom Misch and Jordan Rakei and built up a hos t of iconic\nsupporters from Robert Glasper (who has collaborated with N avran on his own projects) and Laura Mvula to James Poyser\, Jazzy\n\n Jeff\, 9 th Wonder and Tyler\, The Creator.\n\nPress/promo enquiries: m artha@tru-thoughts.co.uk | tru-thoughts.co.uk | @tru_thoughts\n\n@thisismo onchild\n\nPRAISE FOR MOONCHILD…\n\n“The magnificent Moonchild” – GILLES PETERSON\n\n“Love” – JILL SCOTT\n“Delicious” – LAURA MV ULA\n\n“I love the way their records sound” – JAMIE CULLUM\n“Perfe ct” – CLARA AMFO (BBC RADIO 1)\n“Moonchild continues to hypnotize” – THE FADER\n\n“Isn&\;#39\;t this the most gorgeous piece of music you&\;#39\;ve heard?” – PHIL TAGGART (BBC RADIO 1)\n\n“This is s tunning” – JAMZ SUPERNOVA (BBC 1XTRA)\n“Big fan of Moonchild” – ANTHONY VALADEZ (KCRW)\n“Voyager” – NPR’s 5 R&\;amp\;B Albums Y ou Slept On (2017)\n“This heavenly… more than worth the wait.” – S AINT HERON ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.jointherevolution.net/wp-content/upl oads/2022/08/Moonchild-4-×-6-in.png CATEGORIES:All Ages,Concerts LOCATION:Revolution Live\, 100 SW 3rd Ave.\, Fort Lauderdale\, FL\, 33312\, United States GEO:26.121358;-80.1461974 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=100 SW 3rd Ave.\, Fort Laud erdale\, FL\, 33312\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Revolution Live:geo:26.121358,-80.1461974 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR