Sofia Kourtesis - Madres

Sofia Kourtesis - MadresAvailable on 140g black wax Sofia Kourtesis has announced her debut album Madres will be released on 27 October on Ninja Tune. Along with the announcement she has shared lead single 'Si Te Portas Bonito'. Madres is, unsurprisingly, dedicated to Kourtesis' mother. More surprising though it is also dedicated to world renowned neurosurgeon Peter Vajkoczy. The story of how a world renowned neurosurgeon came to appear in the liner notes of this record is

“He became my muse

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And when the group reassembled the following morning to listen back

Black Thought's verses lay heavy in the way we've come to love: cadences that walk a line between street teacher and poet

Disc two features a completely instrumental version of Peripheral Vision’s original eleven songs

A few different basslines boom out of the speakers

gonna live it up till I meet the maker-man

Joined by an all star lineup of UK hip hop heavy hitters including King Kashmere

that is modern and ancient at the same time

It's the kind of record that even if you're doing other things when it starts

Cowgirls swaggering into a saloon and kicking up dust

Composed and performed by Yoko Kanno and the band Seatbelts