Posted by London artist Noon Garden has shared his new single ‘Decca Divine’.
The project is helmed by Charles Prest, who should be well-known to Clash readers thanks to his role in Flamingods.
The band’s psych-pop flavours recur in his new solo endeavour, adding extra textures and influences to the songwriting brew.
New single ‘Decca Divine’ finds Noon Garden exploring his African heritage, re-visiting the music he heard while growing up.
Named after a studio in Lagos where some top Nigerian artists recorded, he comments…
“Sonically this is the most I’ve ever drawn on my African heritage and love for African music. I was obsessed with Charly Kingson’s track ‘Nimele Bolo’ for a time which has such an infectious, repetitive bass line and groove that I wanted to explore something similar myself.”
“Musicians like Nigerian funk master William Onyeabor influenced all the bright synth work and I even named the song after a popular recording studio in Lagos called Decca Studios where a lot of my favourite African artists like the Lijadu Sisters, Obenezer Obey and King Sunny Ade recorded albums. Lyrically it’s a celebration of ambition and determination and a call to exorcise one’s self-doubt…”
Check out ‘Decca Divine’ below.
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