Between baroque lyricism & jazz adding slam poetry & rap, (FOKꓘOP. UNPLUGGD is) the acoustic alter ego of FOꓘKOP.EЯA

After releasing an EP (and recording an album) with electronic punk-rap project FOꓘKOP.EЯA (Finalist Circuit 2023), rapper Herb Cells and pianist Martin Daniel present the acoustic version, somewhere between jazz and baroque lyricism, alongside the excellent Manolo Cabras on double bass and Ben Tequi on drums. They call it 'FOKꓘOP. UNPLUGGD’. 

A Brussels’ contribution to the jazzrap & spoken word legacy and homage to its pioneers such as : The Last Poets, Gil Scott-Heron, Daddy-O, Stetsasonic, Steve Coleman & Five Elements, B. Marsalis & Buckshot Lefonque, GURU’s Jazzmatazz, US3, Dream Warriors, G-Clef & Ghetto Philharmonic, Greg Osby’s 3-D Lifestyles, Digable Planets, The Roots, Steve Lehman, Truffaz & Nya, Soweto Kinch, Greetings From Mercury ... and many more.

FOKꓘOP. UNPLUGGD just recorded a very first album with Nic Thys on upright bass. Stay tuned for its release.