After growing up in Japan and the United States and studying anthropology in London, Momoko Gill devoted herself fully to music, spending time at the Total Refreshment Centre in the Dalston neighborhood. Serving as both a concert venue and a recording studio, this space is the hub of a diverse community of artists and musicians rooted in jazz but also exploring electronic music, hip-hop, and world music.

A drummer, keyboardist, producer, composer, and singer, she found herself playing with Alabaster DePlume, Tirzah, Coby Ses, and Nadeem Din-Gabisi, with whom she founded the group An Alien Called Harmony.

After releasing Clay, a duo album with Matthew Herbert, a prominent figure in electronic production, she is releasing her debut album Momoko this year, recorded with her musician friends at the Refreshment Centre.

This debut album is an adventure, straddling the boundaries of spiritual jazz, trip-hop, and Brazilian music, a journey through dreamlike soundscapes, where she brilliantly alternates the groovy jazz energy of “No Others” with the introspective “Heavy” or the twilight-like “Shadowboxing,” culminating in the militant suite “When Palestine Is Free,” which takes on the feel of 1960s choral spiritual jazz boosted by the energy of an imaginary second line. A track featuring an impressive 50-person choir, including Shabaka Hutchings, Soweto Kinch, Alabaster DePlume, Coby Sey, Marysia Osu, and many others.

Momoko Gill skillfully blends her experiences in experimental and electronic music as well as contemporary jazz to craft a musical tapestry whose rich sonic textures and vocals rise up in a captivating, rhythmic, and lyrical dream.