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Yazmin Lacey

Yazmin Lacey synthesizes classic R&B, jazz, and reggae with a modern approach and relates her journal-like songwriting with a conversational voice. The Nottingham native started performing informally with friends and had no other artistic ambition until she was invited to take part in BBC DJ Gilles Peterson's Future Bubblers program. She established herself with Black Moon, When the Sun Dips 90 Degrees, and Morning Matters, EPs released from 2017 through 2020, before stepping forward in 2023 with her first album, Voice Notes, made in close collaboration with Dave Okumu. Growing up in East London, Lacey wrote extensively and sang in choir but had no musical ambition. Interested more in acting, she was involved in youth theater. In her twenties, she was working for a children's charity when music took sudden precedence, encouraged after jamming with friends to pursue her new creative outlet. Extended an invitation to be part of Future Bubblers, an incubator for unsigned developing talent, Lacey accepted, and in 2017 debuted with her first EP, Black Moon, issued on Running Circle, a label named after her backing band. Later in the year, she led off the Future Bubblers 1.0 compilation with another new song, "Marie," and performed at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards ceremony. When the Sun Dips 90 Degrees followed on First Word in 2018, by which point she had gained additional support from a wide swath of BBC DJs and other outlets. Lacey then set up Own Your Own Records, launched in 2020 with her third EP, Morning Matters, recorded with Moses Boyd (drums, production), Sarah Tandy (keyboards), and Ezra Collective's Femi Koleoso (drums) and Ife Ogunjobi (trumpet). Three years later, Lacey delivered the headier and typically warmhearted Voice Notes, establishing a tight link with the likes of multi-instrumentalist producers Dave Okumu and Melo-Zed, and drummer Dan See. Okumu also served as executive producer.
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