Ambient electronic duo consisting of Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang, originating from Manchester. The band began their activity in 2014, initially creating music heavily inspired by dub-techno, evolving over time towards dark ambient and experimental electronics.

Space Afrika are part of a scene from north-west England (Manchester/Salford) centered around The White Hotel, which according to critics is leading a revitalization of experimental music in the region. This circle also includes artists such as aya, Blackhaine, Rainy Miller, Afrodeutsche and Iceboy Violet. The artists draw from the legacy of trip-hop (Massive Attack, Portishead), Burial-style dubstep and ambient music, supplementing these influences with “journalistic” sensitivity and fragments of radio conversations.

The success of their debut album “Somewhere Decent To Live” (2018) secured them a program on the acclaimed NTS radio, where they presented music from the borderland of ambient and field recordings. The breakthrough mixtape “hybtwibt?” (2020), created in response to the pandemic and George Floyd’s murder, was recognized by Pitchfork as the best ambient release of the year.

The album “Honest Labour” (2021) on Dais Records is a “tribute to English energy” – consisting of nineteen recordings, a “sound collage” reflecting three decades of British dance culture. DJ Mag awarded the album Album of the Month. In 2023, “A Grisaille Wedding” was released – a collaborative album with Rainy Miller featuring Mica Levi, Coby Sey, Richie Culver and others.

Space Afrika create compositions consisting of fragments of dialogues and musical textures that arrange themselves into hypnotizing sound collages. Their compositions are simultaneously intimate confessions and social commentaries, documenting the experience of living in uncertain times.

As they themselves say, they strive to create “records that leave an impression and help the listener deal with their life.”

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