tc & the groove family: first home
Francisco Espregueira
Exploring UK grooves and an array of sonic textures from around the world, TC & The Groove Family present a bold project… Released by Worm Discs, First Home is composed by soaring horns, jangly highlife guitars, Latin-Caribbean polyrhythms and rousing, socially/politically-charged lyrics that collide in a pulsing afrobeat and UK jazz conversation. The 10-piece collective celebrates the coming together of cultures in style, reminding us that music is one of the strongest factors for unity.
Produced by Nubiyan Twist’s Tom Excell (Onipa, Ego Ella May, Nerija), TC & The Groove Family’s First Home melds a divergent and international pool of influences whilst also telling the story of a group of friends returning to the city where they once assembled, to chant down the powers that be and further widen the British jazz sound. Emanating energies from Leeds, the band formed as the brainchild of drummer/percussionist and Midlands-raised, Tim Cook. All but one of the group studied at the renowned Leeds College Of Music and through their communion throughout the city, TC & The Groove Family’s mixed-gender and multicultural unit bring together a stylistic range that encompasses soulful house/UKG-inspired vocals, King Tubby, post-punk/indie and DJ Shadow. Recorded over the course of a hot early summer’s week in Sheffield at Yellow Arch Studios, First Home blends dexterous Latin percussion, Central African psychedelia and UK soundsystem culture across eight exchanges of cross-genre exploration. Available in vinyl, courtesy of Worm Discs.