London-based songwriter, producer, and composer Tony Njoku gets set to release his new EP, Encore on 15 November via PRAH Recordings. The EP is made up of alternative versions of previously released tracks, with the songs newly arranged for a string quartet. Encore also features a cover of one of Njoku’s personal musical idols, ANOHNI’s much-loved ballad ‘Hope There’s Someone’
Tony Njoku has been an artist in perpetual evolution since first releasing music. Always refusing to operate within his comfort zones, constantly developing his practice and pushing to see change and representation in traditionally exclusive musical spaces. Upcoming EP Encore is the curtain call on what Njoku would call his ‘Bloom EPs’, with Encore completing a series of 4 releases which have seen Njoku metamorphose as an artist across the body of work.
The announcement of Encore comes following public demand for a collection of new string, piano, and vocal arrangements of previously released songs, which Njoku reworked for a BBC Radio 6 live session, which coincided with the release of the previous EP Last Bloom. Released is Njoku’s cover of ‘Hope There’s Someone’ by ANOHNI, an artist who has inspired Njoku since childhood, with their defiance, self-expression, and achingly beautiful songwriting searing into Njoku’s creative psyche since winning the 2005 Mercury Music Prize.
The artist performs live at St Matthias Church, London, 20 November
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Photo credit: Jordan Woods provided courtesy of Practice Music
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