Rough Trade Recommends: Space Afrika + Tony Njoku + Lucy Havelock

Rough Trade Recommends: Space Afrika + Tony Njoku + Lucy Havelock★★Curated by Space AfrikaRough Trade East is very excited to present a Rough Trade Recommends curated by Space Afrika. This unique event celebrates the release of their new album 'Quiet Storm' via Dais.The album will be on sale on the night
The band will be signing records after their DJ set.More product information can be found HERE >> https://www.roughtrade.com/product/space-afrika/quiet-stormSpace AfrikaSpace Afrika, the Manchester/Berlin-based duo of Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang, make raw, intensely detailed, visceral music with shades of ambient, trip-hop, techno, and modern classical, drawing spacious urban dubscapes from the contours of their city. Quiet Storm, the duo's highly anticipated new album releases Friday, September 25 on Dais Records, and follows on from Honest Labour, which received critical acclaim and became one of the standout albums of 2021, topping Resident Advisor’s Album of the Year and earning Space Afrika two nominations for DJ Mag‘s Best Live Act and Best Album.If 2021's celebrated Honest Labour defined Space Afrika’s industrial-noir frameworks, Quiet Storm expands on their sound and scale as a sprawling, collaborative vision shaped with profound patience and intention, embedding their own coming-of-age story within a moving suite of cathartic abstraction. Quiet Storm is a landmark level-up, self-produced, self-funded, and manifested out of sheer drive and conviction. Through bent time and low-lit haze, undoubtedly, Space Afrika has arrived.Tony NjokuTony Njoku is a British-Nigerian composer, vocalist and electronic music producer known for creating emotionally resonant, genre-blurring music paired with striking visual work. He makes music rooted in electronic abstraction and cinematic composition, exploring sonic abstraction, raw emotion, and deeply personal storytelling.He is also the architect of Conjuring, a live series that foregrounds improvisation, spiritual expression and community.Lucy HavelockLucy Havelock is a saxophonist, composer, and improviser from Manchester, living in London. Her practice explores the physicality of sound, often through aesthetics of drone, microtonality, and effects pedals. Primarily, her work is process driven and frequently involves close collaboration with other musicians and composers, alongside exploring embodiment, and the limits of sound production using a breath-controlled instrument. She has presented work at CTM Festival (Radialsystem, Berlin) and performed at venues such as Cafe Oto and The Hundred Years Gallery.Accessibility:For accessible tickets, free PA/Carer tickets and other accessibility requests please go to dice.fm/contact. Rough Trade is wheelchair accessible with step free access.Press shot: Space Afrika, 2026. Photograph: Timon Benson. Art Direction: Alexander Luc and Timon Benson. Clothing: Omar Afridi X VUJA DÉPresented by Rough Trade.All ages