Mansur Brown est un pur produit de la nouvelle scène londonienne : entreprenant, innovant et n'hésitant pas à s'aventurer hors des chantiers battus.

Cela fait un moment que le guitariste Mansur Brown distribue des mandales au sein de TriForce ou via ses collaborations avec Yussef Dayes et d'autres membres de l'avant-garde britannique. Fort de nombreux tirs groupés, le virtuose londonien, inaugure sa discographie avec Shiroi, son premier LP solo sorti ce 28 septembre.

Une dinguerie qu'une avalanche de qualificatifs ne saurait décrire tellement la vibe est intense et prenante. Un projet fortement attendu et qui transcende tout. Le niveau déployé est élevé. La passion déchaînée est pure. Le phrasé musical est éloquent. Les émotions suscitées sont réelles.

A 25 ans, Mansur Brown fait déjà partie des grands noms de la musique britannique grâce à son jeu de guitare bouillonnant. Au sein du groupe de jazz alternatif TriForce ou aux côtés de Yussef Dayes comme de Kamaal Williams, le jeune londonien a su faire parler de lui et sort désormais son premier album solo, Shiroi.
Ce n'est pas souvent que l'on évoque Jimi Hendrix et la Trap music dans la même phrase. Ou Brixton et George Benson. Dans ce cas précis, Mansur Brown incarne à lui seul tout cela avec Shiroi, un disque intense et passionné dont le niveau surpasse les attentes pourtant immenses de tous.

Mansur Brown is a 25 year old producer and multi-instrumentalist. His sound is hard to box into one genre but fuses R&B, hip hop, ambient, rock and electronic into one palette. Having released his debut album Shiroi in 2018 as well as his EP Tesuto in 2020, he has already created his own unique and signature sound. Mansur Brown brings futuristic and clubby elements with musical influences from trap and ambient. His rock sound is displayed via his virtuosic guitar playing. Mansur Brown has now released his second album titled Heiwa on his own label Amai Records.

Le multi-instrumentiste anglais Mansur Brown dévoile le sublime RiseC'est en 2018 qu'on découvrait le producteur et multi-instrumentaliste anglais Mansur Brown, avec le très beau 11-titres Shiroi sorti sur le label britannique Black Focus. Le virtuose - originaire de Brixton, sort par la suite sur Soulection l'EP Tesuto, inspiré par les thèmes de la victoire et du triomphe sur les peines surmontées. En 2021, il dévoile Heiwa, un album chargé d'émotions solennelles déchirantes et magnanimes tout droit tiré d'un anime. Aujourd'hui, il sort le titre Rise accompagné d'un visualizer et annonce la sortie prochaine - le 30 septembre - Trax

Mansur Brown is Balancing Innovation and Perfectionism" Notion
Mansur Brown is the definition of a prodigy: a classically trained guitarist, curator and multi-disciplinary artist whose music balances virtuoso precision with deft expressions of emotion. Born in Brixton, still a resident of the South London sprawl, Mansur's distinctive compositional approach finds him blending his intricate, flamenco-influenced guitar with his own original production work, informed by the rhythmic snap of early '00s Timbaland, the swing of Afrobeat and the melancholic sound design of Burial. Sometimes my music has a club feel, other times it's more introspective, he explains. But running through all of it are feelings of happiness, of gratitude. I want it to feel rejuvenating.

Guitar remains at the centre of Mansur's music, but it's by no means the only component. Straddling the roles of songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, records like 2021's Heiwa find him reaching for keyboards, flute and saxophone - even singing, pitch-shifting his voice in honour of his favourite R&B tracks. This spirit of self- sufficiency cuts through everything Mansur does. It's why he decided to found his own label AMAI ('sweet' in Japanese), an entrepreneurial venture through which he plans to release music, film, artwork - even technology and code. In the music industry, people really like genres - they like to define things, put things in boxes, he says. Being able to start a label, in this climate where everything's in a box, it gives me the freedom to innovate and explore concepts. To do it my way.

A collection of club heaters that set Brown's melodic guitar to a set of rich, filled-out dancefloor productions, NAQI Vol.1 finds Mansur exploring the influence of '00s hip- hop innovator Timbaland and Afrobeats artists like Burna Boy and Wizkid. I like my music to have a club feel at its core, but to keep hold of that sense of musicality, he explains. Having that sense of movement, but with guitar melodies, keyboards and strings over the top - that's always been a dream of mine.