Downtempo electronic from Jacana People

Caught halfway between city noise and rural British landscapes, Jacana People find solace in the suburbs of London during an uncertain time. Whilst the music world goes into isolation, so too does the pair, operating separately but still delivering hopeful slices of electronic sound.

Imbued with the emotive pull of Bonobo, the hypnotic pulses of Four Tet and the intimate production of Tourist, Jacana People construct bittersweet dance tracks fused with sprawling ambient textures. Following airtime on BBC Radio 1, continued support from Jaguar at BBC Introducing and 20k+ streams between debut cuts, ‘Fauna’ & ‘Flora’, this duo aim to build on early momentum.

‘Amaya’ is their next offering. Formed around a palette of quivering hang drums and skittering rhythms, the track falls somewhere between club-ready and deeply blissful. The singular percussive narrative of ‘Amaya’ contains no hard edges, but enough vibrancy and dynamism to colour and shape repetitive days. The melodic thread of the track emits a quiet energy that pairs the duo’s love for the natural with the synthetic. 

Jacana People started as a creative outlet for friends who have been making music since school, yet during turbulent times serves as a way of feeling some kind of escape, both for the duo that produced this track but also for those who encounter it in the retreat of isolation.

Listen to Amaya below

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