Nala Sinephro

Nala Sinephro is a composer, producer and musician living in London. Her music fuses meditative sounds, jazz sensibilities, folk and field recordings. Her musical practice is rooted in the study of frequency and geometry and guided by the premise that sound moves matter.

Sinephro’s debut album Space 1.8 takes shape as a metaphysical structure, where each curative space is a orb-like cocoon created by Sinephro in service of relief and affirmative, ecstatic freedom. Space 1.8 was composed, produced, performed, engineered, recorded, mixed by Sinephro at age 22. On the album, she plays modular synths and pedal harp alongside her friends James Mollison, Shirley Tetteh, Nubya Garcia, Eddie Hick, Dwayne Kilvington, Jake Long, Lyle Barton, Rudi Creswick and more.

Following electrifying live performances across the London scene, word of Nala Sinephro’s playing has spread throughout the UK jazz scene and procured support from NTS, London Contemporary Orchestra, Spitfire Audio, Gilles Peterson, Virgil Abloh, Touching Bass, Coby Sey, Demae, The Guardian and Laura Snapes. In 2021, she joined the innovative Warp Records roster and continues to weave her unique sound world.

Nala Sinephro: Space 1.8

by Joseph Vella
January 30, 2023

UK-based musician and composer Nala Sinephro's ambient jazz recording is completely captivating. Joined by a refreshing cast of musicians mostly based in the UK, Nala plays pedal harp and keyboards. The sax by Nubya Garcia, James Mollison and Ahnanse help tie it all together. Presented as a suite of pieces that flow seamlessly, the recording builds from soothing motifs into busier, textured melodic movements and then cools down into a wondrous bath of mesmerizing synth. With just her first outing, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Nala Sinephro, John Zorn, Bugpowder, Xhosa Cole & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 1, 2022

Highlights from the European jazz scene plus a special focus on Ornette Coleman's direct and indirect inspiration of many contemporary musicians and on highly personal debut albums. Happy listening! PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme" 0:00 Theorem of Joy “Atoll" L'hiver (Déluge) 0:16 Host talks 6:16 Mario Rom's Interzone “What You Say?" Eternal Fiction (Traumton) 7:36 Host talks 14:01 Peter Rom “Wanting Machine (feat. Manu Mayr)" Wanting Machine (JazzWerkstatt) 14:51 Girls in Airports feat. the Aarhus Jazz ...

“The brilliant and unassuming debut from the young UK musician and composer is a benchmark in ambient jazz featuring outstanding players and delicately woven arrangements. ” - Pitch Fork “The new Warp Records artist delivers a calming, restorative and mind-expanding blend of jazz and ambient.” - Resident Advisor