Jazz Articles about Noya Rao

Noya Rao: Icaros

by Rokas Kucinskas
February 28, 2018

Something that started as a solo project by Tom Henry in his bedroom studio transformed into something much more mature: first his ideas were executed in an instrumental trio setting that eventually evolved into the vocal electronic-soul quartet--Noya Rao. What kind of music does the quartet play? The kind that Gilles Peterson is famous for." With Noya Rao's debut album, Icaros, one can hear everything from LA beatmakers (e.g. Flying Lotus, Tokimonsta, Teebs, etc.) to acts such as Little Dragon, ...