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Eddie Hick

Edward Wakili-Hick (also Eddie Hick and Natcyet Wakili [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ) is an English drummer, percussionist, record producer and composer. He is known for his performances with mu...

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Edward Wakili-Hick (also Eddie Hick and Natcyet Wakili[1][2]) is an English drummer, percussionist, record producer and composer. He is known for his performances with music bands and individual artistes like the Sons of Kemet, Nubya Garcia, Kokoroko and Ezra Collective.[3] In 2022, he released an album from his project, the Nok Cultural Ensemble, Njhyi.[4][5]

Career

In 2007, Wakili-Hick was one of the founding members of Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra.[6] In 2009, Wakili-Hick joined Gilad Atzmon & the Orient House Ensemble.[7][5] In 2017, he became one of the founders of the Steam Down collective alongside Ahnanse, poet Brother Portrait, Nadeem Din-Gabisi[8] and later Wakili-Hick joined Sons of Kemet.[9][10] In 2022, he started the Nok Cultural Ensemble alongside Onome Edgeworth (from Kokoroko), Dwayne Kilvington (AKA Wonky Logic) and Joseph Deenmamode (AKA Mo Kolours).[5] The ensemble is named after the ancient Nok culture.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

On drums

  • The Tide has changedGilad Atzmon & the Orient House Ensemble (World Village, 2010)
  • Sine Qua Non – Serge Gainsbourg Reimagined Gilad Atzmon & the Orient House Ensemble (Coup Perdu, 2013)
  • Sine Qua Non (Midem Cannes February 2014) Gilad Atzmon & the Orient House Ensemble (Coup Perdu, 2014)
  • Caribbean RootsAnthony Joseph (Strut, 2016)
  • Ikwunga – Dibia (Rebisi Hut & Dele Sosimi Music], 2016)
  • Your Queen Is A Reptile –Sons of Kemet (Impulse! Records, 2016)
  • The RE:ensemble – Easter EP – Ashley Henry (Sony Music]], 2018)
  • Where Are Your Branches? – Oscar Jerome (2018)
  • Uniting of Opposites – Ancient Lights (Tru Thoughts]], 2018)
  • Trudi's Songbook: Volume One & Two – Ruby Rushton (22a, 2019)
  • Honey For Wounds – Ego Ella May (UpperRoom Records, 2020)
  • Beyond The Dome Marcus Joseph (Jazz Refreshed, 2021)
  • Live at Real World StudiosNala Sinephro With Edward Wakili-Hick & Dwayne Kilvington (NTS, 2021)

Writing / arranging

References

  1. ↑"Natcyet". 7 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024. Natcyet is Wakili-Hick's ancestral name inherited from his father.
  2. ↑"Nala Sinephro announces new album, 'Endlessness', on Warp Records". DJ Mag. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  3. ↑"Jazz 625: The British Jazz Explosion". IMDb. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  4. ↑"Njhyi". Nok Cultural Ensemble. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  5. 123Lewis, John (14 October 2022). "Nok Cultural Ensemble: Njhyi review – a relentlessly Afrofuturist percussive voyage". The Guardian. London.
  6. ↑Kowal, Jarosław (11 September 2024). "Tryp Tych Tryo Debut with a Splendid Album of British Jazz". Pop Matters. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  7. ↑Mann, Ian (25 January 2013). "Songs of the Metropolis". The Jazz Mann. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  8. ↑"London jazz crew Steam Down Orchestra on the magic of collective creativity". 24 October 2018.
  9. ↑Schube, Will (23 April 2021). "Sons Of Kemet Release 'To Never Forget The Source' From Forthcoming Album 'Black To The Future'". udiscovermusic. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  10. ↑Manning, Kara (15 February 2022). "Sons of Kemet's Theon Cross: Five Essential Albums". wfuv.org. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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  • "Edward Wakili-Hick". Montreux Jazz Artist Foundation.