Presented by Clare Jazz, Clare College

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Signed to legendary jazz label Brownswood Recordings, London four-piece jazz collective oreglo met through the kind of musical youth club championed by Ezra Collective’s Femi Koleoso.

It’s a musical upbringing that instils a discipline and knowledge like no other, which is why the group take such a fluid approach to the jazz genre, suffusing it with everything from psych rock, French dance, rap, and David Bowie. It’s also why they’re a live band first and foremost, improvisatory and feelings-based.

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After meeting in Secondary school and Tomorrow’s Warriors youth club, oreglo began carving out their expansive sonic palette, endeavouring to push the boundaries of the jazz scenes that birthed them. ‘Not Real People’, their debut EP, chronicles what it’s like to be young and searching for an identity in London today. Here, the sweetness of first kisses shaded by its skyscrapers intertwine with the feeling of chasing creative dreams in a relentlessly chaotic environment. To press play is to be introduced to their version of the city - one you won’t want to leave.

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