Mind’s Eye, by Jordan Rakei

Mind’s Eye

by Jordan Rakei

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Back from an extended studio hibernation, Jordan Rakei releases new single ‘Mind’s Eye’ today. It’s his first solo material since 2018’s ‘Wildfire’ and the first new music in what promises to be a busy 2019. It follows a string of live and studio collaborations with his friends Tom Misch, Alfa Mist and Barney Artist (aka the Are We Live collective); Loyle Carner (Jordan wrote and produced recent single ‘Ottolenghi’); Richard Spaven (Flying Lotus, Jose James, Mala); and Rosie Lowe.

Switching up from the highly personal and intimate portrait he painted with “Wallflower”, Jordan has taken a step back to study humanity as a whole. Overtly inspired by dystopian visions of our future - notably Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, The Handmaid’s Tale and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return - combined with Jordan’s inner contemplation of humanity and our existence, ‘Mind’s Eye’ describes a future world in which wearable tech has been superseded by tech implanted in the human body. “The subject of the song is experiencing a technological malfunction which is flooding his mind's eye with projections of chaos causing him to question his reality,” explains Jordan.

The 26 year old moved from Brisbane to London in 2015, signed to Ninja Tune and released his second longplayer “Wallflower” in 2017. The record - a mature and sophisticated modern soul opus documenting his life-changing move and adjustment to London-living - underlined his innate and expansive talents as a songwriter, producer and performer, opened up a new global audience and earned plaudits from the likes of Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin (Kendrick Lamar, Herbie Hancock, Flying Lotus) and Bonobo who invited him as main support at his landmark Alexandra Palace show and additionally as a special guest onstage during his set.

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released February 26, 2019

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Jordan Rakei Brisbane, Australia

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May 4

Big Top at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Cheltenham, UK
May 10

Rough Trade Bristol

Bristol, UK
May 11

St John's Church, Kingston

Kingston Upon Thames, UK
May 12

Rough Trade Nottingham

Nottingham, UK
May 13

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May 14

Resident Music

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May 14

Resident

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May 14

Resident

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May 15

Rough Trade East

London, UK
May 15

Rough Trade East

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May 16

The Wardrobe

Leeds, UK
Jun 26

Worthy Farm

Pilton, UK
Jul 5

Glynde Place

Lewes, UK
Jul 6

Glynde Place

Lewes, UK
Jul 7

JAZZx

Timisoara, Romania
Jul 9

Hanzas Perons

Riga, Latvia
Jul 11

Kobetamendi

Bilbao, Spain
Aug 2

Lotnisko Jastarnia, Póływsep Helski, Poland”.

Gdansk, Poland
Aug 8

Edinbugh International Festival, Usher Hall

Edinburgh, UK
Sep 3

Mouco

Porto, Portugal
Sep 4

Lula Club

Madrid, Spain
Sep 5

Razzmatazz 2

Barcelona, Spain
Sep 7

Magazzini Generali

Milan, Italy
Sep 8

Muffathalle

Munich, Germany
Sep 10

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Sep 11

Huxley's Neue Welt

Berlin, Germany
Sep 12

Uebel & Gefährlich

Hamburg, Germany
Sep 14

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Stockholm, Sweden
Sep 15

Rockefeller Music Hall

Oslo, Norway
Sep 16

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Sep 18

Paradiso Grote Zaal

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep 19

Paradiso

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Sep 19

Paradiso Grote Zaal

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Sep 20

Paradiso

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Sep 22

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Sep 23

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Cologne, Germany
Sep 24

Élysée Montmartre

Paris, France
Sep 26

Albert Hall

Manchester, UK
Sep 27

Bristol Beacon

Bristol, UK
Oct 1

Royal Albert Hall

London, UK
Oct 4

Royal Albert Hall

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