Artist of the Week: SAULT

Album cover for Untitled(Black Is) by SAULT

The artist of the week is SAULT who amazingly in today’s day and age have managed to remain a mystery. The unidentified group of UK artists have released back to back albums this year inspired by the BLM movement. Both albums are a poetic and rhythmic ode to the black experience with elements of soul, gospel, reggae, R&B and funk.

Their album Untitled (Black is) was released on Juneteenth with the proceeds going to charitable funds.

Untitled(Black Is)

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Hard life

Wildfires

Sorry Ain’t Enough

Black Is

Bow ft Michael Kiwanuka

Why we cry why we die

Black

US

Eternal life

SAULT is allegedly a trio with the main producer accredited being London based artist Dean “Inflo” Wynton Josiah Cover who’s written for the likes of Jungle and Little Simz. The other producer assumingly 2/3 is Kadeem Clarke. Other accredited artists are R&B/reggae singer Cleo Sol, Chicago-based rapper Melisa Young aka Kid Sister, folk singer Michael Kiwanuka and Laurette Josiah, the founder of a north London children’s charity, who also is Leona Lewis’s aunt. It is however unclear whether they are just features or if they form SAULT as a collective.

Dean “Inflo” Wynton Josiah Cover

Kadeem Clarke

Cleo Sol

Kid Sister

Michael Kiwanuka

On the right : Laurette Josiah

Untitled (Rise)

Album cover for Untitled(Rise)

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Son shine

The Beginning & the End

Free

You Know It Aint

Uncomfortable

Little Boy

Despite the little that we know about SAULT their soulful music that promotes a celebration of blackness could not be more relevant or needed during than during this current social climate. Listen to music by SAULT on all major streaming platforms!!!