The Brkn Record

The Brkn Record is a Black consciousness project led and produced by Jake Ferguson, the co-founder and bass player for the UK’s foundational deep jazz outfit the Heliocentrics. With fellow Heliocentrics co-founder and legendary drummer Malcolm Catto, Ferguson has been a regular collaborator with globally recognised artists including Archie Shepp, Mulatu Astatke, Melvin Van Peebles, Orlando Julius and many others. Led by multi-instrumentalist Jake Ferguson, The Brkn Record features contributions from Zara McFarlane, Ugochi Nwaogwugwu, Lee Jasper, Jermain Jackman, Yolanda Lear, Leroy Logan MBE and many more. Combining poetry with jazz, the album draws on influences as diverse as library music, psychedelic soul, music concrete, spiritual jazz, classical and alt rock. The Architecture of Oppression Part 1 is described as a “committed, collaborative response to local and global systems of anti-Black racism and state violence.”