Brief Encounters presents: RenzNiro, roop, Tommy Ryoma, Ratiba Ayadi + Jah$tar

Back after a welcome rest with a new endeavor at the greyhound, Peckham. Our first instalment brings together royalty in northern underground rap ambience and vocal experimentation

Fresh off the back of his highly praised debut mixtape ‘No Weapon Shall Prosper’, RenzNiro plays his first London show since the landmark release.

Tommy Ryoma’s work collides and unravels across rap, orchestral inflection and leftfield electronic - textured life reckoning delivered like no other. Their debut album ‘Boss Performance’ feels like the fullest expression of that instinct yet; theatrical, reflective, mournful, ambitious and sharp around the edges

Manchester-born vocalist roop joins us off a run of shows in Ireland and Canada - quietly establishing something singular from his peers, yet distinctly northern. Leaning and dissolving into drones and ambient soundscapes, roop pushes the hip-hop and electronic sympathies in his bloodstream outward into something much harder to place.

Completing the bill is London producer, vocalist and composer Ratiba Ayadi, with her first full live show in much time. Ratiba crafts immersive soundscapes with deep intimacy and eloquence. Never once held back by a shy disposition, her live work oscillates with confidence between sound art and performance. Not to be missed.