Lightworks: Vinyl LP

Label: DeepMatter
Release Date: 6th November

Summer Suns & C. Tappin 'Lightworks' is an album eight whole years in the make, almost a decade but time can go quick, you're juggling relationships, new responsibilities, staying on top of your health, kicking the doom scrolling, being present and trying to be an artist, likely while also trying to bring money in. And so the years go by but here are the london jazz hip hop trio with an album that balances the beauty of life and creating art, it's a record so good they've made it seem to have made LIGHTWORK of it (we got there, didn't we?).

Summers Sons & C.Tappin bring together South London brothers Turt and Slim with their longtime collaborator, producer and pianist C.Tappin. Rooted in UK hip-hop and shaped by a shared love of jazz, soul and live musicianship, the trio have developed a warm, distinctive sound built around thoughtful lyricism, rich instrumentation and years of creative chemistry. Following five Summers Sons albums on Melting Pot Music and more than 50 million streams, the trio join DeepMatter Records for 'Lightworks', an eight-year labour of love that sees them move beyond their sample-led roots and embrace fully live instrumentation for their most ambitious collaborative project to date.