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{{Short description|British musician}}
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'''David Mrakpor''' is a London-based multi-instrumentalist, performing on keyboards,<ref name="JD3">{{cite web |title=JD3: Live at Jazz re:freshed |url=https://www.jazzrefreshed.com/event/jd3-live-at-jazz-refreshed/ |publisher=Jazz re:freshed |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Onabowu">{{cite web |title=Jon Onabowu Quartet |url=https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/artists/ronnie-scotts-debut-jon-onabowu?performance=6828-ronnie-scotts-debut-jon-onabowu |publisher=Ronnie Scott's |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> bass,<ref>{{cite web |title=David Mrakpor (bassist) |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/6471653-David-Mrakpor |publisher=Discogs |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> guitar,<ref name="EveningStandard">{{cite web |title=Blue Lab Beats, interview: the scene is strong |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/blue-lab-beats-interview-the-scene-is-strong-a3598766.html |publisher=Evening Standard |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> drums<ref name="AbbeyRoad">{{cite web |title=Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards 2022 |url=https://abbeyroadmusicphotographyawards.com/news/live |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="LeMonde">{{cite web |title=Blue Lab Beats crosses jazz and electro with afrobeat |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2022/04/06/blue-lab-beats-crosses-jazz-electro-and-afrobeat_5979869_30.html?random=716085916 |publisher=Le Monde |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> and vibraphone.<ref name="BangerFactory">{{cite web |title=Mark Kavuma: The Banger Factory |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-banger-factory-mark-kavuma-ubuntu-music-review-by-roger-farbey |publisher=All About Jazz |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="BrownPenny">{{cite web |title=Brown Penny |url=https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/jazz/brown-penny/ |publisher=King's Place |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
'''David Mrakpor''' , born c. 1994, is a London-based multi-instrumentalist, performing on keyboards,<ref name="JD3">{{cite web |title=JD3: Live at Jazz re:freshed |url=https://www.jazzrefreshed.com/event/jd3-live-at-jazz-refreshed/ |publisher=Jazz re:freshed |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="Onabowu">{{cite web |title=Jon Onabowu Quartet |url=https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/artists/ronnie-scotts-debut-jon-onabowu?performance=6828-ronnie-scotts-debut-jon-onabowu |publisher=Ronnie Scott's |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> bass,<ref>{{cite web |title=David Mrakpor (bassist) |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/6471653-David-Mrakpor |publisher=Discogs |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> guitar,<ref name="EveningStandard">{{cite web |title=Blue Lab Beats, interview: the scene is strong |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/blue-lab-beats-interview-the-scene-is-strong-a3598766.html |publisher=Evening Standard |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> drums<ref name="AbbeyRoad">{{cite web |title=Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards 2022 |url=https://abbeyroadmusicphotographyawards.com/news/live |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="LeMonde">{{cite web |title=Blue Lab Beats crosses jazz and electro with afrobeat |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2022/04/06/blue-lab-beats-crosses-jazz-electro-and-afrobeat_5979869_30.html?random=716085916 |publisher=Le Monde |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> and vibraphone.<ref name="BangerFactory">{{cite web |title=Mark Kavuma: The Banger Factory |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-banger-factory-mark-kavuma-ubuntu-music-review-by-roger-farbey |publisher=All About Jazz |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="BrownPenny">{{cite web |title=Brown Penny |url=https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/jazz/brown-penny/ |publisher=King's Place |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>


David Mrakpor is part of [[Blue Lab Beats]], as “Mr DM”<ref name="EveningStandard" /> and won a [[Grammy Award]] in 2022 for music production on Angelique Kidjo's Mother Nature LP (Best Global Music Album).<ref name="Gannet">{{cite web |title=Blue Lab Beats (UK) |url=https://en.gannet.lv/agenda/blue-lab-beats |publisher=Gannet |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Grammy award-winning artists to play new jazz festival |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-62255589 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> They won The Innovation Award at Jazz FM Awards 2022,<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Awards Winners |url=https://www.jazzfmawards.com/ceremonies/2022/ |publisher=Jazz FM Awards |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> were nominated for Best Jazz Act at [[MOBO Awards 2021]]<ref>{{cite web |title=MOBO Awards 2021 Nominees |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mobo-awards-2021-nominees-3093058 |publisher=NME |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> and are signed to [[Blue Note Records]].<ref name="Spitfire">{{cite web |title=Blue Lab Beats on jams, developing new techniques on Maschine & their new album Motherland Journey |url=https://composer.spitfireaudio.com/en/articles/blue-lab-beats-on-jams-developing-new-techniques-on-maschine-their-new-album-motherland-journey |publisher=Spitfire Audio |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Blue Lab Beats |url=https://earthackney.co.uk/performers/blue-lab-beats/ |publisher=EartH |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> Single “Pineapple” has been streamed over ten million times on Spotify.<ref name="Gannet" />
David Mrakpor is part of [[Blue Lab Beats]], as “Mr DM”<ref name="EveningStandard" /> and won a [[Grammy Award]] in 2022 for music production on Angelique Kidjo's Mother Nature LP (Best Global Music Album).<ref name="Gannet">{{cite web |title=Blue Lab Beats (UK) |url=https://en.gannet.lv/agenda/blue-lab-beats |publisher=Gannet |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Grammy award-winning artists to play new jazz festival |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-62255589 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> They won The Innovation Award at Jazz FM Awards 2022,<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Awards Winners |url=https://www.jazzfmawards.com/ceremonies/2022/ |publisher=Jazz FM Awards |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> were nominated for Best Jazz Act at [[MOBO Awards 2021]]<ref>{{cite web |title=MOBO Awards 2021 Nominees |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mobo-awards-2021-nominees-3093058 |publisher=NME |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> and are signed to [[Blue Note Records]].<ref name="Spitfire">{{cite web |title=Blue Lab Beats on jams, developing new techniques on Maschine & their new album Motherland Journey |url=https://composer.spitfireaudio.com/en/articles/blue-lab-beats-on-jams-developing-new-techniques-on-maschine-their-new-album-motherland-journey |publisher=Spitfire Audio |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Blue Lab Beats |url=https://earthackney.co.uk/performers/blue-lab-beats/ |publisher=EartH |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref> Single “Pineapple” has been streamed over ten million times on Spotify.<ref name="Gannet" />

Latest revision as of 07:42, 7 January 2024

David Mrakpor , born c. 1994, is a London-based multi-instrumentalist, performing on keyboards,[1][2] bass,[3] guitar,[4] drums[5][6] and vibraphone.[7][8]

David Mrakpor is part of Blue Lab Beats, as “Mr DM”[4] and won a Grammy Award in 2022 for music production on Angelique Kidjo's Mother Nature LP (Best Global Music Album).[9][10] They won The Innovation Award at Jazz FM Awards 2022,[11] were nominated for Best Jazz Act at MOBO Awards 2021[12] and are signed to Blue Note Records.[13][14] Single “Pineapple” has been streamed over ten million times on Spotify.[9]

David Mrakpor has released singles under his own name on the Jazz re:freshed label,[15] including “My Life (feat James Coleman)”[16] and “Lonely”.[17] He is credited as a performer or producer with multiple artists including Joe Armon-Jones,[18] Nubya Garcia,[4][19] Moses Boyd,[20] Kojey Radical[4] and Ultra Nate.[21]

Mrakpor began playing musical instruments from the age of three years old[6][13] and as a teenager attended Tomorrow's Warriors[13] and WAC Arts in London, where he met Blue Lab Beats collaborator NK-OK (Namali Kwaten).[4][22][23] Mrakpor gained a degree in Jazz Studies from Middlesex University.[4] He is a regular on London’s “jazz jams” scene, including at Orii Jam[6] and Troy[13] and has headlined shows at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.[24][25] J Dilla and Milt Jackson are cited as influences,[19][24][1] as well as Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock.[26][27]

Mrakpor plays vibraphone in Brown Penny, a six-piece band led by Mercury-nominated Cassie Kinoshi,[8] and in trumpeter Mark Kavuma’s The Banger Factory,[7] featuring a solo on a track titled “Mrakpor”.[7] He plays keyboards in JD3[1] and in Jon Onabowu Quartet.[2]

The winner of the Live category at the Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards in 2022 was John Lyons' photograph of Mrakpor playing drums.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "JD3: Live at Jazz re:freshed". Jazz re:freshed. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Jon Onabowu Quartet". Ronnie Scott's. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  3. ^ "David Mrakpor (bassist)". Discogs. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Blue Lab Beats, interview: the scene is strong". Evening Standard. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards 2022". Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Blue Lab Beats crosses jazz and electro with afrobeat". Le Monde. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Mark Kavuma: The Banger Factory". All About Jazz. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Brown Penny". King's Place. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Blue Lab Beats (UK)". Gannet. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Grammy award-winning artists to play new jazz festival". BBC News. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  11. ^ "2022 Awards Winners". Jazz FM Awards. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  12. ^ "MOBO Awards 2021 Nominees". NME. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d "Blue Lab Beats on jams, developing new techniques on Maschine & their new album Motherland Journey". Spitfire Audio. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Blue Lab Beats". EartH. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Jazz re:freshed". Beatport. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  16. ^ "My Life (feat. James Coleman) - David Mrakpor". Shazam.
  17. ^ "Lonely by David Mrakpor". Bandcamp. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Joe Armon-Jones - No Weapon". Discogs.
  19. ^ a b "Watch a documentary about the future of London's jazz sound". Dazed Digital. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Black Opus (feat. Moses Boyd & David Mrakpor)". Shazam. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Ultra Nate - Ultra - Fun". Discogs. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  22. ^ "Artist Spotlight: Blue Lab Beats". The Pit London.
  23. ^ "Blue Lab Beats: London's "jazztronica duo" cultivating some of the city's most dynamic sounds". Life & Soul Magazine. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  24. ^ a b "Blue Lab Beats + David Mrakpor Jam Session". Ronnie Scott's. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  25. ^ "David Mrakpor and Friends". Ronnie Scott's. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  26. ^ "On The Rise". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  27. ^ "Blue Lab Beats". Casio. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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