STEAM DOWN

STEAM DOWN brought a magical piece of South East London’s contemporary Jazz scene to Riyadh this year at XP Music Futures as part of Nooriyah’s MIDDLE OF NOWHERE showcase. As their first performance in the MENA region, STEAM DOWN first formed in 2017 by multiinstrumentalist, composer, and producer Ahnansé as a way to foster an extended musical family that shares a love of jazz. The Deptfordbased artist collective and weekly musical event (#sdweekly) has since exploded, quickly becoming a mainstay of London’s music scenes, blending tough and tender tones and rhythms. Playfully jamming together to their singalong hits ‘Etcetera’ to ‘Can’t Hold Me Back’, and debuting their new formidable single ‘Overcome’—STEAM DOWN left audiences in total awe. With infectious smiles on their faces, vocalists Shantéh and Germane and the whole STEAM DOWN crew brought pure energy to XP this year.