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Musician // @bootybassdj // Writer // Model // Musical Director @basschoir // Inclusion Advocate @artofinclusionbristol // Label @saffronrecords

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Pretty astounded that our #Blackbird performance has been picked as one of the favourite's of 2019 😱🙈 Thank you! 🖤 #Repost @sofarsoundsbristol ・・・
The results are in! Check out the link in our bio to watch our favourite Sofar videos of 2019, featuring Bristol's very own @ngaioanyia! 🔥🔥🔥 #sofarsounds #sofar #sofarbristol #secretshows #secretshow #secretgigs #secretgig #houseconcert #livingroomshow #concerts #music #musiconinstagram #instamusic #livemusic #liveshow #musiclovers #quietmusic #community #globalcommunity #unplugged #myhappyplace #instagood #instamusic #musicofinstagram #humansofig #humansofinstagram #instapeople #peopleofinstagram #peopleofig ...

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It's mad to think just over a year ago @basschoir performed their first ever gig and we finally got to do the whole set WITH the live band!!! .
It has been a whole lot of work but man it is paying off. Thank you to everyone who came and packed out @mrwolfsbristol for the show. First time giving this @shyfx #TPower classic #Feelings a go - got me all nostalgic!
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That was our last show in Bristol til 2020 but if you're in London next weekend you can catch us at our double whammy performances @tootingtramandsocial and Marveland 💥🎤💥
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Ho ho holy moly we've got a lot of festive fun coming up! Swipe for where to find some mulled merriment, good vibes and ME! 🤶🏽🎄🥂
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6/12 @durkledisco x @theblastbristol @cosiesbristol
7/12 @basschoir @mrwolfsbristol .
11/12 @rtbspokenword @arnolfiniarts .
13/12 @bootybassdj xmas party at The Plough
14/12 @basschoir @tootingtramandsocial
27/12 @rumnbassmusic w/ @dancehallmerko at The Plough
31/12 @bootybassdj at Ashton Court mansion for the @junior.jungle NYE shubzzz

Jheeeeezzzzz 💥💥💥💥
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You know what... I am thoroughly overwhelmed by the amount of love received this past week. Topped off by the best birthday party I could have asked for. Huge love to cuzzy @indiakatemegan for coming up to be my hairdresser, bouncer, camera woman, security and non stop comedian.
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My @bootybassdj family @nogoodshiftlessjunglebum @devochild @adibah_kiqbal @ellsellaells @bozanna_evans and honorary member for the night @koastdurkledisco on some excellent tunage and generally wonderful vibes each and every.
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My besties @an1sha @lowennamaria @_stephaniekelley_ Helen & Shamz for more than I can put into words and @aodhfilm for the consistent support and silliness.
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And EVERYONE who came down and made it a sold out event which I didn't even clock til I was at dinner 🙀🤯 Absolutely amazing, thank you so so so much. I am nestled in love and so excited for what the this year will bring. What a journey it's been already! ❤❤❤
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(Swipe to the end for an impromptu speech and my favourite blend of 2019, first realised on @rinsestagram for @marcusnasty 😝) ...

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IT'S THE BIG 30 and I feel exactly like THIS 😝😝😝 Took a week out in the country surrounded by my nearest and dearest to enter into the next decade wiser as well as older. .
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I've been looking forward to being 30 for LONG because like a fine wine I am getting better by the year. Big ups to the 30 crew, I'm one of you now GEDDIT GEDDIT GEDDIT!!! .
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Also Happy Birthday to my fellow Saggi and musical maestro @abomic_tom going in on the moog in this clip who also aged this week 🧡🧡🧡🧡 .
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I'm gonna be celebrating @briscobristol tomorrow with the @bootybassdj crew if you wanna join for a birthday boogie 💃🏽 ...

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Nov 19

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I've been pretty quiet since the launch but trust me it is because there is WORK being done behind the scenes!!! Over the past couple of weeks I've been working on new music, sorting out a booking system for when my music lessons start in January (book via ngaiomusic.com) getting my websites up to scratch so I can get back to writing, visiting London for @reprezentradio w/ @blahzayvanguard , running a @bootybassdj workshop & mixed race discussion group @blackgirlcon and prepping for the @artofinclusionbristol How to Halt Harassment : Implementing Policy meeting tonight where we're presenting a framework to venues and promoters on how to handle complaints and hold harassers to account.
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It has been A LOT and I am pretty exhausted but after @sampa_the_great yesterday (review up on ngaioanyia.com now) and my 30th birthday shubz round the corner I'm energised to see what 2020 has in store. Starting with this happy announcement... .
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March next year I'll be performing at one of my favourite Bristol venues - @stgeorgesbris - as part of their #ListeningRoom series. All acoustic I'll be playing songs old and new with some talk about their origins inbetween. Really looking forward to this one 😊 Tickets available via their website now! 📸 @todayimbobbi 💙💙
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#singer #songwriter #mixedrace #spokenword #triphop #blues #jazz #soul #harmony #bass #drums #percussion #african #rhythm #latin #mood #blackgirlmagic #blackpolitics #identity #music ...

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Nov 14

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#tbt to @sofarsoundsbristol @sofarsounds at @locoklub performing #blackbird 💗

Full video on IGTV/Fb feed - tune into @reprezentradio tomorrow where I'll be talking to @blahzayvanguard about We Fly out now on @saffronrecords 😊
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Nov 11

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Looking back through all the pics from the We Fly launch last week and my heart is so full. I can't quite believe this EP has been out for over a week already. You pour so much of yourself into something and then all this nervous, excited energy fizzles over during the performance and then woi...back to life as normal! I'm only just coming back down now, from the night and the launch and the idea that that was both the end and the beginning of a new chapter. .
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The amount of happiness, love and beauty in these photos is a wonderful snapshot from @todayimbobbi of what the evening was. I'll be surrounding myself with #blackgirlmagic again this weekend for @blackgirlcon where I'll be hosting an open discussion on the #mixedrace experience and a @bootybassdj workshop. Just look at how We Fly!
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Wow. Just wow. I think this first picture sums up how I feel about Friday. I am so utterly blown away by the amount of people who came and supported. 150+ of you singing #Blackbird back to me was what the dreams of 9 year old me were made of. .
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Scroll through for a glimpse of the show. Huge thanks to my mum and Dionne for helping me set up and get everything ready. The band @abomic_tom @tastylopez @desthedrummer @bongosanpercussion who SMASHED it out the park. If you have suggestions of venues you think we should play at across the UK, let me know - 2020 will definitely be seeing more live performances!
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Hostess with the mostest @nessamariaw who conducted a wicked interview (which will be uploaded as a podcast soon) and then smashed a bad gyal DJ set!
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My brilliant Booty'ers @bozanna_evans and @devochild who make me forever proud and ridiculously excited with every banger they drop. And the WICKED @theyisgrove who jumped on percussion with @bongosanpercussion when the lights came in cause they're THAT sick.
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And most importantly thank you to EVERY SINGLE PERSON who came to support and surrounded me with such love and acceptance. People ask me why I'm so open in my music - swipe to see what @samanthalindouk had to say. Because that's why. We are on this journey together and I am so happy and proud to have this diverse community around me.
Thank you Thank you Thank you 🧡🧡🧡
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Nov 1

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I'm listening to this on @bandcamp
feeling next level proud of myself, the band and the label @saffronrecords for putting this out. It has been a fucking journey and an intense one at that (http://smarturl.it/NgaioWeFly)
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Putting out music this personal is in no way easy but I'm glad it's out there. I got this artwork done by the amazing @sophiebass_illustration 2 years ago and I've kept it for this because I KNEW one day I would write something strong enough to behind it.
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PLEASE let me know which songs you're feeling and why/what your connecting with or if there's any parts you want to talk about.
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Like #Blackbird I want these songs to be the initiations of conversations. To talk about the things that matter and support each other, navigating through difficult conversations.
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She's out!!!! #WeFly is officially out on all your listening platforms. (Follow smarturl.it/NgaioWeFly )
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There's so much I could say about all these songs but for now I'm going to save it until the live podcast at the launch tonight with @nessamariaw . To say I am proud would be an understatement. I feel like this is the beginning of a new chapter and I'm so ready 💪🏽
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Thank you to everyone who's listened so far (100 streams pre 9am say @spotifyuk 😳)
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I'm going to be getting ready for the launch now. I'm SO excited to play these songs live for you this evening. First 50 people get a FREE cocktail courtesy of @rbma Ticket link in bio. Thank you @saffronrecords for giving me the opportunity to do this. Together, We Fly 🕊💜
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Posts be going out quick like fire today cause MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD...I'm on the front page of November's issue of @bristol247 🙈🙈
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I've felt sick all month - and it's been a tough month - so for THIS to now be a real life thing that is happening, for We Fly to have put me on the front page of a magazine, is WILD.
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This music is deeply personal to me and I've been kicking myself (once again) for being so attached to it and for it to mean so much...but it has to. Music connects people; it helps us to see other points of view and experience someone else's reality for a snapshot of time so it has to be honest, it has to be real.
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I hope all the women and people of colour who see this cover over the next month sees themselves in it because when one of us flies, We all Fly.
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Thank you Bristol 24/7 and Ellie Pipe for putting my ramblings into an awesome article and teaching me the word Polymath which I'm also now obsessed with 💜💚💜
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Check out the interview online now and let me know if you see it/pick up a copy!!! Also, buy a ticket to the launch partaaaay tomorrow and get ready to listen to We Fly on @saffronrecords via all awesome musical outlets 😁 (link in bio)
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Meet the BAND!!! 😁😁 It's rare that you put a group of people together that have never met before and they gel as beautifully as this one has. Each member of the band is absolutely fantastic within their own right and I've met them all in totally different circumstances.
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Laura Noir another multi layered musical vixen, I met her online as @tastylopez. The click was immediate. I find out she has the most beautiful voice AND plays the bass - incredible human.
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@abomic_tom Tom Hackwell multi instrumentalist and mixing/mastering/sound engineering wonderman at @coach_house_studio is a huge part of the sound of We Fly has been developed with him through hours in the studio - total legend.
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@desthedrummer I met way back when I was singing with @official_laidblak I love the way Des plays the drums, it is transformative they way he can slip between genres and yet still make everything sound coherent - vibes man.
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@bongosanpercussion was a standard 'Bristol friends of friends' My music definitely has an afro/trip hop vibe to it and I was also really adamant that I wanted some latin flavour as well so - enter Tony!
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And last but not least @karennyamekg who can't has also laid down some percussive wonderment on We Fly. She's also remixed one of the tracks from the EP which will be going out on @durkledisco in 2020 .
Cannot thank you all enough for helping me to make my brain thoughts a tangible sound - you're amazing. Can't wait for everyone to hear your excellence on We Fly, out on @saffronrecords tomorrow 💜💫💚 #bristol #music #triphop #afrobeat #felakuti #portishead #jillscott #funk #soul #jazz #blues #band #vocalist #singer #songwriter #mixedrace #journey #blackgirlmagic ...

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Oct 30

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The way I am full blown weeping right now... I have been feeling hella low on confidence and reeeaaalllyy vulnerable thinking about how the EP is going to land. .
I put so much of myself into my music and when it comes to the crunch I feel utterly naked. The last few days I've been worried about the launch (maybe no one will come 😬) the songs (maybe no one will like them) my performance (maybe you'll forget all your words) and then... I read this from @gold_fro 😭
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Feeling settled and at home in my blackness has been such a journey. A journey I feel like I've been on all my life, to feel accepted into a community that I've adored from afar but never been quite confident enough to speak up inside. That's all changed over the last couple of years through the excellent people who have held out a hand, supported and encouraged.
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If I hadn't had the @kiki_bristol crew raving with me at the plough from the beginnings of @bootybassdj there's no way I'd be as confident as I am now - to take chances and take up space.
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Thank you so much for choosing me as one of your #BlackHistoryMonth people Sharifa, you just put me back together sis 🖤💚🖤 ...

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***SOUND ON***
The opening track of my EP, We Fly, Hail Mary, was written about using your voice even when it would be easier to be quiet. Taking chances and sparking conversations. My mum is the original Hail Mary; she's always seen difficult conversations as just that - difficult, but not impossible. There have been times I wished she could leave something alone for ease, but she doesn't - she takes a stand for things she believes in and she passed that onto me.
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I love the country, bluegrass blues feel of Hail Mary. When I listen to it, it makes me think of happy defiance and dancing like nobody's watching. Being proud and confident in what you have to say and not being easily silenced. Hail Mary is about upsetting the apple cart when truths are needed, and being allowed to do so. It's about being heard as well as being seen.
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New blog post now up on ngaiomusic.com - we'll be playing this one on Friday @locoklub - ticket link in the bio!
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Today I'm looking forward and looking back 3 years ago I put out my first project myself. It felt huge at the time - and it was - but it was easy in comparison to putting out this one! .
I've put so much into the We Fly EP which I'm happy about but it can be hard to measure your growth or success as a creative sometimes.
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Looking back at the journey I've been on so far as a person and a musician makes me excited to see what comes next 💗
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Swipe for some jazzy fizzle we're working on for the live show, November 1st #summertime
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#BehindBlackbird #Spotlight8 this total, utter legend @devochild I have had in my life for the past year as part of the @bootybassdj and @kiki_bristol crew and she is a true Queen.
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Not many people see me cry, there are few I feel comfortable and confident enough to see me when I'm not at my best...or pretending to be. She has seen many sides of me and accepted each one with support, love and honesty.
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Fiercely intelligent, wonderfully complex with a heart that envelopes and supports- thank you for being you @devochild and for joining me at #Blackbird .
Catch her spinning some tunes at the #WeFly #EP #launch November 1st @locoklub 😈 and swipe for what she had to say about the Blackbird shoot 📲 ...

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I couldn't have asked for a better person to work on the completion of NGAIO EP Launch : We Fly with than @blakemorsi who understands the songs and the meanings behind the music down to the ground. I first met Emma years ago when she was running @nctrnlmag - her own magazine - and is an absolute force to be reckoned with.
Here's what she had to say about Blackbird... "As a multi-disciplinary arts producer, do you know how many times I've been in creative spaces and not seen myself? It felt incredible to take up space in an establishment that was NOT designed, nor ready, for a group of unapologetically strong black women. Being in a room full of the most awe-inspiring, HILARIOUS, stunning women from all over the continent dressed in their native attire was alla the feels. Blackbird celebrates the greatness within and those who came before us – it makes me feel seen, heard and championed, and is a testament to Ngaio's poignant artistry." Talented at whatever thing she lends her hand to, her depth of knowledge and understanding is invaluable. An award-winning multi-disciplinary producer within the arts, music, and fashion tech industries. She is the non-executive director of @risingartsagency and recently completed a year placement as @puma Global Creative Direction & Design intern in Nürnberg, Germany. Emma was nominated for the 2018 Tab Futures 100 Influential Women @ UK Universities following her time as the founding editor-in-chief of Nocturnal, an interactive magazine using the Arts to creatively address and share first person stories on social issues. As the former Lifestyle assistant editor for @galdem , she now writes in a freelance capacity. In 2017, Emma was also awarded the CCSkills Apprentice Of The Year for her work with Bristol's first womxn record label, Saffron Womxn. Check her out if you don't know her already! emmablakemorsi.co.uk | @blakemorsi ...

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One of the things I'm happiest about with Blackbird is that it's introduced me to so many wonderful new people. Dr Acomo Oloya walked in dressed to the nines and took everyone's breath away. When I look back at the pictures, her smile in each one fills me with warmth, I didn't even know what she'd accomplished until I read her outstanding bio!
Dr Acomo Oloya was born the 8th of eleven children and grew up on a commercial farm in Pamin-Yai, Northern Uganda. She planted maize, looked after cattle, and cooked and cared for her siblings. She loved music, dancing and sang in the school choir. She loved to read in the middle of the night, wasting her mother’s paraffin, or hiding at the top of a tree in the day. As a refugee she came to England in ’88, a single mum in a very strange place with tasteless food. She advocated for those with HIV and stood up for their rights. Her work has always been fighting inequality, social exclusion and discrimination among the vulnerable and disadvantaged in the UK and Africa. She took a Master’s in Public Health and then a doctorate in Social Science (Policy Studies). Thank you so much for being a part of the day Acomo Lovelock and for everything you've done 🖤✊🏿 ...

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I love this picture so much 😂😂 My girl in her natural habitat, a huge belated Happy Birthday to this gem @josiegdesign !!! This multi talented, multi faceted, utterly fantastic Queen has been working away on equality and diversity behind the scenes for a good few years now and since leaving university has had all the fingers in all the thoughtful, creative pies.

Working with me as part of the @artofinclusionbristol team she also now works at @knowlewestmedia as a Creative Producer as well as dominating as part of the bad gyal Shade dancing troupe. AND she is a marketing, designing, conceptualising extraordinaire.

A woman after my own heart with fingers in never ending pies and a smile that makes you want to sit and cackle for hours, it was such a pleasure to have you as part of the day Josephine Abena 💖

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