Feral Inc: Open Fund for Organisations
Porgy 💓 Bess, new music by Jaz Karis & TEE
Feral inc is supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund for Organisations to work with exciting music creators Jaz Karis and TEE to write new songs for drama ‘Porgy 💓 Bess’, for BBC Radios 3 & 4 with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Live performances are also planned. The show is written by Roy Williams OBE, directed by Michael Buffong and produced by Gill Parry. Music producer Swindle is also on board so expect something extraordinary!
Bios: Over the last few years Jaz Karis has become a consistent figure at the forefront of the UK music scene. Occupying a space between R&B, Soul, Amapiano and Afropop, the South Londoner is a fiercely independent artist who regularly receives enthusiastic support from the likes of DJ Target, Twin B, Ace, Sian Anderson, Leah Davies, Manny Norte and Diplo. Her iconic COLORS Berlin session is a reflection of this, with 12 million+ views, and her single ‘Soweto Blues’ is on 10m Spotify streams, her second song to reach the impressive milestone.
TEE owes much to a religious up-bringing, where he honed his multi-instrumental talent and ear for arrangement, his artistic voice retaining appreciation for collective harmony and the diversity of the chorus. He’s an artist shaped and defined by emotive exchange, the constant desire to produce music that “hits you”, that teaches, convinces and compels its audience and those involved in its making. TEE looks to break through the lens of observation to offer a unique expression and shared experience entirely of its moment.