![]() The EP was released in November 2021 on Because London Records. Teaming up in the studio with Shy FX, and co-producers Dean Barrett, Craig Dodds and The Busy Twist, Alewya wrote and produced her debut EP, ‘Panther In Mode’, led by singles ‘Sweating’ and ‘Play’. In 2019, she met UK jungle legend Shy FX in a London club and, after seeing her perform, he became her manager and hosted her on his stage at the iconic Notting Hill Carnival. ![]() Others recognised Alewya’s creative spirit immediately. This could all go tomorrow, but I know that creativity is in my spirit. “I’ve seen behind the curtain, and that allows me to align with what I need to do and who I need to do it with. Alewya considers herself a late bloomer - she worked in fashion in her teens, and started writing music in her twenties - but “I’m ahead in the sense that I’ve had experiences that leave me with no illusions, it’s harder to tempt me with the usual” she says. These inspirations have all come together in Alewya’s sound: a raw, renegade blend of the devotional rhythms of East Africa and the funk ‘n’ grit of Black Britain. Out in the streets, London’s pulsing sound-systems gave her a physical release, raving to funky house drums, junglist breakbeats and the meditative bassweight of Caribbean dub music. Her brother’s tastes in alternative rock and electronic music showed her alternative ways of being as a young woman of African descent, exposing her to the Pixies and Smashing Pumpkins, among others. ![]() Revolutionary singer Teddy Afro and jazz icon Mulatu Astatke were on rotation, alongside drum-heavy sounds infused with the meditative strings of the krar and masenqo. At home, her parents’ Arabian and East African music influence gave her a spiritual release. Now, as a multi-hyphenate artist - singer, musician, painter, sculptor - Alewya draws from many worlds, too. Alewya is a child of many worlds: born to an Ethiopian mother, Egyptian father and raised in West London.
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