Emma-Jean Thackray is an extremely talented, multi-dimensional and multi-instrumentalist producer. This proudly neurodivergent artist’s musical journey began in primary school, playing a cornet her parents had bought her from a second-hand music shop. She spent her teens as Principle Cornet and Trumpet in several notable brass bands and orchestras, going on to study at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and then Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in south London.
Her first EP (Walrus, 2016) was self-released at a time when a wave of successful instrumentalists were emerging. Emma-Jean’s sound, though, always incorporated the widest range of music, from spiritual jazz and funk to Detroit house and techno, northern Bassline and ultra-catchy rock and pop music. In 2018 she released the boundary-defying Ley Lines drawing comparisons with US heavyweights including Madlib.
A regular on BBC6Music, including covering shows for Mary Anne Hobbs, and on Worldwide FM, she’s also become an in-demand DJ, playing dancefloor-destroying sets worldwide. She bridges worlds: directing the London Symphony Orchestra and performing at Glastonbury five times in one year. In 2019 Jazz FM nominated her as their Breakthrough Act of the Year. Two years later she won the public vote for Act of the Year, and in 2022 Yellow was awarded Album of The Year.
We are very excited to be joining Emma for the next chapter of her musical journey, and we can’t wait to share it with you.
Love,
– The Brownswood Fam
