FKJ

FKJ is playing Exhibition London on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 October, two nights in a row. If you're not familiar with the name, FKJ stands for French Kiwi Juice, and his work sits across electronic, R&B, funk and soul, usually blending downtempo grooves with neo-French house.

Much of the material he's been playing lately comes from his second album, V I N C E N T, which he recorded during lockdown, alone in a remote home studio in East Asia. After that record came out, his career went into a period of relentless world touring, and he's spoken about how his personal life floundered during that time. He became interested in the Hinduistic belief that turning 33 is a tumultuous age, and found that he and many of his friends had gone through similar troubles around that time.

His latest work, Tyber, is presented as a document of his self-discovery since V I N C E N T. He describes a transformative experience in which he encountered a tree-like figure he named Tyber, which he says changed everything. Stylistically, Tyber is more adventurous than what came before, flowing through funk, jazz, rock, alt-pop and R&B. These are the sounds he's bringing to the stage, so you'll hear the newer, more varied material alongside the downtempo grooves he's known for.

With two nights at Exhibition London, there's a bit of leeway if you can't make one of the dates. The shows run Thursday 29 and Friday 30 October.