Falle Nioke unveils his debut album on Eat Your Own Ears after years of refining his unique, mercurial sound. The result, Love from the Sea, comes from a planetary body all its own, a macrocosm where ancient and futuristic elements constellate into something wholly unique. Sumptuous in its textures, Nioke’s latest release is exploding with fresh and intoxicating rhythms.
From a young age, Nioke had felt music as his calling. He eventually left his home to join Nimbé Sacré, a troupe of traveling musicians who performed across West Africa. Years later, while on a beach, he met a photographer, and in a twist of fate, encountered her again on the same beach three years later. They married soon after and eventually settled in Margate, UK.
I remember when these folks picked up & UP from Tortoise, Isotope217, Sea & Cake, etc. in Chicago. So refreshingly…