Juha

"Some artists are quick to describe their work as 'beyond category' when, in fact, they are easy to categorize; in other words, the artists aren’t as daring or unorthodox as they like to think they are. But Juha really is, and has hit an artistic home run." - Alex Henderson

Every Step You Take Is A Migration! Juha began in Ha'iku, Hawaii, as a hip hop outfit with a Middle Eastern twist. Now a sonic stewpot brewing sounds in Hackney, London.

The debut 'Polari' album fused elements of Middle Eastern, Hawaiian, and punk music over a hip hop back-drop - with topics including homophobia in hip hop, Palestinian dislocation, and a World Without Borders. It scampered to #1 on the Outvoice album chart. 'The Grooms of God' followed with its mix of Middle Eastern disco, electro-classical, and dub, as Juha told stories of man-eating tigers and male prostitutes - while not forgetting to throw in goofy rhymes about the frontman's dick.

A cover of Nina Simone’s “Be My Husband” was released with lyrics tweaked for the age of marriage equality, and “Bloodstains and a Crow" addresses mental health amidst an epidemic of teen suicides.

And now: Every Step You Take Is A Migration. Our souls are never confined to a nation.