Jordan Mackampa

Jordan Mackampa (born 26 April 1994) is a British-Congolese musician. His first album Foreigner was released in March 2020.

Jordan Mackampa
Jordan Mackampa performing at the Haldern Pop Festival in 2018
Jordan Mackampa performing at the Haldern Pop Festival in 2018
Background information
Born (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994
Democratic Republic of the Congo
OriginLondon, England
Genressoul
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active2016–present
LabelsAWAL
Websitehttps://www.jordanmackampa.com/

Biography

Mackampa was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1994, and French is his first language. He and his mother moved to London in 1995.[1] Mackampa began playing guitar and composing songs at the age of 12.[2]

He attended the Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School in Coventry. As a teenager, he would record music in a studio in the neighbourhood youth center.[3] He went on to study music at the University of Northampton.[1] Mackampa has named soul singers such as Marvin Gaye and Bill Withers as shaping his musical style.[4]

Career

In 2016, Mackampa self-released his EP, Physics. He released another EP, Tales from the Broken, in 2017. He toured with Rhiannon Giddens,[5] Lewis Watson,[6] Blanco White, Giant Rooks, X Ambassadors, Jeremy Loops and Amber Run .[5]

His song "Battlecry" was used as the opening theme for the British TV drama Our Girl in its third and fourth seasons, from 2017 to 2020. The song was also used in the 2019 worldwide "Use Your Voice" advertising campaign for Levi's and for the 2020 television advert for Intel.

Mackampa signed a record deal with AWAL Recordings in 2017[7] and released his first studio album, Foreigner, in March 2020. The album addresses Mackampa's experiences growing up as a Congolese immigrant in England.[8][9]

While Mackampa was planned to headline an international tour[10] and perform at South by Southwest[11] in 2020, both events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He released his third EP, Come Around, in January 2021.[4] In December 2021, Mackampa released a limited edition run of vinyl featuring the Come Around EP, recorded live at Abbey Road Studios and titled Live from Studio 2.[12]

His song "Magic" was used in the 2021 UK television advert for Boots Pharmacy and the online Christmas J Crew adverts featuring Jodie Turner-Smith and her husband Joshua Jackson. He was featured in a 2021 Fender campaign alongside Conan Gray, Lucy Dacus, Self Esteem, Faye Webster, SG Lewis, Jesse Rutherford and Danny Felix.[13]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details
Foreigner
  • Released: 13 March 2020[14]
  • Label: AWAL
  • Formats: CD, streaming, digital download

EPs
Title Details
Physics
  • Released: 30 September 2016
  • Label: self-released
  • Formats: Streaming, digital download
Tales from the Broken
  • Released: 15 May 2017
  • Label: self-released
  • Formats: Streaming, digital download
Come Around
  • Released: 22 January 2021
  • Label: AWAL
  • Formats: Streaming, digital download
Live From Studio 2
  • Released: 17 December 2021
  • Label: AWAL
  • Formats: Vinyl

References
  1. "Jordan Mackampa". Grandstand Media. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. "Jordan Mackampa: Foreigner". Relix Media. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. Chambers, Pete (9 March 2015). "Backbeat: Coventry singer-songwriter Jordan Mackampa creating a big stir". CoventryLive. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. Sharratt, Joe (28 January 2021). "Jordan Mackampa builds on stunning debut album with new EP Come Around". Music Talkers - Latest Music News & Artist Exposure. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. Watson, Elly (15 May 2017). "New Noise: Jordan Mackampa". Wonderland Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. Jack (14 November 2017). "An Interview with Jordan Mackampa". Hey Nineteen. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  7. Pettican, Luke (4 December 2019). "Interview with Jordan Mackampa: A Timeless Soul Singer with a Modern Sensibility". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  8. Thompson, Stephen (17 March 2020). "The Austin 100: Jordan Mackampa". NPR. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  9. Mehta, Amar (18 March 2020). "Jordan Mackampa - Foreigner". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  10. "Jordan Mackampa Shares the Video for 'Magic'". Broadway World. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  11. "Jordan McKampa via The British Music Embassy Sessions". WNYC Studios. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  12. "Jordan Mackampa: Live from Studio 2". Music Glue. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  13. "Fender Introduces the New Hybrid: Acoustasonic® Player Telecaster®, the Most Accessible Acoustasonic® Guitar Yet". Cision PR Newswire. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  14. "Jordan Mackampa Announces Debut Album". Broadway World. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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