“★★★★ Unhurried hybrid of spiritual jazz, folk, soul and chamber pop”
“Harmony, texture, space, memorable themes and some sublime abstractions… Somewhere between Pentangle and David Axelrod”
“Beautiful. Feels like every corner has been lovingly created. Highly recommended.”
“I wanted to create somewhere people could stay for a while”
“I learned how powerful it can be to give music time.”
This patience reflects lessons Scrimshire discovered while touring solo for the first time, where audiences responded strongly to performances that allowed music to evolve slowly in the room.
“When you allow space, with the right energy people step into it with you.”
“He has stepped up: a stronger musician, and a braver one, with nothing here that plays as filler”
His ninth album since beginning the Scrimshire project in 2007, ‘Bring Our Light To Every Corner’ continues a career that has seen the South London artist recognised by The Guardian as part of an important new wave of UK soul producers alongside Inflo and Swindle, pick up an Album of the Week on BBC 6 Music, and an Album of the Year nomination at the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards.
“Scrimshire delivers a superior example of the style thanks to his musicality and inventive imagination”
“One of the albums of the year” Mr Bongo
“Incredible! One of my albums of the year” Dom Servini, Jazz FM
Bandcamp Selects Albums of the year so far, 2026
“Fantastic” Gideon Coe, BBC Radio 6 Music
“Completely envelopes you” Soweto Kinch, BBC Radio 3
“From start to end. Un album de bienveillance musicale” China Moses, Jazz FM
Drawing on his love of 60s & 70s spiritual jazz, folk and soul, the album unfolds slowly with care: voices drift through choirs, instrumental passages stretch outward, the music flows effortlessly from one sublime moment to the next in a near uninterrupted movement.
But it’s creation emanates from a very honest place of lostness as he approaches his 20th year making music under this name.
“I’d begun to doubt my choices, my direction, my ability and my place in this world. It took letting go of control and asking for help to uncover a set of songs and a new confidence and peacefulness in my work.”
The album features contributions from Dwight Trible, Joshua Idehen, Faye Houston, Amanda Whiting, Daudi Matsiko, Idris Rahman, Jessica Lauren, Mahesh Kale, Jake Telford and Graham Silbiger.
Radio support so far from Laurent Garnier, Kev Beadle, John Gomez, Huw Stephens, Gideon Coe, China Moses, Dom Servini, Tony Minvielle, Huey Morgan, Soweto Kinch, Jamie Cullum, Patrick Forge, Ennio Styles, Rohan Rakhit, Dom Servini, Toshio Matsuura and more worldwide.
“Blends his trademark soulfulness with spiritual jazz overtones to create something truly magnificent and inspiring
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A big thing for me in recent years has been making more time for mix and production outside of the Scrimshire project. It’s given me so much space to develop my craft. To the point that I would say this is easily the best sounding record I’ve ever made.
Recent work includes production, mix and co-writing duties with DJ Yoda, mix and production for Daudi Matsiko, False Idah and Amanda Whiting, mixing records for Cenk Esen, Setwun, Ships of the Pharoahs and Summer Pearl, and mastering work for CDR, Killing Joke, Rosie Turton, Romaal Kultan and many more.
Adam Scimshire - Guitar, Keys, Live Production
Yusuf Ahmed (Qwalia, Allysha Joy, Joy Crookes, Anoushka Shankar) - Drums, Percussion
Bessi (State Is Flow) - Bass, Vocals
Sara Madaluni (Brian Jackson) - Keys, Flute, Vocals
Faye Houston (Resonators, Espen Horne, Moulettes) - Vocals
Cleo Savva (Him & Earl, Kotoa) - Percussion
