‘Beautiful Rain’ is a great song from an 18 year-old from South London called Jude Woodhead and that is a mighty impressive feat you’ll admit, once you press play. Woodhead is a classically-trained trumpet player and an autodidactic pianist and drummer. He’s put that experience to good use on this song, along with his dad’s records and a few years of musicianship.
The song has African vocal samples (his dad’s Congolese and South African records?) and a soft glowing electronic shimmer (inspired by Four Tet) that combines to gorgeous and hypnotic effect. It’s a free download for the price of your email.
https://soundcloud.com/judewoodhead/beautiful-rain
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
