ISHA ft: Alfie Neale - Wherever You Go (Single)
“Wherever You Go feat Alfie Neale” is the new single from Amsterdam/London-based 23-year-old producer, artist, and multi-instrumentalist ISHA. The release follows “Current feat. Jack Howard” which saw support from Deb Grant (BBC 6Music), New Music Fix (BBC 6Music), Global Soul and Amazing Radio alongside playlisting on Nu Funk (Spotify) and Nieuw DezeWeek (Deezer NL).
With influences from the 70s and 80s funk, hip-hop and jazz scenes, melding alongside modern-day acts like SG Lewis, Jungle and FKJ, ISHA strives to create her own blend of broken beat-adjacent jazz-funk. She’ll be heading out on tour with Australian band Close Encounters in June - full dates below.
Written over a year ago while ISHA was still living in Amsterdam, “Wherever You Go” perfectly captures her fresh funk beats and rare-groove appeal. The first track she had recorded in a session outside of London, it sees ISHA expanding her sound and horizon. Driven by her strong bassline, sparkling guitars provide the perfect bed for Brighton-based songwriter and vocalist Alfie Neale. Working together in Brighton, “Wherever You Go” is transformed into a glimmering snippet of summer beachy feeling.
ISHA’s debut EP “Bending Colours”, released on UK imprint JuiceboxFM in 2023, received support from BBC 1Xtra, Jamz Supernova and Foundation FM. With her one-woman solo live set, ISHA started touring the Netherlands and the UK in the same year, playing stages across London Jazz Festival, Bird, Paradiso, Brixton Jamm, 91 Living Room, ADE and Mysteryland Festival. As a developing artist and bass player, she got the opportunity to support Adi Oasis and open for Franc Moody in her hometown of Amsterdam, before joining Franc Moody for the duration of their Latin-America tour.
Hitting studios with acts like Blue Lab Beats, Franc Moody, BINA., Emilia Anastazja, and Close Counters amongst others in the last year, ISHA is currently working towards releasing her second EP which features previous single “Current” alongside “Wherever You Go feat. Alfie Neale”. Trying to disprove the stereotype of being assumed to be a singer-songwriter as a female artist, and fighting the common preconception that a woman on stage is likely not to be a producer or gifted multi-instrumentalist, ISHA has strived to collaborate with male vocalists on her new project. This journey has led to her experimenting with her own vocals, both as backing vocals and taking the lead top line on one of the tracks. Naming her second EP after the song in which she does sing for the first time on a recording, ISHA takes charge of her own journey as a young producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
“What You’re Seeing” EP will be released later in 2024 and showcases her vision of “musical connection and open collaborations driven by pure joy” and features Joe Hertz, Alfie Neale and MAXRAD amongst others. “With every track I felt a little more confident to take the lead and challenge myself by stepping out of my comfort zone, even leading me to experiment with my own vocals,” ISHA adds.
ISHA Live Dates:
5th May – Sound From the Other City, Salford, UK
1st June – Simplon, Groningen, Netherlands
7th June – ADAM&Co., Amsterdam,Netherlands
14th June – The Folklore Rooms, Brighton, UK
15th June – 91 Living Room, London, UK