Täpp Collective’s debut album, i do what i like//i like what i do, is a voyage through an intriguing, otherworldly soundscape (keep an ear out for clatter of horses and bewitched whispering) composed by Rebekah Reid, leading on violin, synthesizers, loop pedal, vocals, and production and co-produced with Fi Roberts.

Täpp unites an impressive roster of London and Manchester musicians, poets, singers, and dancers. Interludes that will make for captivating shape-shifting on stage by Reid, keyboardist Alex Hill and drummer Ayo Sawalu morph energy and ambience between the grandest views, crafted from centuries of influences and the global Afrodiaspora. Reid’s violin is as versatile as her songwriting, conjuring well-structured strains of Baroque chamber music in ‘Viology,’ and swerving into dark, anthemic grooves and haunting vocal harmonies in ‘Aquaria,’ written to honour LGBT people.

Drummer Abbi Phillips shifts ‘Chasing the Sun’ from ebullient melody to creeping hedonistic fugue, and in ‘Orun’ Contours (percussion and balafon) adds darting tension to Reid’s layered elongated strains and light bowing. The culmination of this collaboration is standout track ‘Never Knew Why.’ Reid’s furious violin drives orchestral grime with powerful pro-black, anti-racist lyrics spoken and sung by Delali, Chantelle Gabriella Jazz, and And Is Phi.