BadBadNotGood returning to Finland this 2025

por Emil Gil Bretón · 05/04/2025

Canadian instrumental band BADBADNOTGOOD will return to Finland this 2025 with their brand new European Tour. The concert will be at the venue Allas Live (Helsinki) on June 18. BADBADNOTGOOD was founded in 2010 by bassist Chester Hansen, keyboardist Matthew Tavares, and drummer Alexander Sowinski. In 2016, they were joined by frequent collaborator Leland Whitty. The group has released six solo studio albums, with the latest «Mid Spiral» released in 2024. They have had critical and crossover success, finding audiences in the hip hop, jazz, and alternative music communities.

The group combines jazz musicianship with a hip hop production perspective and are well known for their collaborations with artists like Tyler, The Creator, Daniel Caesar, Mick Jenkins, Kendrick Lamar, Ghostface Killah, Charlotte Day Wilson, and MF DOOM. For their songwriting and production work, they have been nominated for five Grammy Awards, winning two.

Publications have often referred to the band’s sound as a combination of jazz and hip hop (or jazz rap and instrumental hip hop). They have also been associated with the genres jazz fusion, alt-jazz, nu jazz, jazz-funk, free improvisation, cinematic jazz, and psychedelic jazz. In all, the band has generally eluded identification with one specific sound or movement, with Stereogum referring to them as «genre-fluid».