Jordan Mackampa (born 26 April 1994) is a British-Congolese musician. His first album ''Foreigner'' was released in March 2020.

Biography

Mackampa was born in Zaire in 1994, and French is his first language. He and his mother moved to London in 1995. Mackampa began playing guitar and composing songs at the age of 12. He attended the Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School in

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. As a teenager, he would record music in a studio in the neighbourhood youth center. He went on to study music at the

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. Mackampa has named soul singers such as Marvin Gaye and

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as shaping his musical style.

Career

In 2016, Mackampa self-released his EP, ''Physics''. He released another EP, ''Tales from the Broken'', in 2017. He toured with Rhiannon Giddens, Lewis Watson, Blanco White, Giant Rooks, X Ambassadors,

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and

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. His song "Battlecry" was used as the opening theme for the British TV drama ''

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'' in its third and fourth seasons, from 2017 to 2020. The song was also used in the 2019 worldwide "Use Your Voice" advertising campaign for '' Levi's'' and for the 2020 television advert for ''

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''. Mackampa signed a record deal with

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Recordings in 2017 and released his first studio album, ''Foreigner'', in March 2020. The album addresses Mackampa's experiences growing up as a Congolese immigrant in England. While Mackampa was planned to headline an international tour and perform at

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in 2020, both events were cancelled due to the

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. He released his third EP, ''Come Around'', in January 2021. In December 2021, Mackampa released a limited edition run of vinyl featuring the ''Come Around'' EP, recorded live at Abbey Road Studios and titled ''Live from Studio 2''. His song "Magic" was used in the 2021 UK television advert for Boots Pharmacy and the online Christmas

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and her husband

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, Jesse Rutherford and Danny Felix.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackampa, Jordan Living people 1994 births Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to England 21st-century Black British male singers Musicians from Coventry English soul singers English male singer-songwriters English singer-songwriters Alumni of the University of Northampton