via The Vinyl FactoryMusicNewsThere’s a Basquiat-inspired album on the wayKojey Radical is among the artists who have contributed to the upcoming compilationShareLink copied ✔️April 17, 2019MusicNewsTextBrit Dawson It’s been over 30 years since the death of Jean-Michel Basquiat, and yet the American painter has never felt so immortal. In the last two years, the artist has had his first major UK exhibition, become the subject of a Broadway musical, and sold a painting for a record-breaking $110.5 million. Now Basquiat is set to be the inspiration behind a new compilation album. Fittingly named Untitled – a title Basquiat often gave to his works – the record will feature seven tracks inspired by the life and work of the late painter. Curated by Lonely Table and Anja Ngozi, the album will bring together a roster of emerging and established UK musicians, including Kojey Radical, dubstep DJ and producer Mala, jazz saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, songwriter Roxanne Tataei, and more. Traversing genres, the compilation will draw from the UK’s diverse musical underground, touching on jazz, experimental electronic, post-punk, dub and ambient influences. After attending the Barbican’s Boom For Real exhibition, the featured artists were given a blank canvas to create tracks in response to Basquiat’s legacy. Delving into themes vital to the exhibition – and the painter’s oeuvre in general – Untitled sees the musicians explore identity, representation, and social inequality. Two further tracks also came about as a result of workshops conducted in collaboration with youth charity Ruff Sqwad Foundation, in which BME teens visited London’s Tate Modern and created music in response to what they saw. Untitled is released May 31 by Lonely Table, Anja Ngozi and The Vinyl Factory. Pre-order here, and see the tracklist below. 1. Wu-Lu, Lex Amor, Ego Ella May – “Legend” 2. LayFullstop, Moroka, AJ Kwame – “Broadcast By Chocolate” 3. Lord Tusk ft. Roxanne Tataei – “Know Ways” 4. Kojey Radical, Shabaka Hutchings – “No Gangster” (Produced by Kz) 5. Mala, Joe Armon-Jones, Nubya Garcia – “Scratch & Erase” 6. =CoN+KwAkE= – “Same Ol Samo” 7. Maxwell Owin & Coby Sey – “Response to Michel” Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORENeda is the singer-songwriter blending Farsi classics with Lily Allen 6 Flog Gnaw artists on what’s inspiring them right nowDazed Mix: Ziúr Parris Goebel is creating the music she wants to dance toPxssy Palace are ‘rewriting what freedom looks like’The house party isn’t dead, according to a new reportWatch: JT on Ariana Grande, Miami and marrying Lil Uzi Vert7 musicians who had their secret identities exposed‘Mixtapification’: Why is everything a mixtape now?K-pop group RIIZE on the dark side of success: ‘Fame isn’t everything’Dream pop artist Absolutely is in a world of her ownLove Muscle is the beating heart of Leeds’ queer nightlife scene