Intense Records

Smile & Wave

Hospital Records
NHS426CD
Drum & Bass / Jungle
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With the biggest smile on his face, the lyricist, vocalist, poet, artist and storyteller delivers16 tracks, seamlessly weaved together through Injas infectiously feel-good flow and sincerewordsmithery. The entire album was produced by Whiney, further cementing theirrelationship as one of the most untestable dance music pairings. Also featuring CharlotteHaining, Eva Lazarus, DRS, Fox, Cleveland Watkiss, Singing Fats, and DJ Marky.Album title track Smile & Wave is the musical embodiment of Injas playful demeanour.Known for being the worlds smiliest artist, Inja wrote and recorded this feel-good bounceralongside his daughter who is pretty much the first person to hear anything hes up tomusically. Expect a rude bassline and infectious wordplay.Teaming up with superstar singer-songwriter Charlotte Haining, Reach Out sees two ofthe most distinct voices in dance music come together over a bittersweet wobbler writtenabout times when you feel so out of place, out of reach in the words of Inja. Havingworked alongside an impressive array of electronic artists including Hybrid Minds, SubFocus,My Nu Leng and Friction, Charlottes delicately powerful hooks are the perfect counterpartto Injas heartfelt flows.Luscious pads and dubbed out pianos and guitars set the scene on Baby Angel featuring theworldwide wave-maker EvaLazarus who returns to Hospital Records for the first time sincefeaturing on Etherwoods Light My Way Home back in 2015. Having worked alongside staplefigures including MungosHi-Fi, Zed Bias and Gentlemens Dub Club, Eva infuses her reggae,hip-hop and jungle flavours alongside Injas humbling storytellings.Injas personal favourite to perform live as it smashes every and any system, Explode, is a140BPM anthem featuring flows that will ignite any room and a killer instrumental that willhave you bobbing no questions asked. Proving himself to be a versatile and skillful microphonecontroller, Injas ability to shell down any tempo is ever more apparent on this upfront banger.Three legendary MCs unite on Hands, Lights, Flames, Phones where Inja joins forces with twoof Manchesters very finest - DRS and Fox. Sharp lyricism is rife as the triple threat of three titanwordsmiths link up, seeing energetic bars bouncing off each other over a cold-cut drum &bass roller. This is a combination not to be tested.Inja has established himself as a pinnacle figure within the realms of drum & bass. Loved forhis ability to express his thoughts into honest, relatable lyrics in She Just Wanna Dance, aspoken word piece for AmnestyInternational that was a viral online hit in 2017, and morerecently switching it up to We Just Wanna Dance during the UK lockdown, expressing hisdesire to be reconnected with ravers again. Then picked up by BBC News and Sky News.On top of being the MC of choice for drum & bass powerhouse group Kings Of The Rollers,Inja is no stranger to tearing things up on the airwaves with support from the likes of DJ Target,Rene LaVice and DannyByrd on BBC Radio 1 over the years. Since his debut Blank Pages albumon Hospital Records in 2018, Inja has flourished as a multi-talented MC, vocalist, singer andsongwriter with a series of singles including the Beatport Drum & Bass chart-topper GameFace (Stay Alert) alongside Whiney, as well as the infamous Lumberjackin onSerums Souped Up.To all the supporters that enjoy anything Im a part of, I would never have had theopportunities to see as much of the world as I have without you. My gratitude has nobounds and Id love to share a smile with you all one day. - Inja1. "Ain't Nobody"2. "Reach Out (feat. Charlotte Haining)"3. "Smile & Wave"4. "Listen Up"5. "Sanctuary"6. "Pressure (feat. Cleveland Watkiss)"7. "Underdog (feat. DJ Marky)"8. "Piano Skit"9. "Baby Angel Face (feat. Eva Lazarus)"10. "Explode"11. "Soul Silhouette (feat. Singing Fats)"12. "Hands, Lights, Flames, Phones (feat. Fox & DRS)"13. "Problem Skit"14. "Take Me Home"15. "Stranger"16. "Smile More"