Alexis Davis was first played on NTS on 6 July 2017. Songs played include Mecca (Live Dub).

Two countries. Two time zones. Three DJ/producers. One MC.

The group Alexis Davis is not all about simple mathematics. It is a collaboration of four fans of one another’s music that decided to come together at a time when coming together is of the essence.

Alexis Davis are: DJ/Producers Mecca:83, Simon S, Spinnerty, and MC Replife.

But the group is about more than it’s members. Musically, Alexis Davis is about break beats, scratches, cuts, and samples; and all of these elements are served with a fresh jazz sensibility and an aperitif of what has been labeled “future music.” The end result is a dream-like collection of tracks that manage to project the future of hip-hop music while maintaining its foundational origins.

The musical arrangements are narrated by replife, whose unmatchable flow and imagistic lyricism shifts from gritty story rhymes to intelligent social criticism to deep metaphysics. And once you’ve gotten deep, AD brings you back to the party – the place where hip hop was born.

The story of Alexis Davis is in alignment with the bold new direction in which the world is moving, where citizens of distant countries are coming closer together. It began with email chats between Rise (Manchester, UK), replife (Cleveland, USA), and Spinnerty (San Francisco, USA). The circle got even tighter after Rise and replife met Simon S in London, and the circle was finally forged after replife moved to the San Francisco Bay area and connected with Spinnerty in person.

The birth of AD, however, did not happen quickly. Each member of AD had each acquired his own level of acclaim on the solo tip.

Simon S founded his international imprint Futuristica Music in 2006, releasing his own project under the Jazz Chronicles moniker. Futuristica Music also released debut LP’s from replife (“The Unclosed Mind”) and Rise (“Messages”). Spinnerty has released numerous seven-inch recordings and re-mixes, primarily with the Philly-based imprint, Record Breakin Records.

What all of these releases share in common are the ingredients that comprise the sound of Alexis Davis: respect for 90’s hip hop music, an ear for jazz, and a desire to push the boundaries of contemporary music.

From the UK to the US to your ears – Alexis Davis is the past and the future of hip-hop.

Let the transformation begin.