Gigi Masin

Gigi Masin is 70 and making his most courageous move yet. A trail-blazing composer and multi-instrumentalist whose sound has evolved through landscapes of ambient, jazz and electronic dance music, Masin is confounding expectations on a new album that looks back with pride and forwards with renewed purpose. “It may seem a little strange that I have made a record called Movement,” Masin says, “in the same year that I am celebrating 40 years of my debut, Wind.” But change is natural and this time, Movement is for the feet and the heart. In the end milestones are just points on the same road, even if sometimes you don’t see the junctions coming. An influence on music globally, working with Jonny Nash and Marco Sterk, forming Gaussian Curve, Tempelhof and Greg Foat, and being sampled by musicians of all genres, including Björk and Nujabes, Masin now reintroduces himself on his own terms. “I am so happy making music, and playing live,” he enthuses. In an industry that equates youth with innovation, Masin has flipped the script - an inspiration to anyone who feels like they’re running out of road. “Maybe one day I'll wake up and say ‘OK, the game is over’, but for the moment I feel full of passion. This is like a dream, and I want to stay in the dream for as long as possible.”