Romare (dj set)

On 12 June 2026 at Jazz Cafe, London, Romare — the British producer and DJ also known as Archie Fairhurst — takes over for an extended DJ set built for close-up listening and dancing. His approach is rooted in collage: sampling jazz, blues and soul, then threading those textures through house, broken beat and drum-led grooves with a feel for space and momentum.

First noticed via Black Acre with Meditations on Afrocentrism and Love Songs: Part One, then through albums on Ninja Tune (Projections, Love Songs: Part Two, Home), Romare has shaped a sound where dusty samples, hand-played tones and warm low-end meet club tempos. In the booth, that language becomes a long-form narrative: polyrhythms and global percussion rubbing up against shuffling house, off-kilter snares and dubby bass lines.

Across the night he’s likely to circle back to early signposts like Motherless Child or Down The Line, drop edits and unreleased cuts, and sketch connections between Afro-diasporic heritage and contemporary dance floors. The Jazz Cafe’s intimate, 360-style setup suits that slow-bloom energy, leaving room for steady builds, percussive detours and a few sideways turns before locking back into the pulse.