Moses Yoofee Trio

Following 2023’s Ocean mini-album, Berlin’s Moses Yoofee Trio have confirmed details of their debut full-length, MYT, to be released by Nils Frahm’s LEITER on February 7, 2025. The German group – who, since forming in 2020, have cultivated an extraordinary reputation, winning the 2024
German Jazz Prize’s prestigious Live Act of The Year award – recorded much of the album over ten days in April 2024 at Glaswald Studios, in the countryside outside Stuttgart, before returning to Berlin to polish the results and record two further tracks at LEITER’s Funkhaus studio.

MYT was co-produced by the band with long-time collaborator oh.no.ty as mixing engineer. It features thirteen tracks, including their first vocal release, ‘GREEN LIGHT’ featuring acclaimed London rapper ENNY, whose last EP, We Go Again, was released by Brit Award-winning, Grammynominated Jorja Alice Smith’s FAMM label in 2023. The album will be available on vinyl and via all
digital platforms, and it was preceded by the digital release of ‘WHIP.wav’ on October 18.

MYT’s title is as succinct and straightforward as many of its tracks, and also says a lot about Moses Yoofee Trio. Writing and performing has always been their priority, and its 13 tracks display a remarkable determination to distil their work to its essence, allowing their prodigious talents and graceful versatility to flourish in uncluttered surroundings. Their goals, they state concisely, are “emotions, moments and bangers”, and careful attention was paid to arrangements to ensure nothing superfluous made the cut. “With Ocean,” they point out, “most tunes were written and arranged on the spot. This time we took the opportunity to write more parts for each tune and let
melodies rule the music more.”