Nala Sinephro

Based in London, Nala Sinephro works as a Caribbean-Belgian composer and multi-instrumentalist whose spacious, introspective sound merges ambient textures with spiritual jazz. She plays modular synthesizers alongside pedal harp and handled the recording, mixing, and production of her debut album, Space 1.8, released in 2021; several prominent London jazz figures contributed, notably saxophonists Nubya Garcia and James Mollison. Her follow-up, Endlessness—an existential song cycle featuring string arrangements—emerged in 2024.

Sinephro spent her formative years moving between Belgium and Martinique, where she picked up folk melodies on violin through listening alone. At sixteen, while pursuing jazz studies, she took up the pedal harp for the first time. She went on to collaborate with the London jazz collective Steam Down and partnered with artists including neo-soul vocalist Demae and Robert Ames, artistic director of the London Contemporary Orchestra. In 2020 she launched a monthly NTS Radio program. Space 1.8, captured during 2018 and 2019 at her residence and the Pink Bird recording studio, came out on Warp in 2021; the sessions involved saxophonists Nubya Garcia and James Mollison, drummer Jake Long, bassists Twm Dylan of Maisha and Wonky Logic of Onipa, and additional players. She also appeared on Robert Ames’ Change Ringing and on Garcia’s remix collection Source: We Move. Endlessness, her second album, arrived in 2024 with contributions from Sheila Maurice-Grey, Morgan Simpson of black midi, Lyle Barton, and the twenty-one-piece string group Orchestrate.