Muito Kaballa Returns with Eclectic Modern Soul on ‘Loving You EP’ Ahead of Upcoming Album Tomorrow A Flower

Muito Kaballa return in style with a re!ned modern sound on ‘Loving You EP’ for the London-based imprint Batov Records, blending indie pop, soul, hip hop, jazz, Brazilian rhythms, and West African grooves

Initially the solo project of tenor saxophonist and composer Niklas Mündemann, Muito Kaballa has grown into a full blown ensemble, based between Cologne and Berlin, championed across BBC 6 Music by the likes of Deb Grant, Tom Ravenscroft and Nubya Garcia, Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2, Seattle indie institution KEXP, Music Is My Sanctuary, and loved for their energetic live shows.

Their upcoming album ‘Tomorrow A Flower’ (September 2025) builds on the success of the ensemble's acclaimed ‘Like a River’ album, whilst moving away from the previous album’s strong jazz leanings, towards a more direct, contemporary yet sophisticated pop feel. Still oozing with soul, and nods to not only African funk and hip hop but strong modern references, including electronic pop favourites Jungle By Night and cosmic groove merchants Khruangbin.

The album commences with lead single 'Loving You', a heartwarming yet almost melancholy groover simultaneously recalling both classic soul, and the contemporary soul of electronic maverick Jitwam’s 'Opendoors'. Held to earth by a steady mid-tempo snare- and-tambourine rhythm, whilst the irresistible harmonising between voice and horn threatens to lift it o the ground as the vocal slowly unfolds.

'In My Delir' follows perfectly. Featuring South African singer and KEXP fave, Petite Noir, and shaped in collaboration with Muito guitarist Benjamin Schneider, the song opens with a beguiling guitar ri that melts through the speakers like a disintegrating highlife loop. Shuffling Brazilian snares lead us into the song proper, where Petite questions the gap between his dreaming mind and loveworn heart. Destined to soundtrack the petal picking of unrequited lovers. The pace picks up on 'Flowers Only Grow After the Rain Falls'. A highly energetic merging of Muito’s Afrobeat roots with swinging soul and electronic touches. Almost reminiscent of Nina Simone’s 'See-line Woman', if not for the punk-meets-pop vocalising on a search for harmony and benefits of friction.

‘Tomorrow A Flower’ is a modern classic - interlacing multiple genres of sound into new perspectives that complement each and leave room for the enchanting and original songs and sounds of Niklas Mündeman and Muito Kaballa.