Box Sessions 1.0 brings fifteen musicians together for five tracks created in the room.
When recording in a studio, the usual order of things is that music gets written before it gets recorded. Studio time is expensive. Walking in without material means paying to figure things out in real time, which can burn cash fast. Box Sessions works the other way round. Spontaneous composition was the point.
The project was built by LikkLe bVnti, a Nigeria-born, Aberdeen-based artist who wanted to pull listeners into the making of music rather than just the receiving end of it. The idea was simple: bring fifteen musicians, producers, songwriters and performers into a room, let them arrive with their sounds, and see what happened. No pre-written material, no fixed arrangements — everyone in the room there to be part of the creation.
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“Each musician brought an energy that just aligned with the everyday people who were in the space,” says LikkLe bVnti. “Genres clashed and were blended, energy was created and transferred. Absolutely mental.”
There’s a stated intention to push back against AI-generated music. Given that every song here was unwritten until the moment it was made, by a room full of people from different countries and musical traditions, that position feels like a natural consequence of how the project works.
Who’s involved?
The collaborators come from Scotland, Nigeria, the Caribbean and beyond. Mova, Aberdeen-based and Nigeria-born, moves between Afrobeats, drill and Amapiano. Ziggy Sharp brings Scottish roots and Caribbean influences. Lanray X, born in Lagos and now based in the UK, filters African rhythm through a rap sensibility. Francis Bondd mixes indie folk with reggae. Kayo Guevarra, from St. Lucia via Canada, describes his sound as “future meets Fugees.”
Thematically the five tracks circle similar territory: self-belief, identity, love and what it costs. “IF” questions whether emotional commitment and material expectation can coexist in a relationship. “Unruly” and “ILWML” push back against anyone looking to chip away at your confidence. “Solar Flare” is about knowing your worth and not hiding it. Closing track “LittY” looks at love from the angle of effort and sacrifice. It’s a coherent set of preoccupations for a project made up on the spot.
Box Sessions 1.0 is out 8 August 2026. You can find out more at likklebvnti.com and on Instagram.
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