The Oracle

Oracle Media

A live event creates performances. Those performances create media. That media strengthens the archive. The archive strengthens the public story.

Oracle Media covers photography, film, interviews, live recordings, editorial content and cultural archiving, from ideation to final product.

A saxophonist plays on stage under blue and violet lights.
A singer in a cap and sunglasses at the microphone in red light.

Live performances

A singer with her eyes closed sings into a microphone under purple and blue stage lights.

Oracle Sessions at The Village

Disrupting the Legacy

Jazz, Identity, and the Myths of Eugenics. 15 minutes 51 seconds, made with UCL.

About the film

Film to come, with captions

Sessions

Short films from the Oracle band, recorded at The Village.

  • The vocalist performs on stage with the bassist beside him.

    On stage

  • A vocalist in a cap and sunglasses sings into a hand-held microphone against an orange wall.

    Voice

  • Hands on a keyboard under violet light, a guitarist playing behind.

    Keys

  • The vocalist sings in the dark as a red stage light comes up behind him.

    Red light

  • A guitarist plays beside the keys in a dark room.

    Guitar

  • A saxophonist in an orange shirt plays, then a bassist in a wide-brimmed hat, under red light.

    Saxophone and bass

  • A close view of the vocalist in a cap and sunglasses, singing.

    Close

  • Live performances

    Oracle Sessions at The Village, Endz Jazz Soul nights from BOXPARK to Bermonds Locke, and the COLORS Tones of London edition. There are event highlight films from COLORS and Jazz on the Wick, too.

  • Documentary

    Disrupting the Legacy: Jazz, Identity, and the Myths of Eugenics, made with UCL.

  • Photography

    Photographs from Endz Jazz Soul, The Village and the collective’s studio days, gathered in the archive.

  • Artist conversations

    On air with BBC Radio London (The Scene), Reprezent Radio (Zone 68) and BBC Radio 1Xtra.

  • Behind the scenes

    Rehearsals, soundchecks and studio days with the collective.

Commission Oracle Media
A band on stage in a hall, with keys, percussion and a singer.

A live event creates performances.