French-Senegalese artist anaiis has shared her joint project with Brazilian music group, Grupo Cosmo: the anaiis & Grupo Cosmo EP, a 7-track offering that draws from a blend of Brazilian musical traditions like rock, bossa nova, and ’70s psychedelia. The band features The project also features collaborations with Brazilian artists Sessa and Luedji Luna.

For anaiis, anaiis & Grupo Cosmo is a personal reflection on the complexities of motherhood, birth, and Black identity. “This album is a sonic emergence of the person I was becoming at this moment in my life,” she explains. The foundations for the project began to form back in 2020 during an artist residency in Salvador, Brazil, where anaiis and Luedji Luna first connected. There, they created the opener, “Toda Cor,” a track dedicated to their shared bond as Black women despite their cultural origins.

To accompany the release of the project, anaiis has also debuted the video for “B.P.E.,” co-directed with Ronan McKenzie and Tayo Rapport. “I wanted the film to explore the ways in which tradition and culture are passed down in this very universal and iconic way but also to invigorate the viewer with joy,” she recalls. “The song is a celebration of Blackness, and it was important for me that the film captured the power of our spirit as a collective.

Experience anaiis & Grupo Cosmo live at Brick Lane Jazz Festival, featuring the original band from Brazil and band members Sessa (acoustic guitar), Biel Basile (drums/percussion), and Marcelo Cabral (bass).