Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Black Butterfly (2026)

The black butterfly is a symbol of hope, renewal and inevitable change. Brooklyn Funk Essentials’ eighth studio album marks the band’s continued groove r-evolution. Black Butterfly - the album - is a group collaboration highlighting and expanding BFE’s signature style and musical prowess. Recorded live-in-the-studio, Black Butterfly finds the cadre of stellar musicians exploring a bounty of multi-rhythms, analog instrumentation, funky jams and winsome arrangements. Brooklyn Funk Essentials once again deliver a full length journey of songs within a lyrical framework of love, respect, inclusion, hopefulness and dreams.

Alison Limerick - lead and background vocals.
Desmond Foster - guitar, lead and background vocals.
Ebba Åsman - trombone and vocals.
Jéssica Pina - trumpet, flugel horn and vocals.
Loïc Gayot - tenor and soprano saxophones and flute.
Hux Nettermalm - drums, shekere, tambourine, bells, vibraphone and bongos.
Lati Kronlund - bass, guitar, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer and percussion.
Kristoffer Wallman - Fender Rhodes, synthesizer and vibraphone.
Rickard Valdés - congas and percussion.
Sven Andersson - baritone saxophone.
Bashiri Johnson - congas on Never Give Up.
Valentin Kronlund - background vocals on Bust The Bus Stop.
Horn arrangement on Life During Wartime by Loïc Gayot.

Tracklist
01 77 Blackout
02 Bust The Bust Stop
03 Never Give Up
04 Voodoo Gates
05 Come Back 4 Real Love
06 Shameless
07 Life During Wartime
08 The Girl From Outer Space
09 Black Butterfly