Jordan Mackampa

Jordan Mackampa (born 26 April 1994) is a British-Congolese musician. His first album Foreigner was released in March 2020.

Biography Mackampa was born in Zaire in 1994, and French is his first language. He and his mother moved to London in 1995. Mackampa began playing guitar and composing songs at the age of 12.

He attended the Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School in Coventry. As a teenager, he would record music in a studio in the neighbourhood youth center. He went on to study music at the University of Northampton. Lewis Watson, Blanco White, Giant Rooks, X Ambassadors, Jeremy Loops and Amber Run . and released his first studio album, Foreigner, in March 2020. The album addresses Mackampa's experiences growing up as a Congolese immigrant in England.

While Mackampa was planned to headline an international tour and perform at South by Southwest in 2020, both events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He released his third EP, Come Around, in January 2021. In December 2021, Mackampa released a limited edition run of vinyl featuring the Come Around EP, recorded live at Abbey Road Studios and titled Live from Studio 2.

His song "Magic" was used in the 2021 UK television advert for Boots Pharmacy and the online Christmas J Crew adverts featuring Jodie Turner-Smith and her husband Joshua Jackson. He was featured in a 2021 Fender campaign alongside Conan Gray, Lucy Dacus, Self Esteem, Faye Webster, SG Lewis, Jesse Rutherford and Danny Felix.

Discography Studio albums Title Details Foreigner Released: 13 March 2020 Label: AWAL Formats: CD, streaming, digital download WELCOME HOME, KID! Released: 16 February 2024 Label: AWAL Formats: CD, streaming, digital download

EPs Title Details Physics Released: 30 September 2016 Label: self-released Formats: Streaming, digital download Tales from the Broken Released: 15 May 2017 Label: self-released Formats: Streaming, digital download Come Around Released: 22 January 2021 Label: AWAL Formats: Streaming, digital download Live From Studio 2 Released: 17 December 2021 Label: AWAL Formats: Vinyl