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Listen: Sinkane – Hold Tight

• 10th Jun 2014

Ahead of a string of London DJ sets this weekend, Sinkane has announced his new album ‘Mean Love’ for release on City Slang on September 1st 2014 and has revealed it’s first track ‘Hold Tight’. He’s also confirmed a string of European live shows for September, which you can check out below.

The slow, soulful funk stomp of ‘Hold Tight’ is gripping right from the get go and swells with hammond organ and layered backing vocals all packaged around a beat-driven, rolling groove that treads the line between retro and modernist with aplomb.

Africana influences from Gallab’s childhood in Sudan are present in the horn sections that occasionally pierce the late night swagger of the single, serving as a perfect introduction to this diverse and uniquely placed record.

Essential listening for the uninitiated.

Listen to the first track to be taken from the album ‘Hold Tight’:

Mean Love will be released September 1st internationally on City Slang (and on DFA Records in North America).

Sinkane Tour Dates:

June
14 London Ridley Road Market Bar – DJ set
15 London ACE Hotel – DJ set w/Movement
16 London Vortex – DJ set w/Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip)
September
11 London Shacklewell Arms