{"id":61754,"date":"2013-10-14T00:30:46","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=61754"},"modified":"2013-10-14T00:30:46","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T00:30:46","slug":"a-sierra-leonean-born-to-shine-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=61754","title":{"rendered":"A Sierra Leonean born to shine in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 24 year-old Sierra Leonean London based singer, Sampha Sisay (in photo)<\/em> who uses the synonymous stage name Sampha, the younger brother of Sierra Rutile Chief Executive Officer John Sisay, is an electronic music singer-songwriter and producer from Modern, South London, United Kingdom and has released two solo; \u2018Sundanza 2010 and Dual 2013.<\/p>\n

Sampha is best known for his timeless collaborations with SBTRKT\u2019s self-titled record released in 2011 and more recently produced \u2018What You Won\u2019t Do For Love\u2019 for Jessie Ware and vocalized alongside her on \u2018Valentine.\u2019<\/p>\n

Sampha is embarking on another promising partnership with Koreless, a name that has been present on both LOW-LIFE\u2019s 2011 and 2012 retrospectives with his tracks \u20184d\u2019 and \u2018Lost In Tokyo\u2019.<\/p>\n

Under the guise, Short Stories, the duo will be unchaining two stunning tracks, releasing On The Way\/Let It Go via Young Turks on January, 28th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Funnily enough the \u2018On The Way\u2019 was listened to way back in 2010 during Koreless\u2019s Boiler room set before the song seemed to disappear into thin air as listeners will be grateful to air it resurface.<\/p>\n

\u2018Let It Go\u2019 was produced more recently and recorded over two days in the very same studio that The xx wrote Coexist.<\/p>\n

The R&B vocalist and producer Sampha is best known for his collaborative work.<\/p>\n

However, with the release of his \u2018Dual\u2019 EP via Young Turks, and more especially the closing track of the EP \u2018Can\u2019t Get Close\u2019 which has shown that Sampha\u2019s teeming emotion does not necessarily require a collaborative effort.<\/p>\n

The sixth and final track of the EP is a beat-less gospel-esque layer cake of beautiful harmonies with Sampha\u2019s raw lead vocals dressed overtop.<\/p>\n

The South London R&B crooner, Sampha has been featured heavily on SBTRKT appearing on five of the eleven tracks, since then, he showed up on a number of collaborations, working alongside the likes of Jessie Ware and most recently Drake and many people heard Sampha\u2019s voice on SBTRKT.<\/p>\n

Sampha has come through with news of his first solo project; an EP entitled Dual, which will arrive on July 29th<\/sup> via Young Turks. \u2018Without\u2019, the lead single, sees Sampha artfully melding acoustic and electronic sounds to create a fine piece of digital soul.<\/p>\n

He has been featured with several artists include; Valentine with Jessie Ware (2011)-Young Turks; On Your Own with Lil Silva (2011)-Good Years; Short Stories \u2013 Koreless & Sampha (as Short Stories) \u2013 (January 2013) \u2013 Young Turks<\/p>\n

Salient Sarah with Lil Silva (2013) \u2013 Good Years<\/p>\n

Nothing Was the Same \u2013 Drake \u2013 (24th<\/sup> September, 2013) \u2013 OVO Sound\/Young Money<\/p>\n

\u2018The Motion\u2019 (with Drake) (2013) \u2013 OVO Sound\/Young Money<\/p>\n

\u2018Too Much\u2019 (with Drake) (2013) \u2013 OVO Sound\/Young Money<\/p>\n

Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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