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Jamie xx has confirmed that he will be curating his own day at the new LIDO Festival in London. Find details on the line-up below.The xx star, musician and producer will be the inaugural headliner for the new festival in the UK capital for its upcoming first instalment.Taking place across June next year, the new event will run across two weekends, and feature “carefully curated music line-ups alongside community-driven activities during the week, all with a strong emphasis on sustainability.”Held at Victoria Park’s historic Lido Field, Jamie xx will be curating a line-up for Saturday June 7.Announced today, he has already dropped the first names for his line-up, including an appearance by his xx bandmate Romy, as well as Panda Bear, John Glacier, Arca, Sampha, DJ Gigola, Shy One, Wookie, and livwutang.To top it off, he’ll be bringing his celebrated club residency ‘The Floor’ to Victoria Park too, holding a one-off festival showcase that includes a three-hour set from DJ Harvey.Tickets for the event go on sale this Friday (November 1) and you can visit here to buy tickets.

Everything Is Recorded have shared a new single featuring Florence Welch and Sampha – listen to ‘Never Felt Better’ below.The blissful track will appear on the third studio album from Everything Is Recorded – the collaborative music project of Richard Russell. Titled ‘Temporary’, the record is due for release this Friday (February 28) via XL (pre-order/pre-save here).‘Never Felt Better’ is described as a “transcendent, hymnal piece of music”, and is accompanied by an official music video by Kristian Mercado and Mela Murder.

Romy and Sampha have teamed up for their dreamy new collaboration ‘I’m On Your Team’The single sees the two musicians – who are longtime friends and labelmates – sing softly over a stripped-back piano. “You put your trust in me / I’ll show you I deservе it / All I ever need / Is right under your surface,” sings Sampha.Both musicians join in on the chorus to sing: “And I / Hope the way I feel tonight / Is the way I feel for life,” describing the trust that is built within a relationship that is getting stronger by the moment.

Sampha has released ‘Satellite Business 2.0’, an expanded version of his ‘Lahai’ track, now featuring Little Simz. Listen to the track below.The new single expands upon ‘Satellite Business’, which served as an interlude on Sampha’s 2023 sophomore album.

Sampha has announced a collaboration with Little Simz called ‘Satellite Business 2.0’.The new song seems to be a continuation to the original ‘Satellite Business’, which appeared on Sampha’s latest record ‘Lahai’.Now, the soul singer has teamed up with rapper Little Simz for a song together, which is set for release on July 16.The duo have not previously released any collaborations, though Little Simz appeared as a guest performer during Sampha’s huge set at Ally Pally in April this year.A post shared by Sampha (@sampha)Sampha recently appeared on the stacked guest feature lineup for Headie One’s new album, where Skrillex, AJ Tracey, Stormzy, Aitch and more also made an appearance.Speaking to NME about ‘The Last Ones’, Headie One shared: “It’s the last one but it’s not the last one you know? This album is about the place we come from, the negative things that happened and that are still in effect today so I’m giving a lot of home truths in this one.”He continued: “When I was making this album, I realised I was at the point I wanted to be when I dreamed about making music to actually doing it. Back then, I was in a different mindframe and needed to experience life before things were going good with the music.

RAYE, Sampha and Yussef Dayes leading nominees.The nominees were announced today (April 23) in eight categories including the Best Album, Best Contemporary Song and the Rising Star Award with Amazon Music. The awards ceremony with Amazon Music will take place on May 23 at Grosvenor House.Sampha and Yussef Dayes have the most nominations with two each; each artist is contending for a Best Album award for their respective records ‘Lahai‘ and ‘Black Classical Music’.

The Kitchen might be an early contender for one of the year’s best.Directed by Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares, the sci-fi drama follows the lives of Izi (Kane ‘Kano‘ Robinson) and Benji (Jedaiah Bannerman) in a dystopian future London where social housing has been shut down. The community of the Kitchen, however, refuse to abandon their home.Other cast members include Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo, Cristale, BackRoad Gee, Rasaq Kukoyi and former footballer Ian Wright in the role of Lord Kitchener.After a short run in cinemas, the film was released on Netflix on January 19, 2024.Labrinth collaborated with Alex Baranowski on the film’s score.

Sampha brought songs from his 2023 album Lahai and one beloved deep cut for his second mini-concert for NPR's Tiny Desk. "Spirit 2.0," "Only," "Dancing Circles," and "Without," a song from his 2013 EP Dual were all performed with Sampha on piano and backed by a full band that included Ruthven, a future R&B artist signed to Jai Paul's label Paul Institute.

Sampha performed a reworked rendition of Steve Lacy‘s ‘Bad Habit’ for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month.The singer-songwriter chose the 2022 hit as the cover for his Live Lounge Mouth appearance last week, during which he sang and played the piano over a sizzling, pared-back drum beat.He also played his own song ‘Only’ from new album ‘Lahai’, which came out last week.Check out the performances below.Sampha’s rendition of ‘Bad Habit’ is one of many covers to come out of BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge month, which also saw Usher cover Daniel Caesar and H.E.R.’s ‘Best Part’ and Troye Sivan rework Billie Eilish‘s ‘What Was I Made For‘.Doja Cat was the final guest for the month-long segment this October, who covered Hiatus Kaiyote’s ‘Red Room’.Ahead of the release of Sampha’s new album, he opened up about how he wanted to “interrogate spirituality” on the LP.He started working on the album in 2019 before “a lot of things happened” and he welcomed his first daughter in 2020. “I became a dad,” he explained in a recent Q&A.

Sampha has spoken about his inspiration and mindset while writing his highly-anticipated second studio album, ‘Lahai’.This week sees the experimental singer, songwriter and producer perform three sold-out shows at St John’s at Hackney Church in London. With the help of Spotify, the London-born singer wanted to gift his loyal fans a carefully curated experience in an intimate setting.On Wednesday (October 11), Sampha told the crowd to “feel free” and roam around the circular stage while they got “an intimate look into his production rehearsal”.

Sampha has confirmed details of his new album, Lahai. The album, which shares its title with Sampha's middle name, will be released on October 20. It features the single "Only," which is streaming below along with a music video.

Sampha has announced his eagerly anticipated upcoming sophomore album, ‘Lahai’.Yesterday (August 24), Sampha took to social media to announce the album, confirming its name and sharing its artwork – which you can see below. “LAHAI,” Sampha wrote in his announcement. “My grandfather’s name.

Sampha has surprised fans with the release of his first single in six years, ‘Spirit 2.0’. Check it out below.This is Sampha’s first release since his 2017 Mercury Prize-winning debut album, ‘Process’, and features the likes of South London jazz composer and drummer Yussef Dayes, Spanish producer El Guincho, Canadian composer Owen Pallet — plus vocals from Yaeji and one half of Ibeyi, Lisa Kaindé Diaz.“It’s about the importance of connection to both myself and others, and the beauty and harsh realities of just existing,” said Sampha of the song’s lyrical meaning.

Rye Lane is the kind of rom-com people like to complain don't get made any more. Sweet, funny, tender, and with a great sense of place (in this instance south London), it's a breezy watch that will have you longing to make a trip to Peckham in search of someone to help get you through your next heartbreak. It also comes with a great score courtesy of London's own kwes.

Stormzy‘s ‘This Is What We Mean Day’ at All Points East 2023 have been announced – check out the line-up so far below.Last November, it was confirmed that the Croydon MC would be taking over Victoria Park in London on August 18 as part of this summer’s APE gig series. He’s curated the full bill for the day, and is set to deliver a headline show that evening.Today (March 31), organisers have revealed that Stormzy will be joined at the event by Kehlani, Sampha, Knucks, Lucky Daye, WSTRN, Ms Banks and The No Signal Stage.Many more artists are to be announced for ‘This Is What We Mean Day’ in the coming weeks and months.

Today is the fifth anniversary of Process, the game-changing debut album from Sampha. Yes, you are old, but the good news is that to celebrate his album, Sampha has shared two songs that are probably new to you.