After collaborating with the likes of Beyoncè, SBTRKT, Jessie Ware, Drake, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, and Solange, 28-year-old British singer, songwriter and producer Sampha has finally released his first solo album, Process, via Young Turks.
A significant and evocative title, anticipating the changes happening as listeners work through the LP’s forty minutes: the personal growth Sampha undergoes in taking his meditations on life and loss out of his bedroom and into the studio, crafting a moving and heartfelt urban soul album. R&B, hip-hop, electronic beats, and ethnic sounds (his roots are in Sierra Leone) all mix within the album’s ten tracks like restless thoughts, alongside Sampha’s moving, powerful songwriting about family, grief, and his strong will to gain strength from his story and his piano.
Watch two videos from the new album after the jump.