Sinkane has released the second single from his forthcoming record, Mean Love, out September 2nd on DFA and City Slang worldwide. With an aim to “create truly universal music,” Sinkane has expanded on his experiences and background to create a multifaceted, eclectic and purely modern record with intensely poetic lyrics. The solo project of Ahmed Gallab, he notes that Sudanese music itself is a hodgepodge of influences, and “it’s very dramatic, very romantic, and very groovy at the same time.” Listeners will surely find Mean Love to be the same, with its soulful sound that straddles the line between traditional Pan-African rhythms and modern song structures. Check out Sinkane on tour this Fall, and stay tuned for more dates from the Atomic Bomb Band, The Music of William Onyeabor, Music Directed by Ahmed and featuring Sinkane, Money Mark, Alexis Taylor and others, with all dates below.

Mean Love Tracklisting

(September 2nd, 2014 | DFA Records)

01. How We Be

02. New Name

03. Yacha

04. Young Trouble

05. Moonstruck

06. Mean Love

07. Hold Tight

08. Galley Boys

09. Son

10. Omdurman

Sinkane 2014 International Tour Dates

08.02.14 – The LOT LIC [tickets] – Queens, NY
09.04.14 – First We Take Berlin Festival [tickets] – Berlin, DE

09.05.14 – Grelle Forelle [tickets] – Vienna, AT

09.06.14 – Deep into the Woods Festival [tickets] – Heer-Sur-Meuse, BE

09.07.14 – Into the Great Wide Open [tickets] – Vlieland, NL

09.09.14 – Ekko [tickets] – Utrecht, NL

09.10.14 – La Badadoum [tickets] – Paris, FR

09.11.14 – Shacklewell Arms [tickets] – London, UK

09.12.14 – La Peniche [tickets] – Lille, FR

09.13.14 – Big Next Festival – Ghent, BE

09.16.14 – Iboat – Bordeaux, FR

09.18.14 – Palace [tickets] – St. Gallen, CH

09.20.14 – Reeperbahn Festival [tickets] – Hamburg, DE

10.01.14 – Casa del Popolo [tickets] – Montreal, QC *

10.02.14 – Higher Ground Showcase Lounge [tickets] – South Burlington, VT *

10.03.14 – Cafe 939 [tickets] – Boylston, MA *

10.04.14 – Iron Horse [tickets] – Northampton, MA *

10.05.14 – Baby’s All Right [tickets] – Brooklyn, NY *

10.07.14 – Johnny Brenda’s [tickets] – Philadelphia, PA *

10.08.14 – DC9 [tickets] – Washington, DC *

10.09.14 – The Southern [tickets] – Charlottesville, NC *

10.11.14 – Zanzabar [tickets] – Louisville, KY *

10.12.14 – Schubas Tavern [tickets] – Chicago, IL *

10.13.14 – Turf Club [tickets] – Saint Paul, MN *
10.17.14 – Barboza [tickets] – Seattle, WA *
10.18.14 – Mississippi Studios [tickets] – Portland, OR *
10.19.14 – The Independent [tickets] – San Francisco, CA *
10.21.14 – Echo [tickets] – Los Angeles, CA *
10.22.14 – Casbah [tickets] – San Diego, CA *
10.23.14 – Last Exit Live [tickets] – Phoenix, AZ *
10.24.14 – Club Congress [tickets] – Tucson, AZ *
10.26.14 – Empire Control Room [tickets] – Austin, TX *
10.27.14 – One Eyed Jacks [tickets] – New Orleans, LA *
10.28.14 – Bottletree [tickets] – Birmingham, AL *
10.29.14 – Exit In [tickets] – Nashville, TN *
10.30.14 – Ohio State University (Wexner Center) [tickets] – Columbus, OH *
11.1.14 – Smiling Moose [tickets] – Pittsburgh, PA *
11.2.14 – SOB’s – [tickets] – New York, NY *
11.22.14 – Sonic Visions Festival – Luxembourg, LX
11.23.14 – Pret A Porter Festival at Karlstorbahnhof – Heidelberg, DE
11.24.14 – Atomic Cafe – Munich, DE
11.25.14 – Conne Island – Leipzig, DE
11.26.14 – Lido – Berlin, DE
11.29.14 – Week-End Festival at Stadthalle Mühlheim – Cologne, DE

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* with Helado Negro