Sinkane

“If any artist deserves to swerve around a borderless Earth with a real World Passport, it’s the London-born, Sudanese artist Ahmed Gallab. Listen to his catalog under the Sinkane moniker and you’ll hear fragments of sub-Saharan pop, shoegaze, afro-rock, electronica, krautrock, and everything in between—all melded into his own funky blend.” – Pitchfork Mag

Sinkane is the nom de plume of multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab. Born in London to Sudanese parents, raised in Ohio, and now calling NYC home, the former skate punk turned afro-funk maestro and veteran of indie-rock bands like Caribou, Yeasayer and Of Montreal, has released eight albums since his debut in 2007 and continues to resist the confines of genre. It’s pop. It’s funk. It’s electronic. It blends the gritty punk newness of a 70s and 80s New York with the steady, foundational soul of the rhythms of Gallab’s native Sudan.

In the years since his previous release, Dépaysé, Sinkane has honed in on his skillset to unfurl a truly ambitious new album. On his 8th studio album We Belong, he has found himself celebrating the love he has unearthed in these explorations, and the band has been born anew.

Race Brook Lodge is honored host Sinkane as he tours WE BELONG and to share this singular artist’s global outlook with our community.