Sampha
Sampha
Sampha Sisay, who uses the mononymous stage name Sampha, is a British electronic music singer-songwriter and producer from Morden, South London, United Kingdom. Sampha is known widely for his collaborative work with SBTRKT, Jessie Ware, Drake, Kanye West, Solange Knowles, Koreless, Lil Silva, Katy B and others. Sampha has released two solo EPs: Sundanza and Dual...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
captures music sounds trying
I like trying to make sounds that are interesting and are a bit weird. I try to make music that captures people's imaginations.
express hear melodies people scale tool vocal wider
When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
captured cleaner created decided demo felt half instant leave originally recorded version vocal
'Can't Get Closer' I originally recorded in about half an hour, just on my bed with a microphone. I actually re-recorded the song with a cleaner vocal take, but I decided to leave the demo version on there, just because I felt that instant where it was created is what captured the most emotion.
music
I kind of make music where and when I can, and I guess that's why I collaborate so much.
thinking feelings feels
When you feel totally alone in your thoughts and feelings, there's someone out there who is going through what you went through, even if it's the strangest, weirdest thing you could think of.
thinking people details
Sometimes you think certain details are things that only you would notice, so it's a great thing to feel like you're not by yourself and people understand where you're coming from.
night thinking way
I was just thinking about my own natural way of one-night stands: always wanting to be more attached to something. I'm not very good at detaching myself.
writing thinking people
For me, when I'm writing something really personal, I don't feel good about it. It's weird that people can connect to it and like something that came from a really crap place. You have to be quite brave to write about something that you honestly feel and think.
writing thinking brave
You have to be quite brave to write about something that you honestly feel and think.
cousin school world
I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He must be a millionaire!'
song trying records
When I've produced a song, I try to record a vocal over it, and sometimes it becomes really hard. Sometimes I've already said a lot that I want to say within the production. The vocal is just adding to it, rather than it being a song.
sound wonder sometimes
Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.