Sampha - Without

Way back in February 2011 Sampha made his first appearance on Breaking More Waves alongside Jessie Ware with a track called Valentine. It’s fascinating to see the trajectory of Jessie since then. These days if she so much as farts into a microphone you can be pretty certain that the internet will implode as websites and blogs rush to post about it, whereas 2 and a half years ago when we featured Valentine (still our favourite Jessie Ware song) it was 24 hours before another Hype Machine listed blog followed suit and posted the MP3. At that stage neither Jessie or Sampha had built up enough headway to be treated to a blog premiere, a  P*tchfork exclusive or the blog-buzz-firstie frenzy that humans vs the internet seems to have created.

Since then we’ve not featured Sampha at all, but now there finally comes news of his debut EP Duals through Young Turks (with a P*tchfork premiere of course) and from it the track we’re streaming below. Since that P*tchfork exclusive Without has been all over the internet last week (we figure if P*tchfork wrote about a tramp vomiting some blog somewhere in the world would be tripping over itself to post about it and declare it the future of music, thankfully though this song is not that sound), but we’re taking it slower having let it ripple over us for a few days. In those few days we’ve come to the conclusion that Without is pretty worldwide gorgeous. The gentle cantering beats and the soothing vocals are just lovely and although lyrically it may not be poetic brilliance it bodes very well for that EP.

Sampha - Without (You Tube Audio Stream)

Jessie Ware + Sampha - Valentine (Video)

Happy Valentine’s day. Remember love is for 356 days a year not just 1 and other such wise words. Blah, blah, blah. And don’t worry if you didn’t receive any Valentine’s cards – it just means that nobody loves you.

We brought you the stream of this song over the weekend, now Jessie Ware and Sampha have released this neat little video for the tune, which suits the minimal music perfectly. Make this your Valentine, there’s no bad romance here.

Jessie Ware + Sampha - Valentine

“If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it,” seems to be the most appropriate quote to use around this time, because in case you’ve forgotten Monday is Valentine’s day. Not sure what to do for your loved one this year ? Then why not treat them to something different from chocolates, flowers or a romantic candlelit dinner ? Instead kiss their ears with this piece of delicate spacey adoration by Jessie Ware (not Jessie J) who you may have heard providing guest vocals on Nervous by SBTRKT. This time she's working with cool dude Sampha. It’s called (quite simply) Valentine and we must have played it at least fifteen times over on repeat since we first heard it. Simple electronic ballerina backing and perfect vocals, it’s certainly not full of excess, but is still feeds us with love.

It’s out on Young Turks on heart shaped vinyl (see picture here) and you can purchase it to buy now (here). If like us you're going to see Glasser on her UK tour soon, you can catch Sampha there. But for now enjoy this moment of tranquil perfection. Smoochy.

JESSIE WARE + SAMPHA / Valentine by Young Turks