Nitin Sawhney Sets March Release For 'Immigrants' Album, Shares New Song Differences
Tuesday, 02 February 2021
Written by Jon Stickler
Nitin Sawhney has confirmed the release date of his first album in over five years.
'Immigrants' will arrive on March 19 via Sony Music Masterworks and feature new versions of the previously shared Movement, Lifeline, You Are, Down The Road, and Differences, which blends eastern sounds with lively percussion and a bubbling bassline. Check it out below along with the record's artwork and tracklist.
Having returned with new material in 2020, the LP showcases compositions inspired and contributed by artists who either identify themselves as immigrants, are from immigrant heritage or wish to support international immigrants. The previously unheard Vai, Exile, Replay, Heat & Dust, Box, Tokyo, Another Sky and Dream also appear among the record's 20-strong tracklist.
"The last few years have seen an unprecedented level of political confusion and negative representation of immigrants across leading western countries," Sawhney said. "These representations are entirely at odds with the historical benefit of migration to Europe, North America and Australasia.
"As an artist, I have always avoided politics as much as possible. In music, didactic messages very rarely wield the same power as emotional expression. However, I do have one strong belief – that every new-born child is of equal value regardless of who they are or where they come from. It is only through the turbulent worlds of politics, creed, economics, race, nationality and social disparity that people continue to be devalued and dehumanised. 'Immigrants' is an album of unique collaborations, with an aim to redefine our perception of identity and the universal language of music."
Sawhney's last full-length came in form of 2015's 'Dystopian Dream'.
'Immigrants' tracklist:
1. Down The Road (feat. YVA, Dhruv Sangari & Nicki Wells)
2. Immigrants - Interlude I
3. Movement - Variation II (feat. Ayanna Witter-Johnson)
4. Vai (feat. Nina Miranda)
5. Exile (feat. Natacha Atlas & Samy Bishai)
6. Replay (feat. Aruba Red)
7. Immigrants - Interlude II
8. Heat & Dust (feat. Abi Sampa & Rushil)
9. Box (feat. Gina Leonard)
10. You Are (feat. YVA)
11. Immigrants - Interlude III
12. Differences (feat. Abi Sampa & Rushil)
13. Immigrants - Interlude IV
14. Lifeline (feat. Spek & Rahel Debebe-Dessalegne)
15. Tokyo
16. Sawubona (feat. Natty)
17. Immigrants - Interlude V
18. Movement - Variation I (feat. Anna Phoebe)
19. Another Sky (feat. AVAWAVES)
20. Dream
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