Out August 11th 2017. via [Skinny's Own]
Pre Order 7Inch at skinnypelembe.bandcamp.com
Limited to 250 copies. Art by Femaleonacid.

Released on 7” / Digital on 11th August 2017

With a sample-hunting, studio-meddling mindset, Skinny Pelembe’s music roams hazy, psychedelic tangents. Supported by Gilles Peterson and his Future Bubblers programme, he’s a sparkling multi-instrumentalist tapping into strains of Afro-tipped soul. 

“I guess the lesson is don't discount the advice of strangers, even if they're massive Kula Shaker fans.” So says Skinny Pelembe, as he recalls an important insight he’s gleaned in making his debut EP. As he recounts, it was the advice of an over-familiar German stranger – via a message on Instagram – which prompted him to start writing down his dreams. 

Using those late-night, scribbled notes as inspiration for his lyrics, they’ve produced results that are honest and often surreal. Interwoven amongst loose, textured rhythms and a bright-tinted melodic sheen, his songs exist in the wonderful, hard-to-define fringes of pop. Overlaying sampled, programmed beats with live drums and percussion, sun-flecked riffs cut through the EP’s fuzzy aura. 

Born in Johannesburg and raised in Doncaster, Skinny is based in London. Receiving big support from Gilles Peterson, “Should You Go” was premiered on his BBC 6 Music show and features on the latest edition of the legendary DJ and curator’s Brownswood Bubblers compilations. Skinny Pelembe is also part of Future Bubblers, the Arts Council England-funded programme led by Peterson for developing new, unsigned acts. 


Tracklist

1. Seven Year Curse
2. Listen To The Stars
3. Should You Go
4. Day At The Races
5. Baby Laxmi


Tour dates

19th July - Future Bubblers “How Far We’ve Come” - The Pickle Factory, London
21st July - Gilles Peterson presents “Night Thing” - Jazz Cafe, London
10th August - Seven Year Curse EP Launch - The Waiting Room, London

Featuring:
Rens Birgitta Kuiper 
Alley Lloyd
Regan Bowering
Remi Graves
Jing Chun Tan

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Seven Year Curse EP

For his next trick Skinny Pelembe will be sawing a rabbit in half and turning each half into white doves, to be flown to each of the globe's poles, turning back time to a pre-industrial age and postponing the birth of David Cameron & Theresa May.
This is first cut from Johannesburg born, exiled to Doncaster psychedelic tinged beatsmith, Skinny Pelembe.

Should You Go (Gilles Peterson BBC 6Music Premiere)

Out August 11th 2017.
Pre Order 7Inch at skinnypelembe.bandcamp.com
Limited to 250 copies. Art by Femaleonacid.

Featuring:
Rens Birgitta Kuiper 
Alley Lloyd
Regan Bowering
Remi Graves
Jing Chung

Baby Laxmi

Day At The Races

Listen To The Stars

Seven Year Curse

Skinny Pelembe is a multi-talented wonder, born in Johannesburg and raised in Doncaster, who crafts patchworks of personal and musical touchstones, a distinctive musical style; memories and observations are weaved together, sun-dazzled folk, afro-tipped and psychedelic tangents diced with the murkier corners of the UK dance lineage.