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Midnight Magic Tickets, Tour Dates and Concerts

Midnight Magic

Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Ave NW

Jun 4, 2024

8:30 PM PDT
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We Belong, is the eighth studio album from Sinkane, a band led by multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab. And like much of Sinkanes previous releases, it resists genre. Its pop. Its funk. Its electronic. It blends the gritty punk newness of a 70s and 80s New York with the steady, foundational soul of the rhythms of his native Sudan. Though We Belong comes deep into the catalog of a long career, it also resists stagnation. It moves and travelsthrough words and eras, through emotion and healing. Gallab calls this album his love letter to Black music, and each track pulses with the energy of different eras and forms: the gospel-soaked Everything Is Everything, the dreamy, Quiet Storm-influenced Afro-beats of Rise Above, the 70s-funk of We Belong and its Sly Stone influence, the Stevie Wonder-edged Another Daythey tell a story about Black music and Black people.The album itself also reveals Gallabs desire to create a work that not only reflected a community, but was made by one, too. We Belong assembles this community, makes it visible, to anyone willing to see, to hear, to feel. Gallab and Amanda Khiri, co-lyricist on most of the songs, passed notes across the digital divide. Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Ismael Reed, scraps of poetry. The pair turned these late-night ideas into fully realized compositions. Casey Benjamin, a multi-instrumentalist who has worked with jazz pianist Robert Glasper, left his touch on several tracks. Jazz trumpeter Kenyatta Beasley soared across three songs. Soul singer Bilal lent his voice. Rising artists like vocalists Ifedayo Gatling, of the Harlem Gospel Travelers, Tru Osbourne, Hollie Cook, and STOUT, joined this community as well.What had long been a solo endeavor by Gallab, suddenly became a collaborative experience. Having all these people at my disposal [meant] I could actually be a producer, he says. I could zoom out a little bit and see what serves the song best? How can I make this better? Having a community around me really just allowed this to turn into something bigger than I could have ever imagined.The result is an album that showcases freedom, in all its forms. Freedom to create, to move, to love, to live. The we of the title is all of us. All of us who have lost and found community. All of us who have reached into the past to find our future. And ultimately, it is the sound of an artist finding his way back to himself by stretching beyond himself. In making this album, I realized very quickly that I got a lot of freedom in not making it about myself, Gallab says. I realized Im more than just me, theres all of us, all of us together. Its much more about community and much more about connecting with other people. But maybe, thats how Ive kind of come to find myself.
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Preston
December 3rd 2017
Amazing as always. The brass section is on point and Tiffany, the singer, takes everything up a notch, while the bassist keeps it all grounded.
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Located in the heart of historic downtown Ballard, the Tractor Tavern has provided nightly entertainment for more than 30 years! The Tractor features local, national, and...
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Midnight Magic Biography

Midnight Magic is a cosmic disco ensemble with a desire to make you, the listener, and the rhythm, become one. Anchored by New York City underground dance music vets Morgan Wiley and W. Andrew Raposo, and powered by vocal temptress Tiffany Roth, the band’s size matches their larger than life sound, ranging anywhere from four to nine people. The singles “Beam Me Up” and “Drop Me a Line”, along with their star studded remix treatments, solidified Midnight Magic as an underground nightlife staple. 2012’s 'Walking the Midnight Streets' marked the group’s full length debut; an expansive record that introduced fans to a wider variety of the band's abilities. After touring in support of Holy Ghost and Cut Copy, the band returns with a new EP on Soul Clap Records this October. New album Free From Your Spell out now On Soul Clap Records. Check it: http://shop.crewlove.us/midnight-magic-free-from-your-spell.html
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