“Dépaysé is a French word meaning “to be removed from one’s habitual surroundings”. It’s a phenomenon that Sinkane leader Ahmed Gallab knows a little bit about: as a child, he and his family fled Sudan following the 1989 military coup, settling in the States. During the current travel ban-shamed period of US history, living as a Sudanese-American has become complicated, and this album is a defiant ”
“Dépaysé is for fans of Sinkane; new listeners might stop for a minute to appreciate the vibe before moving on.”
