Two of the UK’s most iconic musical innovators, Sampha and Little Simz, have come together on new single “Satellite Business 2.0”.
Released via Young, the song is a brand new, fully-realised version of the “Satellite Business” interlude from Sampha’s acclaimed, Ivor Novello Awards-nominated 2023 album LAHAI, a record that was described by The Sunday Times as “music making of real ambition, poignancy and beauty” and by The Guardian as “sublime”.
Though they’ve talked about working together in the studio for years, “Satellite Business 2.0” is Sampha and Little Simz’s first collaborative release. Little Simz first heard the song live during Sampha’s run of “Satellite Business” residency shows in London and Brooklyn in June 2023. Attending the second night at Brooklyn’s Pioneer Works, she witnessed the song evolving and expanding while Sampha and his band experimented in the round during a series of intimate, rapturously-received events. She later joined Sampha on stage in April this year for a version of the song at his now-legendary sold out, hometown show at London’s Alexandra Palace, a show that also featured Ghetts, Lil Silva, Jessie Ware and Kokoroko’s Sheila Maurice-Grey.
