Name: As Above, So Below
Brand: Sampa The Great

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LVR3041

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Colour

Blue

Colour details

Seaglass Blue

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Discogs ID

[r25825015]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-06-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0888072463998

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes / Signed copies: No / blue

LVR2896

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format: No

2023-01-20

0888072451940

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

LVR2925

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Transparent Red

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LP++ - Indie Version.

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0888072455214

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / red

LVR3087

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White

Transparent White

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0888072469891

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / white

Artist

Sampa The Great

Genre GB

Hip Hop

Label GB

Loma Vista

Vinyl variants, bonus material and signed editions exclusively available from Rough Trade.

Loma Vista is a record label founded by Tom Whalley, former chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records and Executive of A&R at Interscope Records. The label was initially a joint venture with Republic Records and is based in Beverly Hills and Brooklyn.
In July 2014, the label announced it had changed strategic partners and was now part of Concord Music Group.

Sampa The Great is a Zambian hip-hop MC, singer, songwriter, and poet. Born in 1993 in Ndola, Zambia and raised in Botswana, she has been based in Sydney, Australia since 2013 before relocating to Melbourne in 2018. Her debut solo album, The Return (September 2019), reached No.12 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Notably, her single 'Final Form' won Best Hip Hop Release the following year. Sampa's music is influenced by her Bemba and Tumbuka heritage and she comes from a talented family with her sister also being a recording artist.

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The latest masterpiece is a celebration of family and heritage, taking inspiration from Zamrock, Zambia's fusion genre. 

Relocating home to Zambia during the pandemic, Sampa sought to reconnect with a different side of herself, a side that is freer and closer in resemblance to the younger artistry she cultivated growing up in Africa. This process of discovery would become the gateway to revealing her highest version of self. Choosing to collaborate with creatives Rochelle Nembhard and Imraan Christian from South Africa, As Above, So Below introduces us to a 360 Sampa, unveiling her many sides for the first time. From the funny to the serious to the sensual, As Above is Sampa outside’s self, and So Below, is the Sampa within, together uniting to reveal the most authentic version of Sampa, without a mask, or role to play.

As Above, So Below is anchored by spoken word in Bemba. The record delves into Sampa’s memories of Africa, Africa’s relationship to the world and what womanhood in Africa means to the world. We are also introduced to the persona of Eve, the highest version of Sampa that speaks to all facets of her womanhood.

The musical styles of As Above, So Below reflect the hybridity of Sampa’s upbringing. Raised in Botswana (a different country to her birthplace in Zambia), and then going on to attend school in different countries again, Sampa picked up varied musical influences along the way. Each style has attached itself to her own musical encyclopedia, and finds a new mode for expression throughout the record.

As Above, So Below

Music GB

Discover As Above, So Below by Sampa The Great. Limited edition LP and CD formats available. A celebration of family and heritage, this masterpiece takes inspiration from Zambia's fusion genre.