NEW SINGLE: Samuel Gaskin x Kee'ahn 'Find My Way Back'
Samuel Gaskin and Kee’ahn share a love letter for their ancestors in their latest collaboration ‘Find My Way Back’
Creating a love letter for their ancestors, Naarm based multi-hyphenate Samuel Gaskin and soulful singer-songwriter Kee’ahn have combined creative forces on the liberating new single ‘Find My Way Back’, which will be dropping onto Planet Earth on Wednesday 7 August. ‘Find My Way Back’ is Samuel Gaskin’s first new music for 2024, and sees them channelling their Māori and Nigerian roots in this personal collaboration with Kee’ahn.
Out via Noisehive, ‘Find My Way Back’ was produced by Samuel Gaskin and Pip Norman (Baker Boy, Missy Higgins, Dan Sultan), with Hayden Laureson (Woodes, Akosia, Boy Soda) on mixing duties and mastered by Joe La Porta (Willow, Laufey, Miley Cyrus) at Sterling Sound in New Jersey. Sam and Kee’ahn’s commanding vocal synergy complements each other perfectly nestled amongst the layers of delicate harmonies emphasising their songwriting prowess and catchy melodies, “an invitation to accept ourselves where we are at so that we can have the courage and self belief, to chase after what feels like home" shares Kee’ahn
With a clear message and reminder to listen deeply to country, and to be led by your ancestors, "For me 'Find My Way Back' is a love letter to the Ancestors and the parts of ourselves we may have shut down or been disconnected from," reveals Samuel Gaskin
'Find My Way Back’ out Wednesday 7 August via Noisehive
About Samuel Gaskin:
Samuel Gaskin is the very definition of a cultural and creative renaissance man, with his myriad focuses spent furthering the advancement of music, theatre, advocacy, and his Beat Entertainment company. Their recent years have included writing and performing with l Indigenous artists, including Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project and The Merindas, and creating a multisensory celebration of Indigenous joy RECKŌNING: Te Waiata Paihere Wairua with their business and life partner Johnny Hamilton, which was taken on a full national tour of the country in 2023. Through Beat Entertainment (BEAT), a BIPOC, LGBTQI+, First Nations led and focussed entertainment company, they have grown as a creative company helping clients reimagine events, engagement and activations through a broad range of innovative support including choreography, costuming, set design, production, casting, direction, and music production. With collaborations and recent releases that have received widespread airplay across radio & playlisting love from both Spotify & Apple Music, most importantly, Sam shows what comes from a lifetime spent fighting for equality and a place in the wider entertainment world.
About Kee’ahn:
Hailing from North Queensland, Kee’ahn’s name derives from the Wik word meaning to dance and to play. Effortlessly blending the sounds of soul, R&B and pop throughout their music, Kee'ahn weaves rich vocals and hopeful yet vulnerable lyrics that champion finding strength in our struggles, encouraging us all to reflect, reinvent, and rejoice in all of our journeys. With the ability to floor you with their spectacular voice and songwriting, Kee’ahn’s music has captured the attention of many communities worldwide.
Join Samuel Gaskin and Kee’ahn as they rejoice together in the resilience and power of their ancestry.