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Toronto based recording artist Witch Prophet is a queer, East African, singer-songwriter, as well as the President and Co-CEO of independent label Heart Lake Records Inc.
She provides her fans with a soundscape of vocal layers, loops, raps and harmonies on a bed of hip-hop, jazz and soul-inspired beats.
File next to: Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Portishead, and Greentea Peng
She has shared the stage with and opened for acts like Sudan Archives, Tash Sultana, JPEGMAFIA, Lido Pimienta, CLIPPING, JELEEL!, Pierre Kwenders, Begonia, Shabazz Palaces, SAMMUS, Snotty Nose Rez Kids and THEESatisfaction to name a few.
Her 2020 album DNA Activation
- Shortlisted for the 2020 Polaris Prize -
was an Ethio-Jazz/RnB fusion sung in English, Amharic and Tigrinya. Co-produced by her wife SUN SUN and Witch Prophet
On May 1st 2023, Witch Prophet released her deeply personal and intimate 3rd studio album Gateway Experience produced by her wife and business partner SUN SUN. An 11 track, neo-soul/alternative r&b/ trip hop vibe with songs focusing on the connection between the human brain, dreams, seizures, god, and other worldly abilities.
Gateway Experience was long listed for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.
She provides her fans with a soundscape of vocal layers, loops, raps and harmonies on a bed of hip-hop, jazz and soul-inspired beats.
File next to: Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Portishead, and Greentea Peng
She has shared the stage with and opened for acts like Sudan Archives, Tash Sultana, JPEGMAFIA, Lido Pimienta, CLIPPING, JELEEL!, Pierre Kwenders, Begonia, Shabazz Palaces, SAMMUS, Snotty Nose Rez Kids and THEESatisfaction to name a few.
Her 2020 album DNA Activation
- Shortlisted for the 2020 Polaris Prize -
was an Ethio-Jazz/RnB fusion sung in English, Amharic and Tigrinya. Co-produced by her wife SUN SUN and Witch Prophet
On May 1st 2023, Witch Prophet released her deeply personal and intimate 3rd studio album Gateway Experience produced by her wife and business partner SUN SUN. An 11 track, neo-soul/alternative r&b/ trip hop vibe with songs focusing on the connection between the human brain, dreams, seizures, god, and other worldly abilities.
Gateway Experience was long listed for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.
Genres
: multidisciplinary
Monthly listeners
6,064
Followers
7,424
Most popular tracks
| Track | Plays | Duration | Release date | |
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366,639 | 2:17 | 2021-06-18 | |
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191,667 | 2:50 | 2020-03-24 | |
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139,324 | 3:55 | 2023-05-01 | |
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120,651 | 2:08 | 2020-03-24 | |
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82,307 | 2:40 | 2023-04-13 | |
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78,076 | 1:46 | 2018-05-18 | |
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60,530 | 2:51 | 2020-03-24 | |
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52,022 | 3:52 | 2018-05-18 | |
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49,539 | 3:32 | 2020-12-11 | |
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43,952 | 2:38 | 2021-03-21 |
