British singer and songwriter Elmiene will grace the stage of Alexandra Palace Theatre this April.

Born Abdala Elamin and raised in Oxford, his soothing vocals and poetic songwriting bring to mind the magic of D’Angelo mixed with Sampha. His music seamlessly blends old-school R&B with modern production.

At just 21, Elmiene’s undeniable voice and soulful croons have garnered attention on social media and beyond. His stunning debut track, Golden, was the soundtrack for Virgil Abloh’s final Louis Vuitton show. Since then, Elmiene has graced Lil Silva’s critically-acclaimed Yesterday Is Heavy project and Stormzy’s This Is What I Mean and released his debut EP EL-MEAN, produced in part by cult British folk-soul artist Jamie Woon.

His current EP Marking My Time sees his impressive pool expand further, with collaborations from Sampha, Jim-E Stack, BADBADNOTGOOD, Syd, Dahi, James Vincent McMorrow, Courage and a return from Silva and Woon too. If his debut EP EL-MEAN was the scribblings in the first few empty pages of a diary, Marking My Time feels like getting into the rhythm of things and growing used to a new way of communicating with and grounding himself.

Elmiene’s sound resurrects the theatrics and vocal chops of old-school R&B loverboys with the timeless philosophies of our soul titans and filters it through a refreshingly modern production prism of jagged synths, metallic chords and soaring strings to create something entirely new and compelling.

Age restriction 16+