Hifi Sean presents his new single, ‘Testify’. The track is taken from Sean’s album Ft. which was released earlier this year to critical acclaim, and features guest appearances from a stellar collection of artists including Yoko Ono, Bootsy Collins, Fred Schneider (B-52’s), and a poignant and moving last recording from Alan Vega.
‘Testify’ is a northern soul, gospel piano 7” style masterpiece – including an acid Moog synth twist. It features the vocal talents of house legend Crystal Waters, who is best known for her huge international hits ‘Gypsy Woman’ and ‘100% Pure Love’.
Hifi Sean is the songwriter, DJ and producer Sean Dickson. He is most famously known as the front man of the Scottish band The Soup Dragons, responsible for a series of huge hit singles; ‘I’m Free’, ‘Divine Thing’, and ‘Mother Universe’.
Dickson was also the main creative force behind the follow-up project The High Fidelity, a much more artful and intimate project, critically acclaimed for the releases Demonstration and The Omnichord Album. Those albums included two very rare musical collaborations between Dickson and legendary Radio One DJ John Peel and also the late Mickey Finn (of 70’s musical giants T-Rex).
Sean underwent a total musical reinvention at the turn of the millennium, evolving and transforming his creative energies from a guitar playing band front-man to a DJ. He began playing house, disco and electro in Glasgow’s burgeoning and innovative club scene, before relocating to London in 2006 where he began to become a staple figure on the house underground and afterhours clubs.
As Hifi Sean, he is now a highly respected DJ and producer, having held residencies at Ministry of Sound, Shoreditch House, Savage Disco, East Bloc and many more parties in London as well as playing regular international shows in Europe and the USA.
In creating Ft., Sean carefully fused elements from his past and present musical lives into something unique and joyous.
● ‘Testify’ ft. Crystal Waters is out now
• Click on the link below to buy the Hifi Sean album, Ft.
