NYC-based alternative-R&B producer, singer, songwriter, and indie label CEO Tomás Doncker is set to release his new single ‘Wha-Gwaan!’ on February 7t,h 2025 to his label True Groove Records, featuring guest drums and vocals from Fun Lovin’ Criminals/UB40’s Frank Benbini.
Tomás Doncker has long been a prime mover in the New York music, arts, and culture scenes. From the early 1980s, as a member of groundbreaking No Wave and Punk Funk bands The Contortions and Defunkt, international touring, recording and songwriting collaborations with luminaries such as Bootsy Collins, Meshell Ndegeocello, Madonna, Ivan Neville, The Specials and the legendary Ms. Patti Smith, to helming his own band, The True Groove All-Stars, Tomás has established himself as a cross-genre innovator without peer.
Doncker’s previous works have seen praise from the likes of BBC, CNN, Huff Post, MOJO, Spin, Brooklyn Vegan, NPR’s ‘All Songs Considered’, Guitar World, All About Jazz, Paste Magazine, Rolling Stone and Blues Matters Magazine where he was a recent main cover feature.
‘Wha-Gwaan!’ follows September’s EP ‘The AMPlified Soul Remixes’, Doncker’s most recent collaboration with the late acclaimed, grammy award winning ‘ambassador of funk’ Amp Fiddler, renowned for his performances with the likes of Prince and Seal.
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