He joins forces with Fun Lovin’ Criminals/UB40's Frank Benbini
16 January 2025
“Wild, plunging into the night sky and shattering the darkness with each performance." - Essentially Pop
"A true force in the world of Global Soul - a genre the creation of Doncker himself." - Vinyl Me Please
Tomás Doncker joins forces with Fun Lovin’ Criminals’ Frank Benbini on new single ‘Wha-Gwaan!’
OUT FEBRUARY 7TH 2025
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 7th 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 on 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.