Jordan Rakei @ Harlow’s

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With a fistful of highly praised releases under his belt and a soulful, jazz and hip-hop driven sound, 25 year-old multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer Jordan Rakei is a rare talent whose artistry transcends the confines of age. Born in a quiet town in New Zealand, Jordan moved to Australia at the age of three, spending most of his childhood in Brisbane. In 2014, his “Groove Curse” EP garnered strong support from North America and Europe, coaxing Jordan to make the 10,000 mile journey to live in London. He furnished a name for himself in the UK, collaborating with the likes of Tom Misch and lending vocals to Disclosure’s album “Caracal”. It was Jordan’s 2016 self-released debut album “Cloak” that proved he was an artist ready and able to make huge waves with his own unique sound though. Also in 2016 he became close with South London record label and party Rhythm Section, who encouraged him to release an EP of dancefloor driven tracks under his Dan Kye alias.

British-born Sam Wills is rapidly becoming one of the most hotly-tipped artists of the UK future soul/r&b movement, and it’s easy to see why. In 2016, Wills burst onto the scene with ‘In The Midst Of It All’, as featured on Tom Misch’s Beat Tape 2, going on to become number one on the Hype Machine and hitting over 17.7 million streams to date.

Wills writing and production credits include Jorja Smith’s globally-acclaimed single ‘Where Did I Go?’ (41.7 million streams) as well as tracks with Disclosure, Jarreau Vandal, Iyamah, Cadenza, Zach Said, Dolapo, Cosmos Midnight and Moods.

Most recently, Joe Hertz and Sam teamed up again for ‘Rain in Cuba’, a collaboration with Barney Artist and Blue Lab Beat, which premiered on Notion and was added to Spotify’s New Music Friday UK upon release in May 2019. The track has notched up nearly 75k Spotify streams in its first two weeks of release alone.

In the run-up to the release of his debut album, Wills has spent the last six months in the studio with collaborators including Phairo, Jay Mooncie (Coltrane/Dua Lipa), Cadenza, SG Lewis, Joe Hertz and Howard Lawrence (Disclosure). With a string of releases lined up for 2019 and an eye on his debut long play, the future is looking bright for Sam.

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