[新聞] MNEK將與凱莉合作
19歲唱將MNEK即將在今年九月發表首張專輯
他表示將與Kylie Minogue跟Disclosure合作
Duke Dumont今年提名葛萊美的作品"Need U 100%"就是他獻聲的
他跟Gorgon City合作的Ready For Your Love最近也剛打進英國單曲榜第四名
Rudimental的"Baby"也是他
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MNEK Readies Throwback Debut While Working with Kylie Minogue & Disclosure
By Andrew Hampp, N.Y. | February 20, 2014 1:30 PM EST
For a 19-year-old who shares management with One Direction, MNEK uses a lot
of very specific late-'80s and early-'90s references to describe his
as-yet-untitled debut album, set for a September release on
Cherrytree/Interscope. "If [Jimmy] Jam & [Terry] Lewis threw a house party,
then invited George Michael, Janet [Jackson] and Peabo Bryson, that would be
my album," the Londoner says.
As a central part of the deep-house revival that's all over the U.K. charts
and quickly taking hold in EDM-hungry America, MNEK has been a guest vocalist
on high-impact tracks by Duke Dumont ("Hold On" and the Grammy
Award-nominated "Need U 100"), Rudimental ("Baby") and Gorgon City ("Ready
for Your Love"). The lattermost scored him a booking on BBC Radio 1's "Live
Lounge" and recently debuted at No. 4 on the U.K. singles chart. He's also
been collaborating with Disclosure, Diplo and Clean Bandit for their upcoming
projects, and wrote and produced new songs for U.K. pop acts like Little Mix,
Becky Hill, Javeon and former Sugababes members Mutya Kiesha Siobahn. Kylie
Minogue even selected the MNEK-produced "Feels So Good" — a remake of the
song "Indiana" that he cut with garage-pop singer/songwriter Tom Aspaul last
year — for her forthcoming album "Kiss Me Once," due in March.
Whether working with others or for himself, MNEK's songs are the kind one
would hear on an album from Black Box, Soul II Soul or Cathy Dennis — full
of big-belted vocals, sentimental lyrics and throwback dancefloor beats. And
he's constantly making more of them, too — largely at Major Tom Studios in
London's Hackney borough, where Rudimental held its "Home" sessions, but also
at studios in Los Angeles.
"He's a seven-days-a-week guy," says Modest! Management's Will Bloomfield,
the day-to-day manager of One Direction, who has guided MNEK's career since
the artist was 14. "He's been doing a tour recently with [Radio 1 DJ] Annie
Mac and he'll be out all night, then go back to the studio at five in the
morning."
So how did the boy born Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike in London's Lewisham borough
come to discover the brilliance of songs released before he was alive? "It's
the music I grew up with," he says. "My mum was a big fan of Whitney
[Houston] and all the big diva vocalists, and whenever my dad would drive us
to school he'd play nothing but new jack swing and Bob Marley."
He even got to meet one of his musical heroes recently, when Cherrytree head
Martin Kierszenbaum set up a surprise introduction. "He took me to this
studio, and he's like, 'OK, I'm taking you to meet Terry Lewis,'" MNEK
recalls. "He was the loveliest guy, so gracious. I always find the most
successful people are quiet and humble and really easy to talk to."
MNEK is readying his debut single for release in late spring, setting up a
U.K. release for the album in late summer on Virgin/EMI before arriving
stateside later this year. Despite his history, it will be a largely solo
affair, with just one featured guest artist, he told Billboard from the red
carpet at the Grammy Awards. "I like collaborating, whether it's Rudimental,
Sub Focus, Gorgon City, what have you. But when it comes to my own project, I
really wanted to show what I can do myself and what I have to offer outside
of that bubble. And I think I'm achieving that."
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