Revolver - 'The Return' EP

After featuring on the smash hit song ‘Gangster’ which has accumulated over 15,000 Youtube views, filming and editing his own music video ‘Murder’ as well as releasing his début EP ‘The Return’, it’s safe to say Revolver will be making a lot of noise in the music scene this year. He is a musician from North London who 'loves making music' and has collaborated with the likes of Scrufizzer, RIO, Warlock, Shifty & Wariko. I thought I’d catch up with him to find out where it all started.

'I don't need to set my alarm because my phone will 100% ring in the morning. I'll open the laptop flick through instrumentals to I find the wave I'm on that day, open Final Cut Pro and start getting busy.' This the start to a typical day in the life of Revolver the triple threat who 'makes music, edits videos and engineers' occasionally. His day usually ends with a new track ready to be recorded in studio, so it’s obvious to see he’s definitely putting 100% into his music.

Speaking on behalf of his collective, he explains how his career started. 'We use to do a lot of things and we were in to music, so we would put the things we did into lyrics and record tracks not knowing we actually had a talent. At the time, we had a producer called Brizzo Da Warlord who would make instrumentals for us and let us record at his house on Acid pro' - a music programme he says 'Real musicians will know about' - his persistence and versatility landed him in a crew called 'Cold Blooded' and he's been with them ever since. He's not an artist who 'waters down music', he is 'creative', writes his own lyrics and brings his music to life.

I've been told by artists in the past, that they themselves are the route to their motivation, which is true in Revolver's case as he loves the things he creates. However he is also motivated by 'the end product' of his work, 'responses from the fans' - good and bad - and most importantly his love for 'making music'. Although he doesn't have a favourite artists, he 'appreciates good music and what someone stand for' by listening to everyone.

In a fickle industry such as music he feels the scene 'lacks team work and professionalism', he dislikes 'the support from people in the industry and the attitudes some people have' but he likes 'how creative some people can be, the good ideas people come up with for videos' and the fact that musician can control their own scenes.

Although he is 'known as Revolver or RV', both are the same person. According to him ‘if the track has Revolver on it, it's going to be a Dark one' which is what he replied when I asked in what way does he differ from his alias

You can expect 'A lot of good music and quality videos' from Revolver in the future.

Subcribe now to his Youtube to hear more of his music and follow him via Twitter .

Chey'Elleise - The Neo-Soul Singer Songwriter

Chey'Elleise is a Neo-Soul singer and songwriter from North London who has been experimenting and expanding her craft since she was a child. Currently she is studying a Level 3 Diploma in Music at college, which she hopes will enable her to forward her career and bring something new to the current music scene. 'As Neo-Soul doesn’t sell as much as it used to, I’m going to be singing on more commercial instrumentals' whilst 'keeping Neo Soul vocals’ she said when asked why people should listen to her.

I thought i'd catch up with Chey'Elleise to find out where her career started as well as what she has in the pipeline for 2011 

‘When I was younger I went ‘Susie Earnshaw’s Theater School every Saturday,’ which was initially the beginning of her career. This is were where she learnt ’poetry, street dance, drama, improvisation and performances skills’.

Unlike most teenagers who were interested in going to the local park to play with friend at the time, she took it upon herself to start, or should I say forward her career, she explained, ’ I looked through the yellow pages whilst my mum was out and to find a vocal coach near by. As soon as my mum came home I told her that we had a meeting so we gotta go now! We went along to Michael’s studio - the vocal coach - and I sang ‘Hey big spender’ by Shirley Bassey.

‘He told me he didn’t really coach young kids because they usually are times wasters, but he said he saw potential in me and offered to coach me. I went to his studio every Thursday after school for lessons for two years. Once I’d finished my GCSE’s I started a  Level 3 Diploma in Music at college and have taken of from there’

Like most in any industry she has faced difficulties along the way, but she has managed to learn from them in order to make her a better muscian.’ I always thought I couldn’t sing, so it made me really shy. I wouldn’t sing for anyone, even my own family had to wear eye masks when I sung in the same room as them. But college made me realized I had to be confident in front of an audience. So I started to open up and sing more freely.’

Although, she is a fan of Chase & Status, Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa and Kid Cudi her idol is Erykah Badu because of the 'depth in her lyrics‘ and the 'way she writes her songs'. She is also 'really into my hip hop'. and she 'loves tracks she 'can just sit and vibe to'.

When asked what we can expect from her in 2011, she says 'it should be a very exciting year for me, I can’t say much at this moment, but big things are going to be happening' 

Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more of Chey'Elleise, you can also contact her via Facebook . 

El Khaled - Leicester Choir Boy Aims For The Mainstream

'We’re bridging the gap between the US and the UK ' El Khaled replied when I asked his views on the current music industry, the same industry he's been hoping to break into since he could talk. At the age of 14 he played the lead role in the BBC2 documentary The Choir - Boy's Don't Sing which has now accumulated well over 3.5million Youtube views. Now at the age of 18 he's been inspired by the likes of Drake, Jay Z and Lupe Fiasco to further his music career. I thought I'd catch up with him to find out more.


When did your career start and how?

A few months back, I started up a little youtube channel of me recording other artists freestyles and such, and I knew I could rap and sing but I wasn’t really feeling to be the one in front of the camera until one day I just decided it was time to chase my dream 100% no holding back.

Considering the influx of up and coming recording artists, how do you keep on top of your game?

Work rate is the most important thing to me, you can be really really good at what you do, but if you’re not putting in the work then what does it count for? I try to work as hard as I can possibly push myself because as they say, there’s always someone working, while your in your bed sleeping!

If you had the chance to go back and change one thing in your career what would be?

Nothing, everything that has happened to me, good and bad, has made me who I am today and I wouldn’t change my position or who I am right now for anything.


What was the last album you bought and how important is it for you to buy music?

Wiz Khalifa’s “Rolling Papers”. I think it’s really important to buy music because you’re showing your support to the artist and you’re keeping the music alive as well as supporting, which everybody who listens to music needs to do I think.

What are your views on the UK music scene and what do you feel you can bring to it?

It’s a good point at the moment I think, I mean we’re bridging the gap between the US and the UK quite nicely with Tinie Tempah and Chipmunk collaborating with US artists so I think the UK scene is getting the recognition it deserves at the moment.

I think I could bring a fresh new type of artist to the scene, an artist who is simply not confined to one skill - rapping or singing - but brings to the table both skills with equal talents in both areas, rather than simply being a rapper who can sing or a singer who can rap, but an artist who is working on perfecting both crafts..


If you could perform with anyone in the world, who would it be and why?

Most likely Jay-Z because he’s been my music Idol for so long now and is such an inspirational person aswell, so being honoured to share the stage with him would just be amazing!

What can we expect from you in the future?

My mixtape is set to come out July 1st but things are moving quite fast so could be sooner! I’m going to flood youtube with more and more videos and just generate a buzz around my name so the question on everyones mouths across the UK and eventually the US will be “Who the f*ck is El Khaled?”

For more of El Khaled you can find him via Youtube or contact him personally via Facebook.

Wonkap - The Belgium Dubstep Producer

'I lost my heart to Dubstep' he replied when I asked him how he initially started making music. He's been producing for just over 9 months and loves to create, fresh, dirty and mind-blowing bass-lines when he's not eating French fries and sipping on a can of Stella Artois. He's had the pleasure of performing alongside artists such as Datsik, Chrispy and Bare Noize and plans to take his music around the globe. Wonkap formally known as Diëgo Goossens is Dub-step Producer and DJ from Belgium. I though 'd catch up with him to find out how his carreer started as well as what he has planned for 2011.


Why did you get into music and where did it all start?

It started when I was 3 years old, lol - I've actually got a video of me rocking out on house music at that age, kinda funny though. When I was around 12 I started listening to pop punk & metal. But around 2 years ago, I went to a Dubstep rave where Funtcase, Borgore & Flux Pavilion were playing. That night I lost my heart to Dubstep.

What does your name mean and where did it come from?

It actually doesn't have a meaning at all, I was just smashing on the keyboard typing random stuff and suddenly there was 'Wonkap'.

What makes you different from other artists?

I try not to copy any other sounds in the scene. Trying to develop your own sound is difficult, but that's what I've been trying to do. Creating dirty, fresh & mind blowing bass-lines is what I do.


Where have you performed and where would you like to perform?

I've only played gigs in my own country, next to artists like: Datsik, Chrispy, Bare Noize, Triage, Ajapai, Chasing Shadows, 16 bit and so on. My dream would be to travel around the globe playing out my music.

Why should people listen to you ?

People who like deep, hard, heavy, futuristic bass-lines would definitely enjoy
my music, I hope.

Who would you ideally like to collaborate with and why?

Ohhh, that's an easy question! Justin Bieber... DUH !

Lol Seriously, definitely, Ajapai or Liquid Stranger. Ajapai because I just love his bass-lines and his structure in tunes and Liquid Stranger because I love his futuristic sound.

What are your likes and dislikes about the current music industry?

Dislike, probably the leaking. Not too many people buy tunes legally any more.

But, I like the fact of getting involved in this industry and releasing on different labels. My biggest dream is to get on 'Rottun Recordings', of course that's my favorite label!


Where do your other talents lie aside from music?

I used to skateboard, I still do but not as intense. I also worked on a MMORPG, which is a massive multi-player on-line role playing game, were I worked as as a 3D Modeler which is basically a Game Designer.

What are you currently working on?

Creating & editing new sounds, and on a fresh EP!

Oh, and I'd like to shout-out to, Nerva, Torrid, Davr, Skumstep, Djahsta, Darkstep Warrior, Chrispy, James (from 2mbr), Cyberoptix, Tek9, Kaza, my MUM and ofcourse all the other artists that I love & forgot!

For more of Wonkap, you can listen to some of his latest tunes via Soundcloud or you contact him personally via Facebook

Jeeday Jaws - Grime Doesn't Pay EP

Ghetto Fairytale , Getting Dat Paper and The One and are some of his most memorable tracks featuring artists such as Shy SFX, Terror Danjah and Black the Ripper. He's been making music since the age of 17, collaborating with a variety of artists both underground and mainstream, and now owns his own animation production company Aniibox. Jeeday Jaws is a musician and animator from North London who has just release the debut single Pow 2011 and is also set to release the EP 'Grime Doesn't Pay' later this year. I thought I'd catch up with him to find out how his career started as well as what he has planned for 2011.


When and why did you decide to make music into a career?

I first began writing when I was 12 years old. When I was 17, I formed a crew called Menace 2 Society, after hearing Dizzee Rascal for the first time. We were a crew of 7 members that used to perform on Mystic FM and other radio stations around the country. This is when I began taking music seriously.

Who are your audience and how do you appeal to them?

Young entrepreneurs, The Arty crowd and anyone who likes listening to something which has a message embedded into it. Not to forget my loyal Grime supporters. I love you guys. I appeal to my crowd as that dose of something different, a change from everything else in the scene. I'm comical, but I can come across extremely harsh at the same time.

What motivates you as an artist?

The fact that I know there is no one else out there like me. The whole game is like a rainbow and every artist that stands out has a colour. I know my colour hasn’t been taken yet, so I strive to make it so everyone sees my colour.


In what way has Grime changed and how has it affected you as a musician?

Its gone commercial. This is flippin AMAZING. This means we can turn into an actual industry which makes money for our children and THEIR children, so it has made me a little more entrepreneurial minded in terms of planning out my future.

What was the first album you bought and why?

Puff Daddy and the Family "No Way Out". Puff Daddy made me like music, he made me want to buy it and follow it. My whole obsession with rap began with the Bad Boy records movement and then I took a huge interest in artists such as Busta Rhymes and Redman.

If you could perform with anyone, anywhere, who would it be with and why?

Ghetto. I’d like to perform with him because he has this almost unstoppable energetic stage presence. I’m also quite energetic on stage, so I feel like that sort of competition would be a healthy stage show.


Aside from music what are your other interests?

I am also a professional Animator. I love cartoons and anything to do with the world of imagination, because it represents a space where you can bend rules and push barriers. You will see plenty of this stuff in my videos. Anything visual is what stimulates me.

Where do you see yourself in 2011?

Building the foundation for where I will be in 2012. Watch out for the "Grime Doesn’t Pay" EP.... It’s gonna be mental.

For more of Jeeday Jaws you can check out his latest single via Youtube Pow 2011 , Follow him via Twitter, contact via Facebook, as well as watch some of his Monday Madness adverts exclusively designed in conjuction with his musical comeback.

Dirty Danger - The 'I Ainte Rich Yet' EP

He began making a name for himself at the tender age of 13, taking his music from local youth clubs to pirate radio stations. Now at the age of 24 he has released his début album entitled 'I Ainte Dead Yet'. Dirty Danger is a musician from East London who has worked with some of the industries bests musicians including Wiley, Sway, Chipmunk and Lethal B. Similar to many artists, he has made a number of sacrifices throughout his career, yet he has stood by his words of wisdom, contending, 'if you don't believe in yourself who will? I thought I'd catch up with him to find out his views on the current music industry as well as what his future music plans are.


What do you do and how did it start?

I’m a grime producer and mc from Bow - East London. An area notorious for UK grime music and its stars who include, Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Tinchy Stryder and many more. Since the age of 13 I've been making music with a group called Ruff Squad the same group as Tinchy Stryder. We started MC’ing at each others houses and youth clubs which quickly escalated into pirate radio and local raves. As our name grew bigger in the streets my passion for music became stronger and years later at the age of 24 music is my profession.

What difficulties have you faced and how have you overcome them?

Within the music industry, from the start of going on pirate radios to making music videos I faced so many difficulties and still face them this very day. I would say communication, finance and exposure have been the hardest things to overcome and the only way I have learnt to deal with these difficulties have been my belief. I always say to myself if you don't believe in yourself who will? So with that thought in mind I managed to stay determined to make people believe in me no matter how many knock downs I come across.

Who are your current competition and what makes you different?

Every act in the UK is my competition. I’m different because I’m not trying do what the majority of the UK music scene are doing. My music is a new fresh sound, I’m trying to bring back the dance in Grime with tracks like 'Hardbody' but at the same time hit them with my knowledge and my experiences of life, which you can hear in my album.


What motivates you as a musician?

Just the simple case of loving music motivates me. I’m always up for hearing something new and different so I can feed off of the energy.

Which artists have you worked with and who would you like to work with?

I've worked with most of the grime scene from Wiley to Lethal B to Sway and Scorcher, Ghetto, Chipmunk etc. In the UK I would like to work with Giggs and a guy called 'BADNESS' I love the rasta style he’s got going on.

In your opinion. how has music industry changed in the last 5 years and how have you adapted to this change?

Well the scene has exploded for UK grime/hiphop within the mainstream; I don't think anyone believed that the music would have got this big that even the likes of P Diddy and Jay Z are showing an interest. I give props to Tinchy, Wiley, Skepta, Tinie Tempah, Chipmunk, Giggs and N Dubz for taking it there.


What's the concept behind your album 'I Aint Rich Yet'?

I would say that this album is not your typical Grime CD. Its my own take on grime, which is filled with a mixture of party anthems, emotions, hard life, street life, and love. I think it’s a good introduction for the world to hear who Dirty Danger is and what he’s about

What can we expect from you in 2011?

I dropped my album on April 4th nationwide so that's currently my main focus. Soon I'll be touring from the 14th of March with Skepta all over the UK and you’ll be hearing a bag full of music videos for TV and the Internet.

To listen to more of Dirty Danger, you can buy his debut album I Ainte Rich Yet via UK Record Shop or Digital-tunes, follow him via Twitter, or you can personally contact him via his Facebook.