3 London Based Independent Soul Artists You Should Know
If you dont know now you know…
Madame Pepper: While It seems to be difficult to find Madame Pepper’s song credits beyond features on Melanin 9's album, a few singles and her own solo project entitled “Drummond” which was just released earlier in 2014 (Notably also pressed to vinyl through crowd sourcing means) this is of no concern, as she manages to standout vocally on most of the production she’s been approached with thusfar.
Songs like “Love Stencil (Prod. By Ohbliv)”, “Colour Blind (Prod. By Anatomy)” and “7 Blues (Prod. By Hey! Zeus)” (Melanin9 — The 7 Blues (Featuring Madame Pepper) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]) display her strong skills over Hip Hop, R&B and Experimental infused production. It seems to be almost unintentional that she shines the most on beat scene styled production.
Fatima: Having since released her debut EP “Mindtravelin” on the independent Eglo Records label, Fatima has become a consistent figure in the indie soul scene. Her talents have landed her collaborations with producers like Dam Funk and Ras G to Floating Points.
While not a stranger to genres such as Deep House and Electronic, It’s in Jazz, Funk and Soul influenced music that she gets to exercise her full vocal range. She’s recently appeared on Rinse FM’s Rinse Sessions with an awesome cover of SWV’s “Rain” alongside the Eglo Records Live Band (Fatima — Rain (SWV Cover) — Rinse Sessions).
Emmavie: Being a triple threat artist (Singer, Songwriter and Producer) didnt stop Emmavie reaching out to London producer/composer, Alfa Mist for assistance on an EP. The duo released “Epoch” earlier this year to positive response in the global indie neo-soul scene. This also lead to obvious demands for a follow up project (OK, maybe just my demands!).
Emmavie’s vocals (Alfa & Emmavie — No, Don’t/Incomplete) are very organic sounding (to someone familiar with different London dialects) and this is well complimented by her production in which she uses minimal samples in a similar vein to e.g. The Neptunes.
