BLESS BEATS

It’s time to salute a new generation of super producers, injecting their formula into mainstream culture. And looking to become a staple part of the UK production diet is 23-year old Bless Beats, who’s already well on his way to joining the likes of Paul Epworth, James Ford and Fraser T Smith, at the top table.



Best known for creating Wiley’s 2008 smash ‘Wearing My Rolex’, which debuted at number 2 in the singles chart, selling over 300,000 copies, renditions which followed by the likes of Little Boots and Hot Chip for Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge session on Radio 1, took Bless Beats’ work well beyond the ears of the post-grime loving electro pop massive. “The joke is I made that beat on my mobile phone at 2am, trying to prove to someone I could make dance music. I proved that alright.” Prove it he did.



Similar success with Skepta’s summer anthem, ‘Rolex Sweep’, which Coldplay decided to cover at their London gig, opened up Bless Beats to a melting pot of artists, far removed from his upbringing in east London’s home of grime, Bow (E3).



A publishing deal with Sony has seen him take on writing sessions with the likes of Paul Tucker (Lighthouse Family), X Factor contestants Mz Frank and Dylan Burns (Bodyrockers), while he continues to work on new material for Ironik, Tinie Tempah and Wiley.



Not bad for the boy whose first vinyl, ‘16 Bar Rally’, was put out by Wiley in just 2006. Having met out and about, Wiley was quick to champion Bless’ production skills. Bless went on to contribute to albums and mixtapes including Wiley’s Playtime’s Over, Roll Deep’s Rules & Regulations, Chipmunk’s League Of My Own, and Ruff Sqwad’s Guns & Roses. Opting to promote his own ideas and sound further, Bless’ own mixtape, Hard Days Graft, featuring the cream of the UK emcee crop, followed in 2008.



Influenced by a wide array of sounds, from Artful Dodger, The Streets and So Solid, reggae and dancehall (courtesy of his Jamaican family), to Kings Of Leon, Daft Punk, Eli Paperboy Reed and Marina & The Diamonds, Bless Beats wants you to expect the unexpected.



Laying down the foundation for the debut album he’s currently working on, Bless intends his work to be as “creative” and “free” as possible. “I just try and inject a bit of ‘me’ into the tune. If I’ve made a beat on holiday you’ll know about it.”



The debut single, ‘Let It Go’, an electro-pop outing, features a line-up set to unite generations. A year in the making, Bless first approached Remi Nicole at Seb Chew’s uber cool club night, YoYo’s. After deciding to work together a mutual friend introduced De La Soul, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary together, in to the equation. Wiley became a last minute addition, the icing on the cake as it were.



Always happy to an increase his workload, Bless Beats has also embarked on a new project, A List, with Wiley. A collective of artists looking to bounce off one another, Bless can be found conjuring up ideas in the studio alongside Shola Ama, Mz Bratt, Sadie Ama, Roll Deep’s Brazen, Kivanc, J2K and Wrigley.



“I want to be like Moby, Daft Punk, Prodigy and Massive Attack. Known for good music, but music you can have fun with. Fun’s the best formula you can have in life. And I’m winning right now.”



www.myspace.com/blessbeatsuk



"THE Producer to watch right now" - Tim Westwood, DJ, BBC Radio One / BBC 1xtra



"The hottest producer in Grime" - NME, 2008



"Grime's hardest working producer" - Dazed and Confused, 2008



"A wise head on young shoulders" - Metro, 2008



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Let It Go feat Remi Nicole, Wiley and De La Soul