MKFF Presents: Steven Bamidele, Sergio Selva & Lauren-Paige
The new year is already looking exciting! The Isle Of CC has started a brand new venture and is one of the Directors for MK Fringe Festival. She has curated her first event in her hometown of Milton Keynes due to take place Feb 5th 2022.
Steven Bamidele
Brighton UK's Steven Bamidele returns this summer with Uncrowded, an EP that thoughtfully mines isolation, loss, and heartbreak into raw, revelatory soul music.
Bamidele’s latest self-produced release, Uncrowded, is neo-soul with raw edges. On the George Floyd inspired track, “Other Side,” Bamidele’s conviction bursts forward with a sense of purpose and hope as he sings about the world-wide uprising that now defines 2020. The impassioned, “Tethered” and “This Won’t Happen a Second Time” — both sensual yet tinged with melancholy — sees Bamidele finally surrendering to real love, while “Painted Over” finds the protagonist desiring flight over fight when feelings get too deep. US Label Park the Van Records calls his music captivating, describing it as “full of love, pain, and experience–coupled with his effortless songwriting.” Encapsulating a level of lyrical vulnerability exemplified by the likes of Amy Winehouse and Maxwell, Bamidele is a talented new voice shifting soul music into a new direction.
Already winning support from KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic), BBC Radio and KEXP, and recently picked up by ICM (Anderson Paak, RUSS, NxWorries, Noname) Steven Bamidele is an artist that you definitely want to keep on your rada
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Sergio Selva
Selva is a singer/songwriter and producer from Brighton, combining classic and contemporary approaches to Soul. Recently performing with a 5 piece band, he will be releasing his debut E.P ‘Ever Closer’ in the coming months.
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Lauren Paige
Lauren Paige, from Milton Keynes, is an up and coming soul inspired pop artist. With BBC introducing support, and successful collaborations with Dale May and Manny & the Coloured Sky she is paving her way in her music career. With her track ‘Velvet Rose’ and latest single ‘Summer Breeze’, she is setting the scene for her EP which is set to be released early 2022.
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