Tailor Jae ft: Manga Saint Hilare - Diss One (Single) + 10 Questions

Widely regarded as one of the hottest female DJ-producers emanating from London right now, Tailor Jae returns to the sound sphere with a scintillating new single featuring fellow London hotshot and Grime MC Manga Saint Hilare.

The rapid-rising beatmaker and DJ has been steadily forming a reputation as one of the most exciting new talents in dance music, experimenting with blends of bass, grime, dubstep and jungle, and is set to drop one of her most important releases to date; a gritty grime hybrid track titled “Diss One” featuring one of London’s most respected lyricists, Manga Saint Hilare. The moody new single, introduced by dark synth lines and echoing vocals, explodes into life with woozy bass kicks and Manga’s punchy bars. A potentially defining moment in this year’s dance culture, “Diss One” further spotlights Tailor Jae’s innate ability for crafting bass heavy bangers primed and ready for big room speakers.

Speaking on the new track, Tailor Jae stated: “Excited to share my first grime release with roll deep legend Manga. Grime is a part of why I do what I do and Manga is an incredible artist who has contributed so much to grime history so I’m honoured that he vocaled my track. The instrumental was produced in one of my darker moments without much intention but gladly Manga heard it and completely brought it to life, captured the essence of the track completely and Diss One was born!”

With a considered eye on both music and fashion, the Londoner recently launched her own brand, Heavy On The Bass (HOTB), an ode to her self-description of “genreless at heart, heavy on the bass”, which is set to develop into radio, merchandise and curation this year. With sets for notable fashion brands such as ARMANI EXHANGE, FARFETCH and CRENSHAW SKATE CLUB, Tailor Jae provided the soundtracking for one of the hottest young designers in the UK right now in British Nigerian Tolu Coker’s London Fashion Week show in 2019.

A genuine talent with vision and personality, Tailor Jae continues to make waves for herself within the UK and beyond. Now with an immaculate new single primed and ready, Tailor Jae is set to receive her flowers as one of the next big innovators of UK underground music culture.

Tailor Jae sat down with Wordplay Magazine to answer our infamous 10 Questions:

1. So tell me, how did it all begin? What sparked your love for music?

I kind of fell into music it wasn't an aspiration growing up, but I did grow up in  a house where my dad and bros would play different kinds of music around the house so I guess subconsciously I took that in. My DJ life started when i got an ipod for my birthday, my bro gave me Limewire and I use to play songs for my friends at house parties and they'd always react to it so for some reason I thought let me try DJ’ing and ended up as Tailor Jae today.
 
2. Who are some artists that influence you and that you want to work with in the future?

Ruff Sqwad, Skepta, Spyro, Wiley, Frisco, Dexplicit are some of my favourites as they all have distinctive sounds and identities in their music, it's been so nice to see them start from virtually nothing to creating a whole movement that's shaped UK history. I’d love to work with them all, do some collaborative productions and projects. I’d love to work with Shy FX for sure, learn a bit more about making memorable music. I think he's the absolute goat at making hits, and somehow has managed to keep it fresh for years!
 
3. How would you describe your sound?

Dark, Gritty, Raw, Ugly - I don't make pretty music lol.

4. Can you tell us more about your upcoming single “Diss One”?

I made the beat almost a year ago. I played it to my brother and then my manager and he said we need to get an MC on this. He suggested a few names and we sent the track to Manga, he loved it and said he would vocal it. Of course being a huge legend in grime I was gassed that not only did he rate my efforts, but that he was willing to feature on my track. Proof of his humility as an artist. I was honoured. He captured the essence of the track perfectly and brought it to life so nicely. Impeccable pen game.

5. What was your favourite part about making this single?

I think making the bass sounds, I’m growing in confidence with my sound design skills all the time and I love the fact that the sounds came very organically, it was a bit of just messing around that now turned into this. I remember being unsure about it initially so it’s great to see what it's become.

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6. You recently founded your very own brand HOTB. What have you got planned for it?

Yep, Heavy on The Bass is my brand extension. It’s homage to my DJ tag line - genreless at heart, heavy on the bass. It's a space for exploration without rules, the way I've always operated. It will consist of music, merch and will eventually look at working with brands and festivals with curation. It’s all about authenticity. I’ll be exploring, collaborating with artists and hopefully building a platform that fosters genuine connection and realness. There will be live sets, events with a heavy emphasis on visual content.

7. Do you have any advice for our readers who may be trying to play the mad game of music?

My advice is to remain authentic to you, your style, your sound whatever that might be, there's a lot of copy and paste at the moment especially in electronic music. I think people are seeing the formulas that worked for others so feel compelled to emulate, and it has worked for some but what happens is there becomes a lack of distinction if everyone does it. It's a hard thing to forge your own lane, sometimes things don't click for you right away, people aren't receptive, but I find that those that stick to their own style always find their lane and tribe eventually.

8. Are there any artists on your radar right now that we should check out?

Yep checkout Ronnie Loko, Ila Brugal, Theorist, all making dope electronic music and have their own distinctive styles, shout out Kruz Leone, Duppy killing it in the grime scene. Jus Jermaine - making dope and refreshing rap and RnB fusions.

9. What do you like to do when you're not making music?

I’m a chill type of girl, anything luxurious is great, spa days, love going to concerts and creative motives, and of course sleeping lol.

10. Name Three things you can't live without when in the studio?

Water, M&S Cookies, Led Lights - I need to set the scene to get in the mood!