Cooking Vinyl Rolls Deep With Chart-Busting New Signing
10th August 2011, London:- UK based label Cooking Vinyl are adding the innovative and chart topping Roll Deep crew to their roster. The nine-member group’s unique post-grime, electro-rap formula exemplifies the melting pot of genres at the forefront of the UK’s influential dance sector.Still riding high from last year’s smash album Winner Stays On, containing number one hit singles ‘Good Times’ and ‘Green Light’, Roll Deep are packing in a busy touring schedule this summer before new material comes out this Autumn. This will be the first fruit from their as yet untitled fifth studio album, which is being slated for release in Q2 of 2012.In addition to a new record deal, the Roll Deep crew has welcomed a new member into the fold this year, Tania Foster the lead female vocalist has now been inducted as a permanent addition to the group and will be featured on all of the new album’s tracks. She will be joined by the core members J2K, Brazen, Breeze, Manga, Scratchy, FlowDan and Karnage as well as Target who also moonlights as the famed 1Xtra DJ. Wiley, The Godfather of Grime who founded the group in 2002, still has involvement with Roll Deep, having made appearances on both of last year’s single chart toppers. Wiley fostered some of UK’s top MCs through Roll Deep’s ranks, including the now highly celebrated talent Dizzee Rascal.The producers for this album include Agent X (Tinie Tempah, Skepta) The White N3rd (Duchess, Loick Essien), Pete ‘Boxta’ Martin (Sugababes, Liberty X) and Patrick Jordan (Leona Lewis, Il Divo) as well as various others.Taking over from the Virgin/ Relentless team, Cooking Vinyl’s cast; Steve Crane Product Manager, Cooking Vinyl/Essential Music; Paul Kinder Cooking Vinyl Publishing and manager Simon Harrison look forward to solidifying the current Roll Deep fan base and building on their growing international sales base within key territories such as Japan.Roll Deep’s Manager, Simon Harrison says “Having secured two massive number 1's the pressure was on to ensure our next record was of the highest strength and quality possible… and the Roll Deep crew have delivered!“We are all very excited at the prospect of working with Cooking Vinyl and Essential Music. The team seem incredibly focused and their enthusiasm for the project made the decision to sign with them an obvious one for the band going forward.”Commented Steve Crane Product Manager, Cooking Vinyl / Essential Music, “Judging on the music that’s been delivered it sounds like Roll Deep are building their own hit factory. It’s great to be working on a project where all the music is so strong and they’re really taking their own sound to yet another level. At this rate it will be a difficult task picking out the lead singles!”Confirmed upcoming live dates:05/08 – Underage Festival, Victoria Park, London09/08 – Clubland at Eden, Ibiza28/08 – BCM, Majorca More dates tba soon
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