“Endlessly beautiful…twisted neo-soul.” CLASH
“Sola carries the torch for the golden, experimental era of ’90s R&B.” Schön! Magazine
“An exciting new act coming out of the London scene.” Okay Africa

‘White Space’ is the new single from south-London based producer and vocalist Sola out now on Jamz Supernova’s label Future Bounce.

Following on from previous single ‘Oh My Love’ and ‘Mami Wata’, ‘White Space’ was inspired after Sola observed the role of female characters in Nollywood movies, whilst the piano melody was inspired by Bill Evans. Speaking on the release, Sola said: “I wrote this song after binging Nollywood movies. The female protagonists are often quite psycho and go through extreme lengths to punish their unfaithful lovers. They usually end up poisoning them dead (I don’t reach that level of crazy in the song but I’m embracing the chaotic energy haha). The “space between” vocal sample comes from another song I wrote and ended up fusing together with this song.”

Sola’s unique vocal delivery takes inspiration from the likes of Sade and Nina Simone with production drenched with r&b flavours reminiscent of Timbaland or Pharrell. It’s this unique blend that makes Sola such an exciting prospect, both producing and providing vocals for the music she creates. Having played classical piano since the age of 6, it wasn’t until she discovered the raw and unfiltered vocals of Nina Simone several years later that she grew the confidence to accept her own voice and start singing. After a four-year stint at the prestigious New York University, Sola started producing her own music. It was a time she found herself obsessed with Portishead, Massive Attack, and Burial, loving their darker, cinematic qualities and their ability to blur genres. It’s these influences that you can hear in her debut EP ‘Wealth Has Come’, which she affectionately titles ‘warped soul’.

With the Mami Wata EP confirmed for 2nd October, if the singles so far are anything to go by, Sola is definitely a one-to-watch.

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deep listener aka dj, music producer, sound engineer

bass and percussion centric music. sound system enthusiast. joining the dots adventurously 🌈  raw vibes. behind the decks since 2015.

i run low end therapy aka let_rec: record label, artist development programme, radio show

my releases are with :
@yukumusic
@3024world
@pinopena W133
@low-end-therapy-records let_rec 
look at my bandcamp 

@refugeworldwide radio residency
@femmebassmafia mentor and crew

some fun gigs i played
Keep Hush, Open Ground Wuppertal, Fusion Festival Querfeld, Boiler Room, CTM Festival, Arte Concert, Audra Festival Lithuania, Fuchs2 Prague, RSO, Hör, Rinse France, swu.fm, WDR Cosmo, IfZ, Gewölbe, Ciało Wrocław, Oxi, about:blank, lecken, Renate, Timcheh Festival, Zugvögel Festival, Jaki, Odonien, Krake Festival

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Future Bounce is a label founded by @JamzSupernova. A genreless label driven by an eclectic taste and passion for spotlighting and mentoring artists on the rise!

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