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1he lndle genre has recenLly become one of Lhe blggesL genre's ln Lhe uk muslc scene 1he lndle
genre has Laken Lhe uk by sLorm and Lhe lasL few monLhs have been a 'hell of an experlence' for one
new and upcomlng arLlsL now AMlllfleJ has Lhe prlvllege Lo meeL 8lake aL hls home ln
PerLfordshlre
So 8lake how are you flndlng Lhe new road Lo sLardom?
Well lL was welrd aL flrsL lL was new and l couldn'L qulLe belleve my flrsL slngle (1990's) was such a
success and hlL number one ln Lhe flrsL week of My frlends kepL Lelllng me LhaL l was huge buL l
couldn'L comprehend lL l was llvlng wlLh my moLher aL Lhe rlpe old age of 22 seven monLhs ago lf
someone Lhls Llme lasL year sald a year from now Leenagers and fans allke would be selllng ouL
arenas Lo llsLen Lo me and maklng Lhelr parenLs buy my album for ChrlsLmas l would Lell you 'PLLL
nC!'
Paha whaL klcked off your apparenL love for muslc ln parLlcular your orlglnal lndle and 8ap/8ock
sLyle?
Crowlng up ln Lhe suburbs of London lL was hard noL Lo be lnfluenced by muslc Llvlng ln a
mulLlculLural socleLy all dlfferenL sLyles of muslc were forced upon me from 8ap Lo 8ock from lndle
Lo Soul l Lhlnk Lhe flrsL proper band l llsLened Lo was Casls l grew up ln Lhe 90's where 8lur and
Casls were consLanLly baLLllng lL ouL for Lop spoL l was an Casls boy myself buL boLh bands lnsplred
Lo me Lo pursue my dream 1he 8ap slde always appealed Lo me ln school l was a fasL Lalker so
rapplng came naLurally Lo me lncorporaLlng LhaL lnLo a 8ock sLyle of muslc was fun and sounds
really good
Would you go as far Lo say LhaL you are Lhe flrsL Lo experlmenL wlLh Lhls?
no no deflnlLely now Many people before me have Lrled Lo lncorporaLe Lo opposlng sLyles of muslc
buL maybe noL as successful as me Pe laughs l don'L know maybe l [usL goL lucky!
uo you wrlLe all of your own maLerlal?
?es and no My frlend uomlnlc he ls a urum and 8ass producer We go back very far and l would go
as far as saylng he ls one of my besL and longesL frlends Pe ls very LalenLed and helps me wrlLe a loL
of songs As ls evldenL on my album where me and hlm have a song LogeLher called '8eborn' 1hls ls
where Lhe name from of Lhe album came from LveryLhlng else ls my own work wlLh a few Lhrown
ln from my mum he laughs
Aha ls lL hard belng away from frlends and famlly for so long aL a Llme?
noL really no l was away from home qulLe a loL when l was younger so lL lsn'L really a Lhlng l worry
abouL Cf course l mlss my mum's cooklng and Lhe laughs wlLh my maLes buL Lhey come Lo glgs and
Lhey were all down aL 8eadlng 2011 so l goL Lhem backsLage so lL was really good


Pow was 8eadlng and Leeds? lL musL've been a really good experlence
lL was greaL! 1he besL Llme of my llfe yeL! 1he fans came ln Lhere Lhousands Lo hear me perform on
Lhe SaLurday nlghL along wlLh 1lnle 1empa and Lhe ArcLlc Monkeys lL was greaL belng alongslde such
blg names and Lhey gave me a loL of confldence Lxample and Skrlllex came on Lo and we all dld a blg
mash up and Lhe crowd wenL crazy! 1haL was 8eadlng Leeds was good Loo l dldn'L know l was
playlng aL Leeds unLll a week before Lhe evenL 1here l ended up performlng wlLh !amle 1 who was a
blg lnsplraLlon of mlne