Elmiene

British singer and songwriter Elmiene's sooting vocals and poetic songwriting bring to mind the magic of D'Angelo mixed with Sampha.

"Soul has shaped basically the whole structure of my artistic being, I was just steeped in it for my whole teenage years," he says.

His music world opened up after discovering Craig David's 'Seven Days' and the years that followed saw him track back through the likes of Usher, T Pain and Blue to find Boyz II Men, Jodeci, Dru Hill and Tank, who led him further back to Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway. Today, he follows that same thread to indulge in artists such as Brent Faiyaz and Cleo Sol.

And aside from the velvet fluidity of his vocals, the imprint of those greats can be felt instantly too in the poetically heart-on-sleeve approach of his songwriting.