After
a breakthrough start to the year, Angel, aka Sirach Charles is set to
continue onwards and upwards as he gears up to release brand new single
'Wonderful' on July
29th. With fans ranging from Michael Kiwanuka through to
Cheryl Cole, Angel, once dubbed the UK R&B/Pop's biggest secret has
effortlessly made the transition into one of its most promising new
assets on the rise collecting the coveted accolades
of HMV's Next Big Thing and MTV's Brand New Award nominations along the
way. Highlights also include Angel’s debut release ‘Go In, Go Hard’
featuring Wretch 32 being announced as the title track to successful
independent British film Streetdance 2 in addition
to it notching up over 1 million YouTube views, supporting Dappy on his
nationwide sell out tour, and selling out his own headline show (that
sold out within 2 hours of being announced). At
only 24 years old and hailing from Shepherds Bush, Londoner Angel has
many strings to his bow; a singer-songwriter, producer and
multi-instrumentalist whose music
is a wonderful fusion of UK urban sound with the smooth finesse of
mid-90's R&B, simultaneously modern but with a nod to those who have
influenced him (from Prince and Michael Jackson though to Jimmy Jam and
Terry Lewis). Angel has been a firm favourite on
the underground scene for quite some time now thanks to a handful of
well received mixtapes and EP’s including ‘Any Minute Now’ and ‘7
Minutes Before Time’ featuring Wretch 32, Giggs and Wiley (among others)
and undeniable online presence (YouTube channel
on over a million views and counting). Three years ago, in partnership with his brother Kassa, Angel
started a production company called Parallel Music. In spite of
the serving an eight month stretch in prison on remand, (he was found
not guilty on all charges), Angel quickly took Parallel music from
strength to strength. Penning hits for Pixie Lott,
Jason Derulo and a #1 single for Roll Deep. Due to his vast catalogue
of hit records, a publishing deal was soon signed with Universal. Six
months later, after an undeniable ever-growing underground buzz, Angel
was signed to Island Records as an artist. Fast-forward to 2012 and Angel
shows no signs of slowing down. Forthcoming single ‘Wonderful’
has won over support from none other than Ed Sheeran who has branded it
as ‘an amazing record’. ‘Wonderful’ is an up tempo track with heavy innovative synths; a
cool slice of R&B pop with an incredibly crowd-rousing chorus
ready to set the festivals alight this summer as he graces the stages
of Wireless and V Festival.
Check out the video‘Wonderful’ Released July 29th 2012CHORDS, RIFFS, TABS AND TURN-AROUNDS
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