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Hot on the heels of supporting US star Trey Songz on his sell out Hammersmith Apollo shows (at his request), the UK’s new R&B pop prince Angel released his sensational new single ‘The World’ on April 8th ahead of the release of his debut album ‘About Time’ on April 15th. 2012 saw Angel rise from underground producer and songwriter (penning songs for the likes of Pixie Lott, Jason Derulo and Roll Deep among others) to R&B Renaissance man and artist in his own right. Earmarked as one to watch by MTV and HMV and crowned ‘the new face of UK R&B’ by Radio 1 at the top of the year, Angel went on to release top-10 summer anthem ‘Wonderful’, support One Direction at the iTunes Festival, and receive two nominations for the 2012 MOBO Awards (Best Newcomer and Best R&B/Soul Act). Having rapidly become the name on everyone’s lips, Angel has been asked to write for Rihanna, been in the studio with Dizzee Rascal and Lewis Hamilton, and collaborated with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Gig...

Two of the UK’s hottest singers of the moment Angel and Misha B have team ed up on ‘Ride or Die’, the B- s ide to Angel’s new single ‘Time After Time’, which is out now . Watch the video for the track, directed by BAFTA Award winning actor Adam Deacon and Paul Akinrinlola of Parallel Pictures Angel ‘Time After Time’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vae91nUMgow http://thisisangel.com Time After Time (Remixes) - EP - Angel

R&B and Pop’s newest sensation Angel (aka Sirach Charles) will be releasing ‘Time AfterTime’ through on 19th November 2012. Produced by Parallel Music, (Angel’s production company) and Tommy Hittz (Chris Brown), ‘Time After Time’ is the follow up single to summer anthem ‘Wonderful’ which has recently spent 8 weeks in the top 20, 2 weeks in the top 10 and has sold over 250,000 copies to date thereby cementing Angel’s position as one of the top 5 highest selling breakthrough acts of 2012. At just 24 years old, this young West Londoner has risen from underground producer and songwriter to R&B Renaissance man within one year. Having previously penned hits for the likes of Pixie Lott, Jason Derulo and Roll Deep, Angel is set to make his mark as an artist his own right. Earmarked as a one to watch in 2012 by MTV and HMV, Angel has been dubbed by The Guardian as ‘Britain’s first all singing, all writing and producing urban boy wonder’, while Radio 1 crowned him ‘the new face of UK ...

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 29 th . 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 b...

AnGeL is stepping up to fill the spot of a UK R&B Renaissance man who can produce, sing, write and rap. Produced by his Parallel Music production house ‘7 Minutes Before Time’ is where his song writing meets the best of the UK’s road writers. In order of appearance; Maxsta, Wiley, Temps, Giggs, Scorcher, Gfrsh, Sneakbo, Wretch 32. As a writer/producer AnGeL has some pedigree– they wrote Roll Deep’s #1 smash ‘Green Light’ and has written for pop superstar Pixie Lott. For the ‘7MBT’ EP they have assembled a ridiculously strong team of the ‘about to blow’, the legendary and a #1 chart star. The self released videos for the EP have racked up 500,000 views on AnGeL’s Youtube channel by word of mouth. It opens with a cantankerous sample from Peter Tosh (a nod to AnGeL’s family’s musical roots, his Dad was a major reggae keyboard player). What follows is mix of the ‘nasty and the nice at the same time’ in his own words. ‘Gleamin’ see’s West London’s finest meet East’s; Maxsta and W...