Releasing their latest Single Free this weekend, the Stoops’ MC Pronto gives us the story behind the popular track.
“We met Georgi Kay after performing at last year’s WAM Song Of the Year awards night. She approached us right after claiming the ultimate prize (2010 WAM Song of the Year) and asked if it would be possible to work together.
Hell yeah we would!
Now it’s not often someone with a voice like that would ask such a thing, so we made sure we waited until the right moment to make the most of the opportunity.
A month or so later, Rae (Speek Easy) sent us a beat he wanted us to collaborate on for his debut album Fluke. The beat was straight out fire. How could someone who has been making beats for such as short period of time be producing gems like this? A heavy synth that growled underneath some bouncy drums was the driving force of the beats ability to make your insides move. Images of someone listening to it, eyes closed, facing the sky were flashing through our minds.
So, we really wanted to capture this sense of freedom in the topic…we started writing verses and all was going well until we go to the chorus…we played with the idea of Georgi writing a hook but were pretty unsure as it seemed out of her comfort zone. We threw caution to the wind and sent the beat to her with a verse on it. Her enthusiasm was actually a little surprising and the following week she cam round to our home studio to record.
Recording Georgi for the track is something I will never forget. She stepped into the booth without us having heard/read any of her lyrics. When the combination of her vocals and this beat rang through my headphones for the first time I experienced and exhilarating chill.
The feel that was created was exactly what was needed. So here we are today, single about to be released at The Rosemount, 40,000 hits on YouTube and a new video clip currently being filmed and edited by the Cut & Paste crew. All because of a series of random events that lead to a combination of sounds that all meshed perfectly. You could even say the whole thing was a “Fluke”.
The Launch will be brought to you by a set from each entity at the single launch at The Rosemount, June 22: Speek Easy, the Stoops , Georgi Kay plus special guests That Velvet Echo. Click here for more information…
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Issue 242 June 16, 2011
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