Daley (musician)

Daley
Born 29 September 1989 (1989-09-29) (age 22)
Origin Manchester
Genres Soul, pop
Occupations Singer, songwriter, musician
Instruments Keys, piano, vocals
Labels A&M
Associated acts Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, Estelle, Marsha Ambrosius, David Banner
Notable instruments
Vocals
Piano

Daley is a soul singer and songwriter from Sale, Manchester, UK. He studied at Sale High School. He is signed to A&M Records UK.

In October 2009, Daley was invited by BBC Introducing to record a live session at the BBC's Maida Vale studios as part of Electric Proms 2009.[1] He was chosen after uploading his track, "Rainy Day", to BBC Introducing.[2]

Daley's tracks have been broadcast by BBC Radio DJs Ras Kwame, MistaJam, Ronnie Herel, Jo Wiley and by Sam Walker at BBC Introducing in Manchester.

His vocals are featured on the single "Doncamatic" by Gorillaz, released in the UK on 22 November 2010 and added to a re-release of the album Plastic Beach. In an interview with NME, Daley states that he and Damon Albarn co-wrote the single.[3] Daley performed the track in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 20 November.[4]

On 6 December 2010, the BBC announced that Daley had been nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.[5]

Daley released his ten track "Those Who Wait" mixtape/EP in August 2011, as a free download from http://daley.tv and released the first song from the mixtape on YouTube. The song, "Game Over" is produced by ELEMENT and written by Daley, Hitesh Ceon & Kim Ofstad.[6][7]

Contents

Discography

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK NL
2010 "Doncamatic" (with Gorillaz) 37 40 Doncamatic
single
As featured artist

Guest appearances

Year Title Album Artist
2011 "Long Way Home" Black and White Wretch 32

References

  1. ^ "BBC - Electric Proms - Daley". BBC. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5vR6tKN5Y. Retrieved 28 November 2010. 
  2. ^ "Music - Daley". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/bb19c7c7-e6f2-471b-bb59-7261a480396c. Retrieved 28 November 2010. 
  3. ^ "Daley speaks about writing Gorillaz' 'Doncamatic' with Damon Albarn | News". NME. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5vR7BIrK0. Retrieved 28 November 2010. 
  4. ^ "Radio 1 Programmes - Jo Whiley, Gorillaz Live Lounge". BBC. 20 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-01-02. http://www.webcitation.org/5vR7YGJCe. Retrieved 28 November 2010. 
  5. ^ "BBC - Sound of 2011 - Daley". BBC. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5vR7iC5cg. Retrieved 2 January 2011. 
  6. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp4Snpr84pI
  7. ^ http://www.elementmusicworld.com

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