Gorgon City – Ready For Your Love (ft. MNEK) (Black Butter)

Having lent his rich vocals to tracks by Rudimental and penned hits like Duke Dumont’s ‘Need U (100 %)’, 19-year-old singer and songwriter Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike (AKA MNEK) looks on verge of becoming an eclectic soul prodigy. While Gorgon City’s polished, spacious house allows the BBC Sound Of 2014 nominee’s vocals to shine, ‘Ready For Your Love’ (released by Black Butter on January 26th) doesn’t stand out among the commercial, sleek house of acts like Disclosure and Rudimental. The simple, yet poignant lyrics (‘The stars burn bright./Everything has changed between you and I./I’m so apprehensive, but I don’t know why”) only highlight the fact that MNEK’s talent would be better suited to more interesting production techniques.

7/10

Listen to ‘Ready For Your Love (feat. MNEK)’ below:

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