drell

Hailing from north London this 5'11, good looking young man spent most of his life around music. Hes older brothers one a DJ the other a one time rapper now music producer, surrounded Drell with music, following his brothers to rap shows studio sessions and house partys. add to this his mum was always singing around the house, and playing songs from the 50s 60s and 70's his mind body and soul has been infused with music from so many different time periods, his influences vocally range from the great Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Jodeci, Boys to men ,Brian McKnight, Donell Jones, just to name a few, Hes first foray into music was with a group called four souls and rhythm this was his early training in the art of music making and, song writing. And with the advent of swing beat in the ninetys drell and a close friend put together a four piece a cappella group called Jhovan (joint harmonys of various alternative nations) back then he went by the stage name of Shade, the group split up after some time and then reformed as a two piece and released their first single titled (for da record) The single had underground chart success and nearly got a release in the states, but alas things didnt work out. The group broke up this time for good. Now here we are some years later a new look a new style, get ready for Drell with his smooth vocal style, romantic love songs and edgy up tempo tracks A writing style all his own, you may hear some influences in some of drells vocal delivery but they are there to pay homage to the artists that he admires. I love singing and the art of singing the ability to string words together in a melodious way and the use of harmony in a song I love that. And when it comes to writing songs I try to be inventive and different and not sound to similar to what other artist are doing at the currant time it sets me apart from the crowd. My producer sonji calls me a closed off writer because I tend to write my own songs but thats only because I am trying to tell a story that links between tracks, Hopefully when the album hits the streets we can all share in these stories of love and life.