05 June 2020 - 0 Comments

Sola Rosa, the brainchild of NZ artist Andrew Spraggon, makes a highly anticipated return with the fresh new single, Searching For Love - the inaugural release with Kartel Music Group and the first offering from the forthcoming album, Chasing The Sun.

A celebration of finding ‘the one’, Searching for Love captures the timeless groove that Sola Rosa is renowned for, with the soulful addition of vocals and lyrics from rising UK soul and reggae star, Kiko Bun.

Written and recorded in the home studio with regular Rosa collaborators Peter Leupolu, Dixon Nacey and Matt Short, Spraggon reached out to Bun after witnessing his inspired vocal performance with UK DJ and production duo, The Nextmen. A few email conversations and a return trip to the UK later, the duo meet at Tileyard Studios in London to finalise the lyrics and vocals.

Says Bun; “The song came together quite quickly, when I sat down in the studio I heard the first stages of the beat and thought “yep, that one” and it kind of wrote itself. I always try to write from my life experiences so this wasn’t too difficult. Straight from the heart. It was a great session in King’s Cross, London with Andrew. Great producer and a top man!”

Back in Aotearoa, Spraggon increased the organic feel of the single with live instrumentation from Julien Dyne and Jeremy Toy on drums and guitars respectively. The final addition of strings from Mahuia Bridgeman-Cooper and the Black Quartet completes the track.

Spraggon states; “I’m very excited to finally be releasing Searching For Love, featuring Kiko Bun, as the first single of many in the lead up to the new album, Chasing The Sun. The album has been five years in the making and I really put my all into this one. There’s been multiple trips around the world and collaborations with some incredible musicians and artists. This is easily the most collaborative album I’ve ever made.”

Chasing The Sun includes a heavy hitting line-up of vocalists, including regular collaborator and former Streets singer, Kevin Mark Trail, Basement Jaxx’ long term collaborator Sharlene Hector and genre-defying, rising UK soul and reggae star Kiko Bun. Other collaborators include London singer/songwriter Josh Barry, London’s eclectic Neo-Soul singer Jerome Thomas, British reggae and dub MC vocalist Eva Lazarus plus up and coming Australian artist Thandi Phoenix. Closer to home, ex-pat Kiwi vocalist Wallace and Aotearoa’s own musical maverick, Troy Kingi add their talents to the mix.

Searching For Love by Sola Rosa, feat. Kiko Bun releases through Kartel Music Group on Friday 5 June, 2020.

Chasing The Sun, Sola Rosa’s seventh long-playing release drops 25 September. Pre order now. Physical distribution is courtesy of Border Music.

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