10.08.12 Music Week 09
ON THE RADAR PEPPER
WHAT BETTER endorsement for a new act than that of Dizzee Rascal? Not only can Pepper call ‘Diz’ a fan, he’s her label boss. The singer-songwriter, first
name Katie, signed to his Dirtee Stank record label following her stint on Sky TV talent show Must Be The Music and has been in a whirlwind of the music career she always dreamed of ever since. Not only is her voice a regular
in MBTM judge Jamie Cullum’s car, Jessie J said she voted for her on the show. Pepper tells Music Week that one of her per- formances even made dubstep producer Skream cry.
Nearly two years following the
show, Pepper has been on a European festival tour, supported Dizzee and Rizzle Kicks and is a featured vocalist on one of the five official Olympics singles, Scream (which she performed in Hyde Park). “It’s such an insane thing,” she enthuses. “A couple of years ago if you’d
have told me I’d be making music as a profession I would have told you to eff off! It’s an absolute honour.” She describes her forthcoming
solo material as “falling mostly under pop. There’s a lot of dancey and upbeat music plus
HE SAID / SHE SAID “
some deeper stuff as well, reflecting my bubblier side and more thoughtful side.” Pepper’s debut album is being
produced entirely by Nick ‘Cage’ Detnon (who’s played a big part in the career of Dizzee). The singer says the LP has “edgy pro- duction” throughout. Preceding the album release, scheduled for spring 2013, she will be releas- ing some material to download later this year - giving fans a taster of what is to come. Now based in London, Pepper
laughs as she recalls her Must Be The Music audition tape but is grateful for the vocalist com-
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parisons she has garnered since – which include Katy B, Jessie J, Adele and Eva Cassidy. Full of ambition, Pepper isn’t shy or retiring about her solo suc-
TAKE A BOW TEAM THE VIEW “I'm not
hostile, but 90 per cent of the music business is run by idiots… know what I mean”
Beady Eye singer and fashion mogul Liam Gallagher shares his love, or lack of it, for his industry contemporaries in an interview with The Telegraph
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1 V FESTIVAL 2 ELBOW 3 THE KILLERS 4 CREAMFIELDS 5 NICKI MINAJ 6 ED SHEERAN 7 OLLY MURS 8 GLOBAL GATHERING 9 ONE DIRECTION 10 BEN HOWARD 11 MORRISSEY 12 BIFFY CLYRO 13 EVANESCENCE 14 BESTIVAL 15 LIONEL RICHIE 16 JLS 17 COLDPLAY 18 JESSIE J 19 READING FESTIVAL 20 MICHAEL BUBLE
VIAGOGO Secondary Ticketing Chart
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1 ELBOW 2 BLUR 3 ONE DIRECTION 4 LADY GAGA 5 MUSE 6 THE XX 7 JUSTIN BIEBER 8 ED SHEERAN 9 GEORGE MICHAEL 10 NICKI MINAJ 11 JESSIE J 12 EMELI SANDE 13 AMY MACDONALD 14 CHERYL COLE 15 PULP 16 THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM 17 LIONEL RICHIE 18 BEACH BOYS 19 MICK HUCKNALL 20 BEN HOWARD
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HITWISE Primary Ticketing Chart
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1 ONE DIRECTION 2JUSTIN BIEBER 3 OLLY MURS 4LADY GAGA 5NICKI MINAJ 6ED SHEERAN 7 MADNESS 8JESSIE J 9EMELI SANDE 10 TOM JONES 11 JAMES MORRISON 12 LIONEL RICHIE 13 TINIE TEMPAH 14 HAPPY MONDAYS 15 EXAMPLE 16 DAVID GUETTA 17 FRIENDLY FIRES 18 V FESTIVAL 19 KEANE 20 NOEL GALLAGHER
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cess. “I don’t want to just be about singles,” she says. “I want the overall sound to be as ‘pep- pery’ as possible. “I’m ludicrously competitive.
My aim would always be to get a number one record, what’s the point in aiming for anything less? That’s the plan...”
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