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Welcome to the colourful sonic world of E.m.m.a and and her debut album “Blue Gardens” for Keysound. To the outsider it’s perhaps not immediately apparent the connections between reference points such as, Coney Island and Rebel MC, or Encarta ‘96 and Delia Derbyshire but as you immerse yourself into E.m.m.a.’s vivid sound palette they begin to lead you down a winding path of fantastic vistas. Her story begins several years back: around ’05 she was mostly absorbed in the US rap of Big Pun, Fabolous and Jadakiss before having a “what the…?!” epiphany with Skream’s “Midnight Request Line”. But from fairly well trodden beginnings her story quickly diverts into unexpected realms. She met Sully and began sending him the grime she’d been making, albeit with her own twist: While her interest in a quasi-humorous “Victorian grime” style would wane, a pattern of musical creativity driven by a vivid inspiration source was emerging. “American Nostalgia, Point Break, American high schools, bubble gum, picture houses, Coney Island, Hollywood, proms, Long Island, picket fences, boardwalks, Baroque tonality, Wendy Carlos, Delia Derbyshire, Jeff Wayne, Westerns, sci fi, spaghetti western soundtracks, Encarta ’96: genuinely these are in my mind,” she explains. A few key happenings helped E.m.m.a. on her journey. Firstly by ’08 she became baffled by the lack of melody in bass music, though she connected strongly with a small cluster of Purple synth experiments from Rustie, Starkey, Zomby and Joker. Secondly a guy called Adam heard her music at a party, and would then go on to encourage her production. His name was Adam Tinley, best known as Adamski. He in turn introduced her to Rebel MC and legendary dub producer Adrian Sherwood. Adamski’s impact would be to empower her to write in strange time signatures, such as 3/4 on “Dream Phone VIP”. With Rebel MC she would collaborate with on “Jahovia”. “Blue Gardens” positions her at the forefront of the emerging new wave of 130 bpm producers and yet also as a highly individualistic fresh new talent for 2013.