An email from MNEK

On February 5 2009 we received an email from a 14-year-old singer/producer called MNEK. We'd seen him knocking around online before that, but his email was a very good one. "I’m unsigned so there’s none of that press release bullshit," he said. He said some other things too, like "I’m inspired by Calvin Harris, Sam Sparro, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Whitney Houston, Usher, Anita Baker and loads others", and "if I were ever to be signed I’d love to work with Calvi...

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