L.A. Salami

Lookman Adekunle Salami, better known by his stage name L.A. Salami,[1] is a musician signed to a joint venture between Sunday Best & Domino.[2] He has released two EPs and one album.

Career

In 2014 Burberry asked him to soundtrack their SS/14 Menswear campaign, Zane Lowe singled him out as a future star of BBC Radio 1, and Esquire Magazine featured him as one of the ten ‘Most Stylish Men In Music’.[2][3]

The singer, who British fashion brand Fred Perry compared to the likes of Joni Mitchell and Neil Young,[4] has been played on British radio[5][6][7] and has toured.[2]

L.A. Salami's first notable break came in 2012 when chosen to support Lianne La Havas on tour.[1] Christopher Bailey, Chief Creative Officer at fashion house Burberry, then got in contact[1] to arrange a Burberry Acoustic Session[8] which led to L.A. Salami opening the Burberry Prorsum Menswear Spring/Summer 2014 show in Kensington Palace Gardens, Hyde Park.[1]

On 20 June 2013 the Evening Standard newspaper ran a full page piece on L.A. Salami in the form of an interview with journalist Susannah Butter where he talks openly about growing up and developing a fascination with music.[1]

L.A. Salami first EP, Another Shade of Blue was released through boutique London label Camouflage Recordings in 2013.[9] He released The Prelude EP in 2014, which was followed by a short tour around Britain[10][11]

In August 2016 he released the album Dancing with Bad Grammar that featured the single "The City Nowadays".[12][13]

Discography

Albums

Dancing with Bad Grammar (2016)

EPs

Another Shade of Blue (2013)

The Prelude (2014)

Singles

"The City Nowadays"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "L.A. Salami: Burberry's folk hero has come a long way from sleeping". Evening Standard. 20 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Domino Publishing | Blog". www.dominopublishingco.com. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  3. ↑ "Artists". Camouflage Recordings. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  4. ↑ "L. A. Salami". fredperrysubculture.com.
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio 1 - Rob da Bank, Jon Hopkins and Congo Natty". BBC.
  6. ↑ "BBC Radio 2 - Steve Lamacq, 03/09/2011". BBC.
  7. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Edith Bowman, Cleopatra, Luther and The Moo Man". BBC.
  8. ↑ 'When The Poet Sings' by L.A. Salami - Burberry Acoustic. YouTube. 14 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "CAM018 - L.A. SALAMI ANOTHER SHADE OF BLUE (EP)". Camouflage Recordings. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  10. ↑ "CAM026 - L.A. SALAMI THE PRELUDE EP". Camouflage Recordings. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  11. ↑ Willis, Sam (11 June 2014). "DiS meets L.A. Salami". drowned in sound. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
  12. ↑ "L.A. Salami releases his new Double-A side single | FRUK". 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
  13. ↑ "Premiere: L.A. Salami - 'The City Nowadays'". Retrieved 2016-09-03.
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