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TARA LILY
BEING AN ADRENALINE JUNKY...
Hi I’m Tara Lily. I’m a Jazz singer/musician from Peckham working with electronic RnB and rap production. I studied jazz at conservatoire. The first song I dropped was ‘who saw who’ produced by grime rapper/producer Jammer BBK. My debut EP ‘Lost In London’ just dropped on Motown UK records. The EP is a mix of cool jazz, RnB and rap production. It was made before and during the lockdown. I would say it is a continuation of my original twist of classic and street but more developed and includes two reworked jazz standards, ‘Blue In Green’ and ‘Sentimental Mood’. The context for ‘Lost In London’ is about being young, about mad deep relationships and getting lost in that, it’s also about being lost in music and not having a place in any genre.
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Away from the music industry, my hobbies are normally quite high energy things. I have been diagnosed with ADHD, and I’m an adrenaline junky and so I always need my next hit. I enjoy playing poker, last minute traveling, boxing, dancing and toxic relationships. Outside of that I enjoy cooking, mostly traditional food (VERY hot Bengali curries). Taking my dog for long walks in the woods where I can cut off from the outside world. Starting books on various subjects (music, art, politics), but not always finishing them and having long baths. I still play piano in my spare time but more traditional jazz or classical pieces for ‘relaxation’. At the moment I am learning Debussy’s ‘Arabesque’. I am also always exploring for my next body of work in whatever experiences, feelings or art I am immersed in during the time.
