WEBVTT - Music with Meelu

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<v Speaker 1>Join the conversation email popahat kpetalk dot co DOTZLA. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>finish with some music, and today we're featuring a local

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<v Speaker 1>singer who has relocated to the UK and really reinvented

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<v Speaker 1>herself as she chases her dream of a music career.

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<v Speaker 1>These days, she's using the underground drum and bass scene

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<v Speaker 1>in the UK as inspiration for her music. Melu a

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<v Speaker 1>South African who started out her musical journey here at

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<v Speaker 1>home in South Africa, but as I said, these days

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<v Speaker 1>is based in the UK and we're going to share

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<v Speaker 1>her new single with you in a moment or two.

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<v Speaker 1>But first let's say a quicker low because she's joining

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<v Speaker 1>us by a zoom. Great to have you on the

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<v Speaker 1>show this afternoon.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi Papa, thank you so much for having me. It's

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<v Speaker 2>so shy to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell us a little bit about your journey and what

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<v Speaker 1>has led you to this point and this place in

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<v Speaker 1>your life.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been crimeor journey. I've been in a few bands,

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<v Speaker 2>I've done various kind of solo project works, but this

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<v Speaker 2>is the first time I feel like I've had a

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<v Speaker 2>project that fuses. I feel like all the parts of

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<v Speaker 2>my own personality that I haven't been able to do before,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's kind of this renownding space for me to

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<v Speaker 2>embody all of those things in music for the first time.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm just really really excited. And also just this show.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to say being on the show is actually

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<v Speaker 2>quite surreal for me because I've listened to you in

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<v Speaker 2>your show so much.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm well glad we could make that pop for you.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the decision to move to the UK not

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<v Speaker 1>an easy one to make, to leave home and go

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<v Speaker 1>and forwarde a path elsewhere. What's it been like for you?

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<v Speaker 1>How are you finding the experience over there?

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<v Speaker 2>So I was touring. I started being in the UK

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<v Speaker 2>a lot more because of touring and opening for bands,

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<v Speaker 2>so that's sort of the main reason I was based

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<v Speaker 2>out of the UK the last couple of years. But

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<v Speaker 2>now I'm also a lot more just everywhere. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>really see that I have a base as much currently,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I'm currently in a visa and I was in

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<v Speaker 2>the US recently, so I'm missing home quite a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>But the UK also just I guess it was a

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<v Speaker 2>trigger because I got invited to do a few opening tours,

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<v Speaker 2>which sort of is the reason I started media project

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<v Speaker 2>in the first place, because I wanted to write music

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<v Speaker 2>that was catered for both having a bit more fun

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<v Speaker 2>and having that depth, and also for these bigger audiences

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<v Speaker 2>I was going to be able to play.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, now we get to share the new song called

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<v Speaker 1>slow Burner with our audience today. Tell us a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more about the inspiration and then the process of

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<v Speaker 1>creating this piece.

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<v Speaker 2>So slow Burner is the first of my Melu songs

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<v Speaker 2>coming out. I have about twelve that are in the

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<v Speaker 2>running ready to go. And it was this combination of

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<v Speaker 2>finally finding a way to make folk fun for myself.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a huge folk fanatic, especially when it comes to

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<v Speaker 2>like the sixties and seventies. And yeah, it was this

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<v Speaker 2>amazing just it was written kind of within a few

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<v Speaker 2>hours and a blend and with my friend raf Or

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<v Speaker 2>his name is Rafa Prod and he's an amazing producer,

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<v Speaker 2>and we were recording the folk song playing with and

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<v Speaker 2>obviously we've been listening to a lot of drum and

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<v Speaker 2>bass and a lot of these festivals drum and bassed

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<v Speaker 2>and I do enjoy your own bass, but I yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it kind of all of a sudden just clicked. We

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<v Speaker 2>were playing live drum and based folk music, and then

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<v Speaker 2>that is how Melu was born.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'm looking forward to hearing it and sharing it

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<v Speaker 1>with our audience. Delighted to know that there are another

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<v Speaker 1>eleven or more to come. So if they're like what

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<v Speaker 1>they hear Melu, where do we send them to find more?

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<v Speaker 1>To explore your music catalog and to keep an eye

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<v Speaker 1>out for future releases.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm all over the socials that it's Melu Music, so

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<v Speaker 2>m E E l U music all my handles and

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<v Speaker 2>obviously on all the streaming platforms, so yeah, people can

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<v Speaker 2>keep an eye out there for all the new ones

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<v Speaker 2>to come.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks so much for squeezing in the time to chat

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<v Speaker 1>to us in what sounds like a very busy diary

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Meliu, all the best to you, and we'll

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<v Speaker 1>look forward to hearing all the other new songs still

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<v Speaker 1>to come, but for now, a great pleasure to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to share the breakthrough slow Burner with our audience.

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<v Speaker 1>All the best to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much, great with us.

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<v Speaker 1>She's at Melu Music m double E lu Music and

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<v Speaker 1>this is the new track called slow Burner. Her name

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<v Speaker 1>is Melu spelled m W E l U. Look for

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<v Speaker 1>her on socials at Melu Music. That was the new

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<v Speaker 1>track called slow Burner.