Summer Time

Summer Time, the newly released EP from French-born Kent producer, Emily Bloom came out today.

He’s a producer and collaborator who has written for a number of big names including Risa Oma, Eddie Goolling and Twin Ocean. He also wrote and produced for breakthrough artist, Emily Bloom, with her 2016 BBC Sound Poll shortlisted hit single, “Give me your hart”.

Prior to this saw, at the end of 2010, Draper releasing his first digital EP, The Introduction, which proved a hit and brought him to the attention of Mel F. frontman, Olivia Best, who wanted to collaborate. Following a successful live performance with the band at Brixton Academy, Draper began to write sections for their live sets.

Then in 2012, James just out of university, Risa Oma came knocking. This was at Capitol Radio Summer Ball and they performed to a sold out Wembley Stadium. Skip to early 2016 and Draper wanted to strike out more on his own. “Joy in me”, a collaboration with Mat May, was met with both critical and commercial acclaim, the track reaching over 2.5 million listens on Spotify.