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Getting to know Angela

Angela... Service to the State: Vocalist Lives: London Classics:  Bruno Mars, Prince, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Beyoncé Bio: Angela’s a guest vocalist for The Urban State and we are delighted to welcome her within our borders.  We are excited to announce that we...

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The Musicians

One of the most exciting things about this project is working The Urban State Borders to work with some really talented musicians that are new to us all. Bjorn Kleiman provides strings on one track last time but on this album he done the string arrangements on all and...

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Album Design

Album Design I thought long and hard about what direction to take and the album cover features me from a photo shoot I did a little while back now. As I don’t really feature that much in the promo work for the band as I prefer working behind the scenes I felt it was...

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Our Third Single – D.N.A

I can’t believe that we are about to release our third single from the album - things are going so fast! We always wanted his track as a single release from the moment we laid down the first vocals. Though at that time the track was a lot more clubby than now and it’s...

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Now That You’re Gone

The Urban State New Single Release - 27th October 2017 This track which has gone on to be our second single was recorded mid session and was always an up beat number dealing with the regret of being hasty when it comes to affairs of the heart.  The grass is not always...

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BBC Music Introducing

Thank you to BBC Music Introducing On Saturday 14th October a very intimate album launch party was held which had been planned in for quite a number of weeks. Most amazingly it coincided with the debut radio airplay of our next single Now That Your Gone and we could...

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Choosing The Singles

So what song do you chose and why? Well its not an easy thing at all. The first single needed to be strong and catchy but in our case should reflect the general sound of the album so you can listen to it and understand what the project has been about.  With this...

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Our new album

Over the last 2 years we have been working away on our new album. It's been a long process but one of pure joy.  The very first song we recorded was called Dance Like You Do and it was the first session with Angela and in many ways a test. It had an electro Kylie feel...

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Welcome to our new website

The Urban State have just launched their new website and we hope you like it! The Urban State is the brainchild of R. Jay, an East London-based songwriter has brought together a collective of performers and artists to create music and art that celebrate the power of...

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