Memoirs is the assured debut album from brand new Rough Trade Records signing, UK singer Rox.

The half-Jamaican, half-Iranian Roxanne Tataei brings conviction to your soundsystem with an album packed with heartfelt soul music, a powerful “genuine” soul voice & tales of a life spent really living. The latest in a line of young Brits sprucing up the poppy soul of the 1960s (Winehouse, Duffy, Adele), Rox’s songs concern themselves with relationships, her vocals are elegant & she never wastes a note, whether the song is a trip hop weepie, a Motown-influenced dancefloor filler or even rocksteady reggae.

Memoirs was produced by Commissioner Gordon (Lauryn Hill, Damien Marley, KRS One) in New Jersey, in the US & with Al Shux (co-writer & producer of Jay-Z’s massive hit Empire State Of Mind) in London. Rox has had 2 singles - No Going Back & My Baby Left Me - released in Europe, with great radio support. Her 3rd single, I Don’t Believe, has just been released & the video is getting heaps of hits on youtube.

Rox has appeared on tours with Mark Ronson (filling in for a certain Amy Winehouse) & Daniel Merriweather, & on such TV shows as Later… With Jools Holland. Rox has also appeared at the Reading & Leeds Festivals with Wiley & BBC Electric Proms with Nitin Sawhney. Rox cites Portishead’s album Dummy, early Lauryn Hill & Joni Mitchell as her key influences. Though Memoirs may not reinvent the wheel, Rox has delivered an impressive debut of incredibly catchy pop music.

Reviews

“Back to Black, this time with feeling.” NME “Showcases a young singer bursting with potential.” BBC

“It’s hard to imagine how she’ll remain out of the higher reaches of the charts for much longer.” Music OMH

“Her casual attitude masks the technical accomplishment of her soulful singing.” The Telegraph

“A remarkably assured affair, a feast of timeless soul stylings…” The Evening Standard

“Rox is one of 2010’s most exciting new prospects.” Music Week