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Skott Francis was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He’s half Danish, half Spanish, educated in the UK but raised the Latin way. He speaks English, Spanish and French, and after spending the last few years in Marbella, on Spain’s illustrious Costa Del Sol, he has now moved to London. Skott’s hobbies include Xtreme Sports, rugby, weight training and swimming, reading, and driving, but his true passions in life are his music and the people closest to him.
Before I knew I could sing or write, I couldn’t seem to find anything in life worth getting really passionate about. When I tried writing and singing for the first time, I knew my search was over, this is what I was supposed to do.
Skott started on the road into the music industry four years ago, but music has been with him for as long as he can remember. As a young boy he was hugely influenced by Michael Jackson and Elvis, as most people were. Later on he found Stevie Wonder, Marvyn Gaye, Ella Fitzgerald and Terence Trent D’Arby. The voices that influence him today include Boyz To Men, AzYet, SWV, Brian McKnight and Mariah Carey, as well as Babyface and Musiq Soulchild.
Skott has spent this last year writing and recording his new album, entitled Sounds of Pleasure.
The album is everything that I have learned about music, mixed with everything I have learned about love. I’m only 23, I’m still too young to really write about life. It’s an album straight from the heart, I still refuse to write from the head, that’s when you get boring. Who knows what the next album will be about.
On this album, Skott has managed to collaborate with some great writers and producers. Stevie Vann Lange, who scored a No.1 hit with Blue, has turned some of her vast expertise on to several of the tracks on the album. There’s Ross Anderson and Jeff Scantlebury, a team who between them, have worked with acts such as Stevie Wonder, Brand New Heavies, Gorillaz and Soul II Soul. Also, Tony Delaney, who recently helped Liberty X reach the No.2 spot. Skott’s collaborators all come from a very varied and different musical background, and, with a few exceptions, have been working with music for longer than Skott has been alive. Having access to so much talent and experience has helped Skott produce a first album that will stand the test of time, and that truly shows what Skott is about.
That’s the thing about music, there really are no boundaries. There are structures and maybe a few rules, but they’re just there to guide you. I love working with people from different areas of music, as long as it’s not too different, I don’t think me and Alice Cooper, for example, would have too much in common to write with, except that we both like chicken.
As a songwriter, Skott is already generating some serious industry interest, with major acts requesting and demoing his songs.
Have a listen to the tracks on LTM and it won’t take you long to realise the reason for all this interest. Skott’s music has a fresh and unique edge, blending sounds from all over the globe with the music he truly loves, Soul/RnB, As an artist…he is now gigging every week throughout the UK.
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