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Monro (Ross James) is a British music producer, songwriter and artist based in London, best known for working on music for the likes of Jhene Aiko, Masego, Adekunle Gold & V. He creates music across different genres including R&B, Electronic, Pop and Hip Hop.
Career
Monro's first productions came in 2017, when he produced 'Want It With You' for R&B artist Sinead Harnett in June of that year.[1]. Later in 2017 Monro released his own music via Rinse FM's label set up, dropping his debut EP 'Motion' in September with support from Clash Magazine..[2]. He also remixed Jarreau Vandal and Zak Abel's collaboration 'Make You Love Me' in 2017, which was Premiered on the official Red Bull website[3]
In 2018 Monro released 'Gone Clear' (again on Rinse FM's label[4]) featuring London rapper Flohio and premiered by The Fader[5]. LA based R&B artist Jae Stephens also tapped into Monro's production, releasing 'Headlights' which was premiered by Vice[6].He was also awarded The Producer Writer Fund from UK collection society PRS[7]
2019 saw Monro work extensively on Sinead Harnett's debut album 'Lessons In Love,' contributing 4 productions[8] to the 12 track album. He co-wrote Jhene Aiko's multiplatinum selling 'Triggered (freestyle)'[9] released in May.
In March 2020 Monro continued his contributions to Jhene Aiko’s music with the song 'Lightning & Thunder’[10] taken from her 2020 album ‘Chilombo.’ The song featured John Legend and went on to be nominated for Best R&B performance[11] in the 2021 Grammy Awards. In May 2020 he co-wrote and produced ‘My Little Alien’[12] by Rico Nasty which was featured on the official album soundtrack for the Warner Bros movie SCOOB! Further into the year he made contributions to Tori Kelly’s Solitude EP (‘Value’[13]) and Masego’s EP Studying Abroad (Sides of Me[14]). Masego’s EP went on to become an album with the extended verison ’Studying Abroad: Extended Stay’ - the project was Grammy nominated in 2022 for Best Progressive R&B Album[15]
In 2021 Monro featured on BBC World Service's podcast 'Music Life' alongside frequent collaborators Sinead Harnett, Jae Stephens and fellow producer GRADES[16]. The episode explored work/life balance, how experiences contribute to writing music and why R&B is so important to each of them.
In 2022 Monro produced and co-wrote for artists such as KYLE (I Literally Never Think About You[17]) and Willow Kayne (Final Notice).[18]
2023 saw Monro co-produce Adekunle Gold's single 'Party No Dey Stop' with Kel-P[19] [20] which reached number 1 on the official Nigerian TurnTable chart[21] and number 2 on the Official UK Afrobeats chart.[22]
Discography
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
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| Want It With You | 2017 | Sinead Harnett | Chapter One |
| I Still Get To You | 2017 | Maiday | Intra- |
| Gone Clear | 2018 | Monro ft. Flohio | Non album single |
| Headlights | 2018 | Jae Stephens | Non album single |
| Say Cheese | 2018 | Michael Christmas | Non album single |
| Mandala | 2018 | Maiday | Intra- |
| Special One | 2019 | Yungen | Project Purple |
| Fix My Lonely | 2019 | Kali Claire | Non album single |
| Triggered (freestyle) | 2019 | Jhene Aiko | Chilombo |
| Don't Think (Ft. Mozzy) | 2019 | P-Lo | SHINE |
| All That You Are | 2019 | Sinead Harnett | Lessons In Love |
| Too Good For A Bad Thing | 2019 | Sinead Harnett | Lessons In Love |
| Him Too | 2019 | Sinead Harnett | Lessons In Love |
| Walking Away | 2019 | Sinead Harnett | Lessons In Love |
| Say You'll Stay | 2020 | James Smith | An EP By James Smith |
| Lightening & Thunder (ft. John Legend) | 2020 | Jhene Aiko | Chilombo |
| My Little Alien | 2020 | Rico Nasty | SCOOB! The Album |
| Value | 2020 | Tori Kelly | Solitude |
| Gucci Frames | 2020 | Asiahn | Non album single |
| Sides of Me | 2020 | Masego | Studying Abroad |
| Mistake | 2021 | Jaz Karis | Non album single |
| Under My Skin | 2021 | Katy B | Peace and Offerings |
| I Literally Never Think About You | 2022 | KYLE | Non album single |
| Final Notice | 2022 | Willow Kayne | Non album single |
| Give It To | 2022 | Jae Stephens | Non album single |
| Zero | 2023 | NewJeans | Non album single |
| Party No Dey Stop ft. Zinoleesky | 2023 | Adekunle Gold | Tequila Ever After |
| Outro | 2023 | Nines | Crop Cirlce 2 |
| Real Life | 2023 | Ama Lou | I Came Home Late |
| For Us | 2023 | V | Layover |
| I'm Different | 2023 | Debbie | Non album single |
References
- ↑ "Chapter One". Spotify.com.
- ↑ "Premiere: Monro ft. Tayla – 'Daydreams'". www.clashmusic.com. Clash Magazine. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "Monro takes Jarreau Vandal to a dark place". www.redbull.com. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "Monro, Flohio Gone Clear". Rinse FM.
- ↑ "Listen to this song if you want to turn a negative into a positive". www.thefader.com. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ Staff, Noisey. "Watch Jae Stephens in the Beautiful, Trippy Video for "Headlights"". Vice. Vice Media. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ↑ "New Writer Producer Fund Grantees Announced". prsfoundation.com. 1 June 2018.
- ↑ "Premiere: Ahead of Her Debut Album, Sinead Harnett Shares Stunning Visuals for "Pulling Away" with Gallant". Complex Networks.
- ↑ "Triggered (freestyle)". Genius.
- ↑ "Lightning & Thunder". Genius.
- ↑ "Jhené Aiko". www.grammy.com.
- ↑ "My Little Alien". Genius.
- ↑ "Value". Genius.
- ↑ "Sides of Me". Genius.
- ↑ "Masego". www.grammy.com.
- ↑ "Singing is cool again with Sinead Harnett, Grades, Jae Stephens and Monro". www.bbc.co.uk. 4 September 2021.
- ↑ "I Literally Never Think About You". Genius.
- ↑ Kenneally, Cerys. "Willow Kayne shares new single "Final Notice"". The Line Of Best Fit. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ↑ Rys, Dan. "Afrobeats Fresh Picks of the Month: Tiwa Savage, Adekunle Gold, Tay Iwar, Amaarae & More". Billboard. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ↑ Sarah, Kearns (15 March 2023). "Afropop Artist Adekunle Gold Shares First Release via Def Jam, "Party No Dey Stop"". Hype Beast. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ↑ Oriowo, Ayomide. "Adekunle Gold's "Party No Dey Stop" with Zinoleesky is No. 1 on This Week's Nigeria Top 100, Tiwa Savage's "Stamina" with Young Jonn & Ayra Moves to No. 4". Turn Table Charts. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ↑ "PARTY NO DEY STOP". Official Charts. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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