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, Manchester-based producer White N3rd and producer/songwriter JKAY.

Career

Humes and JKAY grew up in

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, East London with JKAY becoming part of the songwriting/producing duo Tracklacers. They worked with producers including Danja ( Justin Timberlake, Usher) and

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(

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) and also produced early material for

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, the pop/R&B boy band Humes was formerly a part of. N3rd has produced remixes for

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and

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and was introduced to Humes through songwriter Ali Tennant (Guetta). In April 2013, the trio came together at a London-based studio and started working on material. The group released a string of remixes for the likes of Leah McFall &

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, Case & Foxy Brown.

2014–present: Single releases

After signing to

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and working with producer Pantha, Humes suggested British R&B singer

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for vocals and thus created their debut single "

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", which was released on 5 October 2014 and debuted at number 13 on the

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and number 10 on the Scottish charts. An album was announced to be in the works. Its second single, "

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, was released on 15 April 2016. The audio video was released in February 2016 on YouTube and Vevo. Claudia Gadelha used Best is Yet to Come as her walkout song at

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Discography

Singles

Remixes

References

English electronic music groups English dance music groups {{electronic-band-stub