Rare Sounds a renowned girl group based in the UK UK
Finally we have a chance to meet you guys; what with you’re on the go lifestyle! There has been a lot of gossip lately about how you met. Could you tell us exactly how you met?
Tasmin: Well we were all at a performing arts audition and Kyra and Leah were a kind of a duet who were auditioning together where as me and Shona were auditioning singly.
Shona: We were all in the same audition group and erm the audition didn’t go greatly and only Kyra went through.
Kyra: I couldn’t believe when I got through and Leah didn’t so in the end it was a really hard decision to accept the offered place so basically I rejected the offer the performing arts agency made me. When we got out of the audition the girls were crying because it really meant a lot to them so I kind of gave them all a hug and reassured them. From there we swapped numbers and stayed in touch via Facebook and MySpace.
Leah: After that we emailed and talked a lot on the phone and went out for drinks and dinner and eventually as time went on we grew closer and closer. We were adamant that we didn’t want our talent go to waste so we decided to give it a go as a girl group. We rehearsed religiously for just over a year and then got our big break when we were spotted by Dave our now current music producer at a talent show and basically from there our career as singers took off.
Before you got noticed and signed my ‘Music with a Passion’ you guys used to be underrated artists, why do you think it took such a long time for you to get noticed?
Kyra: Each of us are unique in terms of vocal ability and personality. It took us quite a while to figure out how we can maximise our talent as a group. At times it was difficult and yeah at one point I did think the girl group wouldn’t work because our voices and personalities were different, but in the end we pulled through. We now understand each other so much better and this is channelled through our music.
Tasmin: It took us a while because we had to perfect our image, our music. Practice makes perfect! (All the girls laugh)
Your single ‘struggle’ reached no1 within 2 weeks of being released; did you expect it to be such a hit?
Leah: To be honest not really, we weren’t expecting such a huge reaction, so I think we were all taken aback a bit when we heard our single was being played and listened to like on TV and on the radio. Our video that also went alongside the song was being played on music channels like MTV as well as getting over a million hits on MySpace.
Tasmin: We weren’t expecting such a phenomenal reaction. Our actual original single we first made got rejected as it sounded to cliché so we scrapped that and created ‘Struggle’.
Shona: We were all just so happy our music is now recognised. We never thought that we would reach this far in the first place, so it’s a huge achievement for us.
And the title ‘Struggle’. Were you talking about getting a break in the music industry or was the song about something else?
Shona: OK I’m going to speak on behalf of all of us that way it saves time. We called the song Struggle because the song itself resembles our story of success and how we got to where we are now. A lot underrated stars can relate to the song as what happened to us is what they are going through. The song Struggle conveys a simple message of ‘If you stay persistent and strong, good fortune will come your way’, which is what we want to tell people who listen to the song. We never gave up so for those who are reading this and are thinking about quitting DONT!
Do you think that now that you have become an established group with almost immediate recognition and fame that other artists will see you as a potential threat to them?
Tasmin: I should hope not! At the end of the day this is what we do. It is our passion and ambition to create music. We wouldn’t want any jealousy or rivalry because at the end of the day that’s not what we are about. I am not saying a little completion isn’t healthy but our last wish is to upset and offend other artists who are equally as talented.
There are many artists collaborating with one another these days. Given a choice who would you like to work with and why?
Leah: Well there are a number of artists we would love to work with but at the moment we would love to work with Bruno Mars. He has an exceptional voice of which his personality shines through.
A little birdie told us your working on an album, can you tell us a bit about this album?
Kyra: Well at the moment we are working on an album hence the reason we have been so busy. Many new artists and a few older artists who have kind of died down are featuring in one particular tribute song which is going to be released on Comic Relief. The song is incredibly moving and is dedicated to those in a war torn countries. All the money we receive for the song is going straight to the charity Home Aid, who will use the money to give children and adults a better chance in life.
Leah: Straight after our single we got off to work on the album which we hope to release on Comic Relief. The theme we have chosen for our album is on a completely different level. This is our first album so we wanted to pull out all the stops and try things that we never had the opportunity to do before for example using just acoustic sounds in one of the songs on the album and using auto tune.
What is the name of the album?
Shona: Well the album is a mixture of different genres of music so it’s proving quite difficult to come up with a name at the moment that fits into the genres of the album.
So will we be seeing more of you?
Tasmin: This year we are releasing one of our songs on Comic Relief so tune into BBC1 where you can see us! (All laugh)
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