Bhumeet Kala-Lee - the young man behind Cold Fever - grew up in a small village near Leicester and is nothing short of a musical sponge. His father managed some of the greats of melodic reggae - Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Freddy McGregor - and both parents raised him on a diet of soul and jazz, before grime and hip hop made him realise he could make his own music.
Something of a prodigy (he’s only 24), he has already worked on song ideas with reggae stars Beenie Man, Aswad and Freddie McGregor, and appeared onstage with Example, Wretch 32, Skepta, Lawson, The Wanted and Olly Murs. And then there are his own songs in which he fuses Bollywood instrumentation with the dub bass and reggae rhythms from his youth, a mix he calls ‘Desi Reggae’. The best example of which is the slick-lipped Chutney; which was picked out as a particular joy by ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Introducing last year.
Bhumeet Kala-Lee - the young man behind Cold Fever - grew up in a small village near Leicester and is nothing short of a musical sponge. His father managed some of the greats of melodic reggae - Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Freddy McGregor - and both parents raised him on a diet of soul and jazz, before grime and hip hop made him realise he could make his own music.
Something of a prodigy (he’s only 24), he has already worked on song ideas with reggae stars Beenie Man, Aswad and Freddie McGregor, and appeared onstage with Example, Wretch 32, Skepta, Lawson, The Wanted and Olly Murs. And then there are his own songs in which he fuses Bollywood instrumentation with the dub bass and reggae rhythms from his youth, a mix he calls ‘Desi Reggae’. The best example of which is the slick-lipped Chutney; which was picked out as a particular joy by ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Introducing last year.
