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- Tori Amos

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- Simon Broughton

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- Nina de Man

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- Denzyl Feigelson

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- Sean Goulding

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- Will Hodgkinson

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- Ben Hudson

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- Kyrill Khieninson

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- Caspar Llewellyn Smith

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- Ashlene Nand

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- Yan Nikolenko

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- Nickens Nkoso

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- Seva Novgorodtsev

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- Omar

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- Rodrigo Sanchez

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- Nitin Sawhney

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- Miranda Sawyer

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- Ilka Schlockermann

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- Anoushka Shankar

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- Paul Stokes

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- Sway

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- Youdai Zhang

Omar

 

Omar
Designated by many as the father of British neo-soul singer, songwriter and producer Omar began as one of the UK's most promising R&B hopefuls with his early-'90s international hit "There's Nothing Like This."

However, he chose never to compromise his artistic credibility; and because of that, people like India.Arie, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, Gilles Peterson, and his biggest idol, Stevie Wonder, have all endorsed him as personal fans (with the prior three naming him as an influence).

Although he gets thrown into the R&B category, Omar has no real definitive boundaries.

In interesting new ways with each album, he has moulded soul and urban music to fit his wide variety of influences, including ragga, hip-hop, funk, jazz-pop, rock, and Latin/Caribbean dance.

His original techniques have garnered him a strong legion of followers in the UK and a devoted fan base in diverse regions across the world.
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