Monro
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Monro (Ross James) is a British Grammy nominated music producer, songwriter and artist based in London, best known for working on music for the likes of Jhene Aiko, Tori Kelly & Masego. He creates music across different genres including R&B, Electronic, Pop and Hip Hop.
Career[edit]
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. Weeks later, Maiday released her second solo offering 'I Still Get To You' with production from Monro. 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.[1]. 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[2].
In 2018 Monro released 'Gone Clear' (again on Rinse FM's label) featuring London rapper Flohio and premiered by The Fader[3]. He also remixed Dan Caplen's single 'Trouble' featuring Ms Banks via Atlantic Records. In December he released his second EP 'Deep End' after dropping the singles Cold Flow, The Middle and Green Light. On the production front Monro produced Jae Stephens' release 'Headlights' and Michael Christmas' 'Say Cheese' via acclaimed Hip Hop label Fool's Gold. He continued to work on Maiday's artist project, producing the single 'Mandala' and was also awarded The Producer Writer Fund from UK collection society PRS[4]
2019 saw Monro work extensively on Sinead Harnett's debut album 'Lessons In Love,' contributing 4 productions to the 12 track album. He co-wrote Jhene Aiko's multiplatinum selling 'Triggered (freestyle)' released in May while also producing songs for British rapper Yungen, Bay Area rapper P-Lo and British singer Kali Claire.
In March 2020 Monro continued his contributions to Jhene Aiko’s music with the song 'Lightning & Thunder’ taken from her 2020 album ‘Chilombo.’ The song featured John Legend and went on to be nominated for Best R&B performance[5] in the 2021 Grammy Awards. In May 2020 he co-wrote and produced ‘My Little Alien’ 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’) and Masego’s EP Studying Abroad (Sides of Me). 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[6]. Monro co wrote and produced further releases in 2020 for the likes of James Smith and Asiahn. He also released another EP entitled 'Dead Sweet,' independently, featuring British singer Amaria BB, Grammy winning songwriter Ari PenSmith, producer JD. Reid and US rappers Jalen Santoy and P-Lo.
In 2021 Monro featured on BBC World Service's podcast 'Music Life' alongside frequent collaborators Sinead Harnett, Jae Stephens and fellow producer GRADES[7]. The episode explored work/life balance, how experiences contribute to writing music and why R&B is so important to each of them. He also contributed to music from Jaz Karis, Katy B and Lexii Alijai.
In 2022 Monro produced and co-wrote for artists such as KYLE (I Literally Never Think About You), Willow Kayne (Final Notice) and Jae Stephens (Give It To).
Monro has contributed to 4 Grammy nominations across his work for Jhene Aiko and Masego. His artist music has been supported at radio by stations such as BBC Radio 1Xtra and Rinse FM, including DJ support from Jamz Supernova, DJ Target and Sian Anderson.
Discography[edit]
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Listen to this song if you want to turn a negative into a positive". www.thefader.com. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ "New Writer Producer Fund Grantees Announced". prsfoundation.com. 1 June 2018.
- ↑ "Jhené Aiko". www.grammy.com.
- ↑ "Masego". www.grammy.com.
- ↑ "Singing is cool again with Sinead Harnett, Grades, Jae Stephens and Monro". www.bbc.co.uk. 4 September 2021.
