Slim Drew is a neo-soul and R&B artist from Moscow. With smooth, soulful vocals and jazz-leaning melodies, his recently released album ‘Roots’ (2020) is a dazzling tribute to old-school recording techniques that combines gentle blues, gospel and old-school R&B. Slim Drew’s first independent, self-produced project was ‘Whatever You Want’ (2018), an electronic album flavoured with ‘70s disco, ‘80s synthpop and ‘90s chill-pop. After that Slim Drew released ‘Good Day’ (2019), an R&B/hip-hop record which inspired him to begin writing and recording the project that would become ‘Roots’ (2020). Recorded entirely with live instrumentation, the ‘Roots’ album aims to bring back the vibe of old-school soul and R&B artists. Slim Drew explains this choice in more depth: “I called the album ‘Roots’ because it’s a return to the times, when things were done live and manually, where the contribution of the soul was more valuable than technical gadgets. I have to to remind myself and others that without blues, soul and R&B, half of today’s music wouldn’t exist.” Influenced by soulful artists like Anderson .Paak, Tom Misch, FKJ, Allen Stone, Jacob Banks, Lianne La Havas, Daniel Caesar and Leon Bridges - as well as classic rock bands like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Dire Straits - Slim Drew began playing guitar and bass before eventually moving on to creating and composing his own songs. He sees making music is the most powerful and effective way for him to self-express.