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Nathan Duvall (born July 12, 1985), more commonly know as just Duvall, is British singer-songwriter, record producer and musician. Duvall is also the lead vocalist and producer of Electronic band Disciples who signed to Pete Tongs Label FFRR, (A subsidiary of Warner/Parlophone) in Feb 2014.

BIOGRAPHY

Duvall was born and raised in South London and unlike most musicians, he didn't get in to music until he was in college in Reigate (Surrey). He grew up listening to Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. Duvall developed a ear for sounds and music production and later developed further at Kingston University where he received a Higher Diploma in Creative Music Technology. A few years on, his early recordings caught the ear of Jancie Brock VP of Sony/ATV Publishing. This lead to Duvall signing a UK publishing deal with Phrased differently.

MUSIC CAREER Artist Career

Duvall stepped on to the main stage through he's featured vocal work on EDM / Dance Tracks with some of the most sort-after DJ/Producers. He focused on projects that he considered slightly left of centre and preferred to work with DJ's with creative genius, but limited chart success. In November 2011 Duvall Co-wrote and Featured on English DJ/Producer Michael Woods' underground hit Last Day On Earth, released on Diffused record Label through Ministry Of Sound. Such work lead to a plethora of requests from DJ/producers around the world. in 2012 Duvall worked with Bnann from the Infadels and created a song called Higher for Dutch DJ Billy The Kit, this became a fan favourite which lead Duvall to work with Billy The Kit again in 2013 on a release titled Burn It Down which hit Top 40 in the Netherlands. Duvall quickly turned his focus into forming a group with close friend and fellow producer Gavin Koolmon, and with Luke Mac as a health addition, the trio are know as Disciples. Their first EP (Remedy) was released in August 2013 under indie Label New State, it gained heavy support from BBC 1Xtra and specialist DJ's in the House scene, this was the catalyst that propelled them to high level manager John Woolf and into there current deal with FFRR/Parlophone (Warner) where the 1st single Poison Arrow is set for release in June 2014.

Song Writing Career

In March 2011, Duvall had is first taste of song writing success via Japanese super star Kumi Koda. He co-wrote and produced At The Weekend, a dance, hip-hop pop infused club anthem which helped Kumi's ninth studio Album Dejavu hit the top spot in the album charts. in 2013 Duvall co-wrote and produced Move for girl band Little Mix, this Dancefloor filler proved a huge success on radio and peaked at No.3 of the official UK Singles Charts. The London Metro described his sound as the New Neptunes which is fitting as Duvall is a huge fan of Pharrell Williams. Move help Little Mix reach a top 10 Album spot in both UK and the notoriously hard to crack United States Album Charts. Duvall has his focus set on his Electronic band Disciples with a view to cherry pick some up and coming pop projects he can deliver his production and song writing skills on.

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