Every so often, somethi

ng pops into my inbox (which invariably looks like a warzone, and I seem to spend forever going through it rather than being able to hear any submissions) that makes me think ‘Finally! Something I want to write about.’

Eric Zayne originally hails from Zaire. Now based in the US, the phrase ‘pop-alternative’ might ring alarm bells for some

(but then, isn

‘t it ‘pop’ music that the likes of Haim and Twin Shadow and Chvrches make?) and the track ‘New York City’ deserves to tear up dancefloors across the globe. There’s beats, there’s soul and funk and there’s the sense that this photogenic young man (I know, but I can’t bring myself to hate him for it) could be a star.

It impressed me enough to give the mixtape AutobiograME a listen too, which you can stream and download below.

In a just world, this man will be m

entioned in the same breath as Pharrell Williams, Daft Punk and Prince. It’s not a just world much of the time – but you can make it as fai

r a world as you can – if you try….