A Little Sound
Birth nameAbigail Kate Morgan
BornTaunton, England
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • social media personality
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Abigail Kate Morgan, known professionally as A Little Sound, is an English drum and bass musician and TikToker. She won Best Vocalist at the Drum&BassArena Awards 2022. She is a member of Loud LDN.

Life and career

Early life and releases

Abigail Kate Morgan[1] grew up in Taunton.[2] She spent a year studying at a university in Chichester before moving to Bristol to study at the city's British and Irish Modern Music Institute.[3] She started writing songs when she was ten,[2] and uploading covers of popular acoustic and country songs to her YouTube channel "A Little Sound" when she was eleven,[2] which she then started annotating with drum and bass after finding her tracks weren't attracting views.[4] One cover version, of "Reality" by Lost Frequencies, attracted 100,000 views, which brought her to the attention of Kanine;[3] Morgan would feature on two records by them, "Face Away" on 25 October 2019, and "Back In Time" on 21 February 2020.[1]

On 28 February 2020, she featured on Gray's "Fallen"; she and Gray would work together again on 4 November 2022's "Memories". On 3 June 2020, she featured on Technimatic's "Lakota",[1] which she wrote about meeting her boyfriend at Lakota, and recorded just before the March 2020 UK lockdown.[4] The song has been streamed more than 5,000,000 times.[5] On 5 August 2022 she featured on their "Confide";[1] she came to their attention after they saw her cover of their "Parallel".[3] On 17 August 2020, she and DJ Gaw and Selecta J-Man released "Rum & Lime"; she and DJ Gaw would later release "Feels Wrong" on 20 August 2021, and on 6 January 2023[1] she and Inja featured on Mandidextrous and Selecta J-Man's "Hold Your Rhythm", from Boomtown's "Chapter One: The Gathering"'s closing ceremony.[6]

Later releases

On 1 September 2020 she featured on Shapes' "Our Time". On 18 November 2020, she featured on Annix's "Overload"; she and Annix would later release "Kaleidoscope" on 22 June 2021. On 27 November 2020 she featured on Levela's "Moving Forward". On 5 March 2021, she and Sonic Rain released "Stuck in the Mindset", and on 28 May 2021, she and Zero released "Sorry 4 Skanking". On 25 June 2021, Paul T & Edward Oberon released "Wake Up" with A Little Sound, and on 20 August 2021 she and Low:r released "Be There". On 7 January 2022, she and Vibe Chemistry featured on an Allstars MIC,[1] a fortnightly DnB Allstars series;[7] she would on 9 June 2023 feature on the official remix of Rudimental, Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry's "Dancing is Healing".[1]

On 4 February 2022, she and Document One released "Back To Me", and on 22 April 2022 she and Kleu released "Something Bout U". On 9 September 2022, she featured on Friction's "Weed & Wine (Relax, Rewind)". On 1 November 2022, she released her début solo single, "Breathe"; she would later release "The Other Side" with Dr. Meaker on 4 November 2022, and the EP A Little Sound on 4 November 2022, which included "Memories", "Breathe" and "The Other Side".[1] On 8 December 2022, she won Best Vocalist at the Drum&BassArena Awards 2022.[8]

Artistry

Her early references were Gabrielle Aplin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hannah Montana, The Prodigy, and Gorillaz,[2] though her early YouTube videos were inspired by Miley Cyrus.[3] She was introduced to drum and bass after watching Chase & Status perform, and decided to become a drum and bass vocalist after seeing Anne-Marie perform with Rudimental[2] at Boardmasters 2016.[9] She maintains a TikTok account, to which she uploads content with little relevance to her music.[4] She, Piri, Venbee, Charlotte Plank, and Willow Kayne are members of Loud LDN.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "A Little Sound". Spotify. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "A Little Sound693". Dynamics-music.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "A Little Sound is causing A LOT of commotion right now". Ukf.com. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Jodie (2021-02-08). "Interview - A Little Sound: Bristol, Tik Tok and Drum and Bass". Education & Bass. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  5. ↑ "Fokus Exeter: Technimatic (Extended Set)". Moveexeter.com. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Chapter One: The Gathering EP - OUT NOW!". Boomtown. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "DNB Allstars Announce Allstars MIC". Ukf.com. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Drum&BassArena Awards 2022 – Full List of Winners | TFword". www.ticketfairy.com. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  9. ↑ Staff, Notion (2022-11-11). "Selected by A Little Sound". Notion. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  10. ↑ ""We're taking over the scene": meet Loud LDN, dance music's most vibrant new collective". NME. 19 December 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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