Look Up (song)

Gareth Daley (), known mononymously as Daley, is a British singer-songwriter and artist. He first became prominent after co-writing and featuring on the Gorillaz single " Doncamatic", having been spotted by the band's creator Damon Albarn early in his career as an underground artist on the UK music scene.

After signing with Universal Music, Daley achieved '' Billboard'' chart success with the singles ''Alone Together'' with Marsha Ambrosius (of Floetry), the Pharrell Williams-produced ''Look Up'' and ''Until The Pain Is Gone'' featuring three time Grammy winner Jill Scott.

Early life

Daley was born and brought up in the suburbs of South Manchester in the North-West of England. Before pursuing music professionally, a passion for the creative visual arts led him to study Design & Art Direction at Manchester Metropolitan University, and work as a Graphic Designer, video editor and animator. He lived in Manchester until age 21, before making the decision to quit his day job and relocate to London to focus solely on making music.

Career

2010: Breakthrough

With some early demos, Daley took to the UK live scene, performing at open-mic nights, jam sessions and new talent stages including 'Troy Bar' in Hoxton, ' iluvlive' in Camden and widely respected music industry showcase 'Wired' at Shoreditch House. He would often find himself on stages with fellow emerging artists Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Emeli Sande and Maverick Sabre - many of whom he has since collaborated or toured with.

Steadily making a name for himself, Daley caught the attention of Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn, who invited him to meet and work on new material for the animated band's ''Plastic Beach'' album, resulting in their 2011 single " Doncamatic", which Daley co-wrote and fronted as lead vocalist. He subsequently joined the Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour, along with Little Dragon, De La Soul, Lou Reed and Snoop Dogg.

The collaboration enhanced Daley's visibility within the music industry, and early radio airplay started largely at BBC Radio 1Xtra, who's DJ's Twin B, Ras Kwame, MistaJam and Ronnie Herel all championed the singer. This eventually lead to him taking part in emerging artist discovery platform BBC Introducing, where he was invited to record three of his songs at the world-famous Maida Vale Studios in London, and began to attract the attention of record labels.

2011: ''Those Who Wait''

Daley's first solo offering was the ''Those Who Wait'' mixtape in late 2011, an independently released free download that was distributed through his official websit
Daley.TV
The mixtape achieved 50,000 downloads in its first month, increasing to 150,000 downloads over the months that followed and garnered Daley support from UK media including BBC
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