Prospa is an English

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

duo consisting of

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

-born Harvey Blumler and Gosha Smith.

History

Blumler and Smith, both from Leeds, became friends as children. Blumler experimented with heavy

dubstep Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken be ...

sounds, while Smith stated that he used to not like dance music. Instead, he listened to metal guitar,

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

, and later, jazz hip hop. When Smith began producing music, jazz-inspired hip hop was the first genre he experimented with. The pair eventually found a mutual interest in dance music, and started producing together in 2013. They spent two years producing

deep house Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. Its origins are attributed to the early recordings of Larry Heard ( ...

, but stopped after they "fell out of love with the sound". Prospa had its first major hit with "Prayer", released in October 2018. The song was picked up by

Annie Mac Annie Mac (born 18 July 1978), is an Irish DJ, broadcaster and writer. She hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1, including BBC Switch and ''Future Sounds''. She also DJed in various locations, including hosting her AMP (Annie Mac Presents) ...

who selected it for her "Hottest Record in the World" feature. The pair have gone on to release their music under their own label "Rave Science", part of

Polydor Records Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. ...

Musical style

The pair experimented with different musical styles. Discussing their influences, the pair cite

The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo formed by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons in Manchester in 1989. They were pioneers (along with the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, and other acts) in bringing the big beat genre t ...

and

Daft Punk Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Widely regarded as one of the most influential acts in dance music history, they achieved popularity in the late 1990s as p ...

Discography

EPs

*''Machines'' (2017) *''Rave Science Vol. 1'' (2021)

Singles

*"Intended / "Get That" *"Prayer" *"The One" *"Ecstacy (Over & Over)" *"Want Need Love" *"One Of A Kind"

References

{{reflist Musical groups from Leeds Musical groups established in 2013 Electronic dance music duos English dance music groups Polydor Records artists Deep house musicians 2013 establishments in England