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» McLean 'My Name' - out on 8th March on Asylum‏

Modern soul has a new name… Widely tipped as one to watch in 2010, McLean releases his first single ‘My Name' via Asylum Records on March 8.

Hailing from Dagenham, McLean has fought his way up through the UK urban scene working with Chase & Status, Tinie Tempah, Ironik, Tinchy Stryder and N-Dubz along the way.

McLean's voice is uniquely soulful – producer Fraser T Smith describes him as:

“The modern day Marvin Gaye”

‘My Name' showcases this voice, prompting a host of media to predict that McLean will be a major breakthrough act this year (including Radio 1Xtra, RWD, Metro and The Daily Star).

Originally produced by Slick and Magic in London, ‘My Name' was perfected in LA by Dylan ‘3D' Dresdow. Dylan is Will.I.Am's long-term studio accomplice having recorded and mixed every Will.I.Am or Black Eyed Peas' record since Elephunk, including the recent global hits Boom Boom Pow, I Got A Feeling and Meet You Halfway. Remixes come courtesy of arch-grimesters Scorcher and Boy Better Know (featuring Skepta, JME, and Shorty) with Ian Carey delivering house mixes.

‘My Name' follows last years magical trailer record ‘Broken'. Leaked to media in September, ‘Broken' has amassed: 5 Million YouTube views; 20 Million views across Myspace, Bebo, Habbo, Last FM; a plethora of copy-cat cover versions from fans; whilst residing for 16 weeks in the Shazam Tag and TV Airplay charts. It also enjoyed incredible support from key urban stations including Choice, Kiss, Radio 1Xtra, AKA, Kiss TV, Flava and MTV Base.

McLean is son of Lovers Rock legend John McLean (If I Gave My Heart To You), cousin of Bitty McLean (It Keeps Raining), and brother of current Peterborough United striker Aaron McLean.

Live: dates will be announced shortly.
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Video director Nick Bartleet enlisted original Entrapment choreographer Paul Harris to reinvent his laser sequence from Catherine Zeta-Jones' blockbuster for the video to ‘My Name'. As you can see the results are quite amazing.

'My Name' will be out on the 8th March.