Miss600

When ex-Climax Blues Band member and producer Chris Bucknall received a call from Polydor artist, James Morrison, asking him to check out a young duo at Ryan's Bar in Derby he was more than intrigued.

A trip to the venue in Derby during an open mic night (where Morrison himself was discovered) led to a meeting with Hannah Garner and David Amar with whom Bucknall was most impressed.

David Amar is a multi-instrumentalist who has been playing since he was a small child and beauty Hannah Garner had just formed a You Tube channel onto which she loaded tracks of herself singing acappella renditions of various covers into a web cam. So well received were these little amateur videos that not only had hundreds of thousands of fans viewed them but four thousand actually subscribed to the channel. And Hannah was only 17 years old at the time.

Bucknall, who is responsible for discovering and producing Sony / BMG's Sam Beeton, signed them first to the Cubit Recordings label and then took them into his Nottingham-based "Nursery" studios and began recording an album for the talented duo together with co producer Robert de Fresnes and Miss 600 was born. Now nearing completion, the album showcases their talent around simple catchy pop tunes with more than a jazz twist. Collaborations with Maxi Priest, Sam Beeton and Sonna Rele have worked well and will be included on the album when it is released later in the year. It will be preceded by a single "Twist" which is scheduled for release in June.

Miss600’s tracks

• Buying Time Sampler by Miss600