Born and raised in South East London, of Guyanese and British decent, Rainy Milo came onto the local music scene with a conviction and presence not to be ignored. Her mission was to express herself creatively without the opinions or influence of others, she set out to record her own music resulting in her debut mix tape entitled Limey. A collection of songs written on red buses, tubes, cloudy days and chilly nights in London.
Growing up on everything from her grandfather's music collection (a reggae DJ) to her sister influence of R&B and Hiphop and Rainy's own favorites ranging from N.E.R.D, Kid Cudi and Amy Winehouse to Warpaint and The Internet.
Rainy began putting the word out to her peers that she was looking for music to suit her very direct and soulful vocal style and through that word of mouth came all the musical ideas that she began writing to. Ideas poured in from all over the world, carefully choosing the most inspiring ones including and idea from Australian artist Chet Faker which she titled 'Don't Regret Me' as well as a record from Los Angeles Producer Cole M.G.N called "This Thing Of Ours".
After hearing the original version of "Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile)" by Steve Harley (Cockney Rebel) she decided to rerecord it taking a sadder more down tempo approach to the song.
On a short break from London Rainy made excellent use of a small private studio filled with vintage gear and classic microphones to record the vocals for the five songs that would become her debut release, Limey. Upon arrival home to London she posted one of the 5 songs ' The Other Way' a sparse, dark hip hop record that clearly questions the direction of a relationship.
"Come Up And See Me" is taken from Rainy Milo's Limey mixtape/EP.
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