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Tucked distant successful a country of Goa wherever helium speaks to america from, Australian singer-songwriter Reuben De Melo is successful the midst of signaling a euphony video for a caller opus slated to merchandise aboriginal adjacent year. “I americium present successful my colony aft astir six years, with my family, and it feels genuinely special,” helium says. This travel is simply a important one, some professionally and personally for the musician, who was the victor of The Voice, Australia, successful 2024.
For the archetypal time, Reuben, who was calved successful Goa and is present based successful Perth, volition beryllium coming to Chennai arsenic a portion of his India circuit to bring his euphony to audiences here, for ‘A Night with Reuben De Melo’ astatine Radio Room connected Wednesday. “I volition beryllium doing a premix of originals which see my latest EP When The Show’s All Over arsenic good arsenic covers, encompassing folk, acoustic-driven pop, and reggae” helium says, of the acceptable database planned.
A mining idiosyncratic turned full-time musician, Reuben says helium was raised connected reggae and state music, and credits Bob Marley and The Wailers arsenic monolithic influences arsenic good arsenic Johnny Cash. “Goan singers similar Lorna Corderio and Alfred Rose excessively were large influences for me. Goan euphony is truthful eclectic, benignant of similar a calypso-jazz fusion, and it is each astir rebelling, lasting up for your rights and for each other. I ever get a feeling of household from our music,” helium says.
His triumph connected The Voice, Reuben says, has allowed him to enactment his euphony successful beforehand of audiences internationally. “Now erstwhile I circuit crossed Australia oregon different parts of the world, I bash person radical travel up and petition immoderate of my archetypal music. This has fixed my songs and my individuality arsenic an archetypal artiste a batch much credibility,” helium explains.
As helium gears up for his performance successful Chennai, Reuben says the connection ‘performing’ is simply a daunting one, and helium prefers to deliberation of it arsenic expressing himself. “When you accidental performance, you deliberation it is for the radical alternatively than yourself. But erstwhile you explicit yourself, it allows you to beryllium vulnerable, unfastened and encourages reciprocation,” helium says.
With planetary collaborations similar Ed Sheeran’s ‘Sapphire’ dominating the euphony sermon successful India done 2025, Reuben says that helium has been exploring collaborations with Indian artistes arsenic well, and has besides been successful interaction with musicians Dhruv Ganekar and Raghav Sachar.
“Music is vital, particularly erstwhile you person the respect to sing oregon effort to sing successful antithetic languages oregon collaborate with different nations. I would emotion to collaborate with each federation successful the world,” helium says.
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