Life took Love Ssega in different directions.

Raised in South London, the aspiring funkateer excelled at school and won a place at Cambridge University.

Yet he couldn't shake away his love of music. Constructing a series of vivid, colourful vignettes with an itchy percussive beat, Love Ssega was born. I

magine a London-centric vision of Tom Tom Club or even a more defined incarnation of Kindess and you'd be close. 'Minds' is a total summer jam, with those choir-boy vocals matched against a superbly funky bassline.

Check it out now.