New Faces: Seye - Telegraph Adelekan was born in Lagos, Nigeria to a Kenyan mother and Nigerian father. The youngest of six children, he started singing while living in Holland as a toddler. "We would all go to church and my mum would arrange for us to sing, like the von Trapp family," he says. He also studied in Ecuador before settling in England at 18. When did he get his big break? I was kipping on my brother's [Gbenga, bassist with former Mercury Prize nominees Metronomy] couch in east London. He was touring with [indie singer] Jeremy Warmsley, and there was one tour he couldn't do, so I ended up stealing the gig off him. Adelekan became an in-demand guitar player, touring with Paloma Faith and recording with K T Tunstall, before going solo at the end of 2010. What about the African influences in his music? I call my music 'fro-pop. It's pure summer: quirky, dance-y. When I was playing on the last K T Tunstall album, all these highlife licks came out and it seemed natural. How was jamming with Paul McCartney? Adelekan took part in the recent Africa Express tour organised by Damon Albarn - along with the odd special guest. I didn't get starstruck until the day Macca came down. I had to re-teach him the basslines from Wings songs, and he was saying, 'I'm pretty cack-handed when it comes to playing guitar. It was surreal. Seye's single, 'Mexicana Bounce," is out this week on Stranger Records/Mercury. He performs at London's XOYO on Friday, and at MOMO on Nov 8.