‘There’s Nothing Like This’

Every inch the British soul icon, Omar developed his style at an early age growing up in a musical household. Born Omar Lye-Fook in 1969 to a Chinese Jamaican father and Indian mother, he grew up inCanterbury, Kent. His father was in a band and founded Kongo Records, a positive influence which nurtured Omar’s desire to make music. He learnt his craft classically playing the trumpet, piano and drums, making it into the county’s youth orchestra as principle percussionist, followed by two years at music college in Manchester. His first hit at the age of 22, ‘There’s nothing like this’, hit the streets in 1990 and has since become a summer soul classic.