FEATURES THE MASSIVE UNIVERSAL Great britain has a new soul star in nate james. Having "set the tone" with his debut album release, nate has been tipped to be one of the breakthrough artists of 2005, with the look, the image and the sound to make it on the global stage. Without the restraints of a record deal, nate had forged his own sound in the studio. Heavily influenced by the classic soul of stevie wonder and marvin gaye, whilst also referencing contemporary artists such as musiq soulchild and maxwell, also by the brit soul sound of young disciples and soul ii soul. Poetic, then, that he should end up as label mates with the brand new heavies after choosing to continue along the independant route - signing for the uk with onetwo records in early 2005. The label now embodies the mantra that nate uses to describe his music - "old school meets new school"