Leila
Ben Thompson, Independent, The, September 2000
"WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG", explains 29-year old North London electro-soul auteur Leila Arab, "you get into these strange emotional states - either of over the top happiness or over the top confusion - and certain records help you to deal with them".
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