Musical Motivation: Pleasure Trap

A born performer, Rory Kaye was a 90’s baby. Born in London, growing up on the road, with stints in Middlesbrough, Manchester and Southern Spain. Rory’s childhood was soundtracked by a mix of albums by Eminem, Black Eyed Peas and The Beatles among others. As Kaye hit adolescence, his tastes evolved and he began to listen to rock bands such as the Foo Fighters and Slipknot, who inspired Kaye’s first musical project, Rory Indiana, a critically acclaimed band with Radio 1 plays on Daniel P Carter’s Rock Show and a 4K review in Kerrang.

Now in his early 20s, Kaye’s attention has turned to something fresh. A new identity and a new musical project called Pleasure Trap. Except this time Kaye has not confined himself to any particular sound. Intrigued by what to expect, we asked Rory what songs make him...



Smile

Money Game PT 2 by Ren

It’s got one of the smartest lyrics in verse two it makes me smile at how clever he is.

Contemplate

Best Part by Daniel Caeser

He makes such deep and emotional music, you’ll catch yourself reminiscing about an ex...

Cry

The last time I welled up was today, I was social distancing with my boy George from a band called Naipia, he played me a recent demo of a new song he’d written and it made me well up cos it was so gooood.

Laugh

Will - Joyner Lucas

Joyner Lucas wrote and released a song called Will, about Will Smith, Will smith then did a remix and featured on it, this made me laugh.

Want to work out

Pump It Up by Endor

Endor is from my home town of Haywards Heath!

Reminisce

Evil Deeds by Eminem

I used to run his album Encore on loop and play Age of Empires on my computer when I was a young'un, now whenever I hear that tune I see the game in my mind's eye.

Relax

Biig piig super chilled lofi hip hop vibes, it’s great.

Feel Determined

My own crappy demos make me determined to make them better.

Dance

Anything by Fisher!