Prolific and committed to continually reinventing his sound, longstanding TMR tip Tony Njoku shares the accomplished new piece 'LA Ruée'. Ditching the powerful throbbing synths and infectious beats (for now), 'La Ruée' is Njoku's most classically-inspired work to date. Tinkling freely over its 3-minute duration, he explains: “That melody in the main refrain (the chorus part that comes round twice, first around 0:34 and next around 1:37) kept playing in my head for a while late last year. It was like my internal theme music for a few of my trips late last year, especially this one trip I took to Paris in November. It was a nice moment of rest from work and I was sharing it with a very special person. It really filled me up with joy, I felt energized from it, hence the title, which is French for ‘The Rush’. As soon as I got back to London from that trip I got to my piano and worked out this piece over a couple sessions. It's a personal one.” Set to appear on his forthcoming EP Last Bloom, following 2022's Our New Bloom, Tony Njoku continues to flourish. -Holly Mullineaux