Career
Prior to forming, he was lead guitarist with Belfast based band Tie the Boy who were briefly signed to the Mother Records label owned by U2. Finding himself in the heart of London"s clubland, Cunnah, already a producer, originally conceived as a way of re-using songs from his previous band. With little by way of support in London, he teamed up with DJ First Rate (at Lloyd's) Mackenzie on a series of dance records by a "faceless" dance act which would be fronted live and on-record by a diva, leaving Cunnah free to concentrate on songwriting and production and Mackenzie free to concentrate on building a DJ reputation.
He has also produced the YouTube star Ben Kelly, a contestant on The Voice United Kingdom. However, after a live date when Cunnah stepped up to sing, he found himself enjoying and rapidly remodelled the concept around his own vocals.
Initially performing as a duo, they received acclaim in clubs and found management and record and publishing deals.