"Music has this label as being a 'pipe dream' but it has always been a constant in my life"

For someone who until recently was jobbing it in a supermarket, Charlotte Plank finds herself at the edge of widespread success. Having formed Loud LDN with Piri and Venbee, Plank’s is a sound that is both fresh and familiar. Fresh off a Breakout feature in the NME, the Drum N Bass, electronic popstar in waiting speaks with us ahead of what will no doubt be a pretty intense year – we take in Nirvana, The Cure, Amy Winehouse as inspirations and why saying no to University was the kickstart required to launch headlong into the giddy world of the music biz. This is part one of two.