Stoke-on-Trent artist features on Mission: Impossible soundtrack

Anu prefers to remain anonymous and often wears masks in promotional material

A musician championed by BBC Introducing says it "still hasn't sunk in" to have his music featured on the latest Mission: Impossible soundtrack.

Anu, who studied in Stoke-on-Trent, said he wrote the piece Arrival in his bedroom in Hanley.

It was "just a casual morning" when his record label called to say a big film was interested, he explained.

"They said 'Tom Cruise and the director really dig your track and they really want to feature it'," he said.

"At first I thought, yeah, I'm one of those people I don't believe things until it happens.

"But I've been to see the film, and when you hear it come on, really loud in a theatre... I really couldn't believe it."

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Anu is originally from Germany, but studied music in Stoke-on-Trent, and often wears masks to guard his anonymity.

"I wrote it in Hanley, I had a little one-bedroom place and I came back from a night out and I just started making music."

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He said he still remembered playing the track to his friends for the first time, but never would have expected it to "hit the screens like that".

"I wouldn't have done this without the support of BBC Introducing Stoke," he added.

"It's not just the music that makes it, it's also the character that made it and I would not have been able to do that without all the support of the amazing talent in Stoke.

"It's a place I call home and a place I love - without that I don't think this would happen."