grassbird – Shape it (Spotify)
“Shape It by grassbird under diskunion imprint, is a laid back chill out track with soft groove, romantic harmnies which turn later into upbeat euphoric mood and warm vocals.”
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Mazoulew x Sebastian Davidson – For You (Spotify)
“Mazoulew and Sebastian Davidson they join forces -For You- and through his intelligent layered downtempo story released on Armada Chill, you receive the right dose of your daily chill therapy. Tight low, tickling hats/drums and lush arps/atmospheres placed exactly where should be in the story. A beautiful downtempo theme! ”
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Effortlessly switching between the wondrous tones and suspenseful arpeggios, Mazoulew and Sebastian Davidson’s first-ever collab takes only the best of its creators’ respective worlds. Juggling the delicate and the rousing, ‘For You’ ticks all the boxes of a definitive chill favourite.
RUNAE – Let the Werewolf Out (Spotify)
“With a deep dark electronic sound and a distinct delicate voice this synthpop single from a new entrant artist is a highly related song given the fact it correlates with the need of people to let their mind go while they freely dance during this restrictant period”
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Let The Werewolf Out is a song about letting loose, being crazy and letting go of all frustrations. We sometimes find it easier to act like this when we are in a disguise- like at Halloween. This is why I see the the upcoming occasion of Halloween as a perfect time to let the Werewolf out dancing in the streets! For a long time I have imagined this picture inside my head of a large group of people dancing closely together in the streets to celebrate that we have won the battle against corona! Hopefully this will happen one day, and until then I hope you will dance to my song at home, inside your head, or whereever else it's possible, and just let go of whatever you need to let go of.
I write songs about duality and the hidden, and I am inspired by the cycles of nature, and how they affect the ever-changing minds of people. My artist name RUNAE also bares this double meaning. It stems from the Nordic name, Runa, which means "to flow" and secret love", and I like to see this as a symbol of the flow of nature and all the hidden stories and secrets we all carry within- two elements that affect human beings from the outside and the inside.
Camo & Krooked – No Tomorrow (Spotify)
“We enjoyed this exuberant sound design and production like was NO TOMORROW. Through the soulful vocals of Sophie Lindinger and the diversity in layering in this new emotive drum & bass track by Camo & Krooked with Mefjus in Hospital Records, one is sure it does the difference!”
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James Bond meets Woodkid meets Billie Eilish meets Drum and Bass.
Sounds impossible? That´s exactly what Camo & Krooked + Mefjus did for their new Single “No Tomorrow” which is the first release of their upcoming “No Tomorrow EP”
Three drum & bass powerhouses collide as Camo & Krooked & Mefjus team up on their latest glitched out anthem ‘No Tomorrow’ featuring the sultry vocals of Sophie Lindinger (Leyya) - an unmatchable four-way showcase of some of Austria’s finest musical talent. With the three titan’s last collaboration ‘Kallisto’ on Hospital Records taking the electronic music scene by storm last summer with impeccable sound design and mind-warping basslines, Camo & Krooked & Mefjus have outdone themselves once more as ‘No Tomorrow’ plunges deep into the depths of twisted drum & bass sonics.
The Song is part of the “No Tomorrow” EP which will include an acoustic / classical rework of the song + an electronica-based version. The follow up Single will be released by the end of this year and the EP will follow in January.
https://www.instagram.com/camokrooked/
Elobrian Sunrise – One From The Heart (Spotify)
“One From The Heart...and one more from the Soul will add here. Elobrian Sunrise with this amazing minimal yet solid drum & bass offer us a laid back experience - not be fooled by the tempo and the drum and bass breaks - with soulful strings and vocal samples, engaging a wonderful relaxing atmosphere to soundtrack your moments in the background.”
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In 2018, German producer, Elobrian Sunrise, teamed up with Texas based label, SVNSET WAVES and stunned listeners with his debut album, “Secret Garden”, a gorgeous collection of jazz & hip-hop influenced dreamy electronic tunes. His unique sound and easy-listening vibe earned the German artist over a million streams on Spotify. Since then, he has released a number of EP’s and beat tapes, but in October of 2020, Elobrian Sunrise teams up with SVNSET WAVES yet again to bring a new EP, along with a new sound, to listeners. Although still heavily inspired by hip-hop and jazz, EloSun’s new 4-track EP, “From The Heart”, leans towards a new direction - Drum & Bass. “’From The Heart’ started with my vision to create a drum & bass release that is not only for the dance-floors, but also for the listening experience at home”. Throughout the EP, Elobrian Sunrise teams up with multiple jazz musicians he met during his time studying composition at The Folkwang University of Arts. This collection of works is strikingly unique, fresh, and undeniably entrancing - all delivered “from the heart”.
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Daida – Turquoise Days (Spotify)
“What better way to enter in a relaxing mood than a chill out piece with solid production, ambient sound and smooth notes that produces a positive atmosphere”
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Daida aka Daniel Idah was born in L.A and moved as a child to Tel-aviv at the age of 8. Daniel Idah started his musical life as a music collector at an early age and continued his musical journey as a DJ in his teenage years. since 2013 Daniel Idah is producing all kinds of music genres through different names in several groups, producing bands and solo artists. his output as Daida started in 2018 exploring the different realms of electronic music.
https://www.instagram.com/daniel_idah/
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Visco City – Press and Release [OFFICIAL AUDIO] (Video)
“Press and release an oasis of layers with diversity in sound design, IDM break beats, intentional broken parts, glitches, lush atmosphere, nostalgic keys and a solid production which knows how to tease your ear senses. A beautiful piece of electronic art!”
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About The Song:
The third track from the Solstice EP is a musical representation of moving from fear-based thought to a more enlightened state of consciousness, Press and Release does just that – unfolds from a ‘pressed’ tension into a beautiful ‘release’ as it progresses.
Samples of newsreaders reporting the pain and suffering of our world, weaved in amongst gritty textures and growling distorted bass, are eventually interrupted by a voice that speaks of “accessing other levels of experience.” What follows is a drum and bass-meets-electronica climax of melancholy and meaning, decorated with beautiful piano and vocal refrains that sing, ending the EP on a crisp high note that is both exhilarating and hopeful.
About Visco City:
Influenced by Flume, Bonobo and Catching Flies – London producer Bobby Turner, AKA Visco City, creates melodic, ambient electronic music that strikes a balance between beauty and chaos – while invoking an inner sense of meaning for the listener.
Turner started making music at college, and this fresh creative outlet, paired with dubstep and drum & bass raves, ignited his passion for electronic music.
Fast-forward to the present, Bobby found a new love for the chilled-out, melodic side of the electronic spectrum, and Visco City was born.
After meeting Birmingham artist Ed Geater in 2020, Geater spotted his potential and Visco City quickly penned a deal with independent Birmingham label, Brox Records.
Turner’s debut release, Solstice EP, is a 3 track journey that carries the listener on a progressive, ethereal wave through a range of different textures and tempos.
With versatility and a talent for building sonic complexity while retaining that infectious, melodic simplicity, Visco City is undoubtedly one to watch in 2020 and beyond.
https://www.instagram.com/viscocitysound/
Sync Zephyr – Away (Video)
“Away by Sync Zephyr is a deep ambient emotional theme with lush pad & strings, gently piano keys and a cinematic approach which captures through the sound harmonies the memories of freedom feeling, as where you are on a wonderful place, simple alone, you and nature.”
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Inspired by the range of emotions experienced when exploring a place that instantly commits itself to one’s memory for the rest of their life.
Sync Zephyr’s favourite habits include going for walks and searching for strange, obscure corners of the internet. These are the things by which most of his music is inspired.
https://www.instagram.com/sync.zephyr/
Grandbrothers – All The Unknown (Official Audio) (Video)
“Minimalism may sound simple for many, its not. You need good sound design skills and story telling in layering for not be sound empty or boring, here Grandbrothers grab this minimalism from the first seconds and push it far away, to unknown limits. unfolding a dreaming story telling through lush harmonics arps and soft sound. Goosebumps guaranteed!”
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The debut single and title track out today from the album “All The Unknown” starts out with the clanging percussive piano figures that have danced across Grandbrothers’ previous terrain, but grows with the intensity of high-octane electronica to cast out allusions of classical romance, guided by emotive, cascading keys that collide with stuttering digital percussion.
The upcoming album maps out a wide-open sound-world of compositional possibilities for pianist Erol Sarp and producer / electronic engineer Lukas Vogel, who have been putting their modern and unique electronic spin on prepared piano since first forming in 2012. Forgoing the need to play every single note live, this new album sees the pair juxtapose the old and new once again, venturing further into the electronic cosmos armed with a grand piano, self-built computer-controlled mechanics, and a new sense of latitude.
The album All The Unknown is set for release January 15th 2021 via City Slang.
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High Contrast – Rhythm Is Changing (feat. LOWES) (Video)
“There is so much nostalgia in this up to date production drum and bass breaks with old school vibes and a memorable retro piano melodic line which takes us back to the days when the music was fresh and the vibes were pure. When there was one genre – Good Rave Music!”
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Welsh-born electronic musician, producer, DJ and remixer Lincoln Barrett AKA High Contrast is the master of melodic, melancholic jungle: hardcore with a harmonic core. Since releasing his last single Time Is Hardcore (feat. Kae Tempest & Anita Blay), he has been picked up by renowned publications such as Line of Best Fit, NME and Clash Magazine.
Time is Hardcore (feat. Kae Tempest & Anita Blay) received huge support on radio including adds across BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, 1Xtra and KISS FRESH. The track was also Radio 1’s Adele Roberts and 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq’s Records Of The Week.
The single was added across all DSPs landing a number of playlists including Spotify’s New Music Friday UK, Massive Dance Hits, You Can Do It & New Dance Revolution, Apple Music’s New Music Daily, Drum ‘n’ Bass, Shazam’s UK Dance Risers as well as Antipode’s playlist in 165 countries. The track also was added to Deezer’s Brand New UK playlist as well as Amazon’s Brand New Music, Drum & Bass Now, Fresh Dance and Best of The Month.
Now High Contrast is back with club-banger Rhythm Is Changing (feat. LOWES):
“I was inspired by proto-jungle / hardcore records from the early 90s by the likes of The House Crew that had a seemingly ever changing structure with frequent switches and variations, an approach I hadn’t heard in many recent tracks. I balanced this potentially hectic structure out by keeping the elements beyond the drums and bass in the tune to the essentials – big piano riff, haunting vocal hook, vintage strings (and a couple of bleeps).”
Rhythm Is Changing (feat. LOWES) has been announced as the Hottest Record with Annie Mac on release for Monday 12th October.
High Contrast’s sixth studio album Notes from the Underground is out now.
https://www.instagram.com/highcontrastuk/