“When you know how to manipulate minimalism and shaping into a rich emotional song with angelic harmonies tickling your ear senses. This is what listen here with the abundant performance by Riccardo Caprarese following by a video clip makes that makes listening experience even stronger! ”
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“Fresh and shinny, this House track carries all the energy that you wish to replenish. When we tend to persue a bright future life, we usually end up losing the present magic. The time for sound enjoyment is now! Will you grab this chance?”
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Walk Of Shame's label boss, Per QX, is back with another banger. His recent releases have been supported and featured in the tracklists of none other than The Blessed Madonna, Jamie Jones, Fatboy Slim, Nicole Moudaber, David Penn, Horse Meat Disco, Mark Knight, and Illyus & Barrientos.
"The Time Is Now" is a thumbs-up to anyone who feels they're spending a crazy amount of time worrying about the future instead of enjoying what's in front of them.
Having faced a particularly challenging period himself, Per QX has dedicated this track to all those seeking to let loose again on the dancefloor finally.
“”OLI” shares her deep emotional thoughts with us via her beautiful single. We all have experienced moments of sadness which made us cry, but after the rain, the Sun shines again. Dream Pop creation based on a sensitive voice and really supportive lyrical content.”
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Continuing a run of graceful and deeply emotive singles, London based singer/songwriter OLI releaseS ‘Cry’. followed by a video by Gabrielle Salonga and Heini Sussane. Salonga has also created the surreal new visuals, artwork and photos for OLI’s current releases.
Beginning with OLI’s irresistible vocals and gently crescendoing synths, ‘Cry’ implores the therapeutic benefits of crying to help make sense of our problems. “I specifically wanted ‘Cry’ to focus on that numb feeling, when you’re unable to even process your emotions and let them go.” OLI explains, “The constant back and forth of knowing something isn’t right inside but wanting to keep going and not seem weak. I’ve always felt crying in general is underappreciated.”
As the song builds, we hear and feel the sense of relief and release that crying provides. OLI says: “The second half of the song is describing how good you feel after. How things really can become clearer in your head if you allow yourself to let it out and stop judging yourself for it.”
OLI’s world of lush, ethereal soundscapes; expansive and inspired visual perspectives, and ingenious, non-conformist alt-pop songwriting has earnt her critical acclaim as well as some extensive support on streaming services. Her last single ‘Don’t Give Up’ saw her gaining ground around the world, including a top 5 placement in the Taiwanese alternative chart.
OLI always knew she was going to be an artist. She moved to London from New Jersey aged 2, and her exceptionally musical family always encouraged her to be creative. “Whenever I would complain about being bored as a child, my mum would tell me to go and create something – so me and my sister would come up with songs and little shows.” She recalls writing her first song at just 7 years old, and grew up in a household filled with music, soaking up influences as diverse as Sade and Dion Warwick to bands like Stereophonics, Supergrass, Razorlight, as well as Pearl Jam and Pink Floyd. With such a contrasting collection of music to grow up on, it’s easy to see why her own sound is so idiosyncratic.
‘Cry’, like all of OLI’s output to date, is co-written and produced by legendary producer Benny D (Stormzy, Boy George, Kylie, Plan B, Robbie Williams, Paloma Faith, Depeche Mode). Benny has also helped to facilitate OLI’s forthcoming collaboration with Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, due for release in January. More details will be announced soon.
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“Exclusively made for the most selective listeners, this Jazz juwel is going to add one more missing piece in your musical puzzle. Elusive sound elements mixed with dominating saxophone and a sample of passionate vocals. This is the recipe for artistic success!”
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TAKEN FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM ‘OAN KIM & THE DIRTY JAZZ’
Mambo is the latest single from Oan Kim’s upcoming album ‘Oan Kim & the Dirty Jazz’. Inspired by the likes of Archie Shepp and Charles Lloyd, Oan’s inimitable jazz saxophone style is neatly entwined in this mysterious and minimal track.
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The single follows on from the first release of the album Wong Kar Why, which features French musician Edward Perraud. The album was produced by Oan himself in his home studio in Paris, with Oan playing saxophone and guitar throughout. On Mambo, he explains ‘as with most of this album I wanted to mix different genres. It all started with the guitar and bass line alla Nick Cave or Timber Timbre. This bass line really sets a particular mood of subdued tension, that I wanted to do a jazz saxophone track on.’
Also singing on the track, Oan added ‘the lyrics describe a compulsive liar enjoying the joy and laughter that his lies provoke’.
‘I called it Mambo because it reminds me of music from the Mambo era and I liked the connotations, but it’s clearly not a mambo per se’.
Oan’s compelling sound palette follows from studies at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and the Bill Evans Piano Academy, whilst also being fascinated by contemporary music and the indie scene in which he played for a number of years with electro-rock duo Chinese Army and rock band Film Noir.
Bringing together his musical and artistic influences into a melting pot of creativity, Oan’s passion for music and filmmaking is evident with the mesmerizing music video for Mambo. Featuring two contemporary dancers, the video showcases the ‘dynamics of seduction within a dance number’.
Inspired by a mix of Pina Bausch and Fred Astaire, the video aims to show ‘where a couple is gaging each other, getting closer, pushing back, pulling closer, embracing, controlling the other, or falling into each other’s arms’, whilst also keeping the urban settings of dance similar to in the film Pina by Wim Wenders.
The dance is based on these ‘push/pull dynamics’, borrowing elements of ballroom dancing that match the retro elements of the music.
Mambo, the second single from the upcoming album ‘Oan Kim & The Dirty Jazz’, is available now on all major platforms.
“”Joe” has found a prototypical way to entertain her fans via this song. As the title reveals, Paola recorded herself adding her mirror image in the clip. Very enjoyable French Pop style and attractive singing from this talented artist.”
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Paola Frankel alias Joe, compte Ichon parmi ses sources d’inspiration les plus importantes. Elle décide un jour de se filmer en jouant le titre “Miroir” puis poste la vidéo sur Instagram. Les retours de sa communauté sont unanimes: cette reprise est déconcertante de beauté. La sincérité avec laquelle elle donne une nouvelle vie au morceau donne des frissons aux plus insensibles. Ichon lui-même valide la vidéo: elle décide donc de produire le morceau et de l’intégrer à l’EP “Morphée” qui paraîtra en janvier sur Cookie Records.
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Paola Frankel aka Joe, counts the French rapper Ichon among her most important sources of inspiration. She decides one day to film herself playing the track “Mirror” and then posts the video on Instagram. The feedback from his community is unanimous: this cover is astonishingly beautiful. The sincerity with which she gives a new life to the song will give goosebumps to the most insensitive of her followers. Ichon himself ends up approving the video : she therefore decides to produce it and include it into her upcoming EP “Morphée” which will be released in January on Cookie Records.
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“Quite attractive release for all fans of House; "Alto Plaza" promises to satisfy your ears and boost up the mood. Minimal style and light mix of sounds, ideal to lift you up from the ground and -why not- start the dance!”
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Light & bouncy b-side to the Dirty Dancing EP, leaving room for lots of funk and fun!
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“An emotional journey through soft spaces. Touched by the soft grasses whispering upon the meadows of time. One can’t help but to get lost in this organic piece all the way up to the abrupt end. ”
-Nagamag.com
This melody is inspired by returning to places from the past.
The first part is a mix of good old memories and expectations of returning.
The second is facing reality. Meetings with loved ones are burdensome, old places have changed and don’t give the same emotions.
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“The true "Sense of Wonder" comes from Melodic Techno vibes like this one. Recent creation of "Paradoks" that introduce you into a higher level of electronic experience. Take a deep breath and follow these powerful synth vibrations, in a mix with dynamic shifts and top quality sound.”
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“"All it takes" has a dose of hidden energy, which gradually flows from the speakers. Original electronic sounds with catchy delay effects and ghostly lyrics. Lo-fi House, made for the most selective listeners out there.”
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Lee Hazard - All It Takes [CLIPP200]
clipp.art - : "Our 200th release is a dual occasion. First a huge landmark for us and secondly the welcome return of Lee Hazard, a fav 2021 newcomer who creates sublime & transcendent modern electronica. "All It Takes" completes his triptych of releases on clipp.art and is a deep expedition into borderless dub techno, as reimagined via romantic lo-fi house banger. Swirling delays, a propulsive synth stab and Lee’s own haunting vocals, underpinned by a relentlessly driving groove give All It Takes its own cinematic sheen, which in a landscape fixated on minimising, reductive thought and constraint, music that projects large is an ever welcome addition in our house. It sounds better as you go deeper and louder. Which is why we felt it fit so well here for our 200th. Lee’s lyric “It takes some time to love, but I'm loving you” also spoke to our humble little imprint of our own journey and hopefully that of our beautiful supporters - after all we are locked together like the two fish of Pisces, eternally swimming away from one another in an ongoing mesmerizing dance - like the needle and the groove. And we couldn’t be more proud of the work thus far and the immersive sonic tapestry contained in our discography - one that has introduced a galaxy of bright new stars along the way and perhaps cemented an aesthetic that will ever be connected to raw electronica & dance tunes in this moment. What started with exponential energy and barely containable weekly release schedule has admittingly slowed with age (more accurately gliding to a semi-halt in 2021 while we worked hard on our sister-label), but like most good things has gotten better with age. A bit sharper. A more complex taste. Fruity aromas. Or maybe we’ve just been staring too long at the half-finished bottle of vino sitting here while thinking of something creative to say. Either way, we’re far from half-finished (with the concept that is, not the wine), and as long as the groove is alive we know you’ll hear from us for many more moons. Always on the edge of something new. As we continue to develop the ever important VIBE! All it ever takes is some time."
“Did you know "Everything Is Everything Else"? A soothing Cinematic production is just out. If you seek some sophisticated violin and piano melodies, we're pretty sure that you'll strongly appreciate "Luke Duffy".”
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A gentle, uplifting, contemporary classical piece for piano and violin.
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