Steve Atkins – Boston (Spotify)
This song slowly builds with increasing instrumental punctuation, and evolves from a slow ballad to an upbeat folk-pop story of finding yourself in someone else while passing through an unfamiliar place. This song evokes feelings that all 20-somethings have about finding your place, finding your person, and finding yourself.
Berintz – Kevoli, Story of a Life (Spotify)
This piano and strings piece of music describes all the phases of a human life. The first steps of a child, the discovery of all the beauties, first love, active life and finally the death. It is a very emotional track that invite to introspection.
Adenine – Smirr (Spotify)
Smirr - A Scots word to describe a fine, drifting rain or drizzle
Written for Harp, Synths and Field Recordings from Scotland, Smirr is a reflection of the landscape of the Cairngorm Mountains.
Joel Lundberg, Kalle Stenbäcken – The Friendly Antagonist (Spotify)
The Friendly Antagonist is that annoying friend that always talks too much and say the most awkward things. Some would say it’s bipolar... but in the end, still your best friend.
The Friendly Antagonist is a part of the album Music from a Room which contains eight compositions for piano, performed by Kalle Stenbäcken.
Nagamag:
What are the genres that describe better your music style?
The Rashomon Effect:
Ambient electronic music with acoustic instruments
Nagamag:
Few words about your musical background and career?
The Rashomon Effect:
I bought my first guitar when I was twelve years old and since then have played in metal, soul, folk and post-punk bands in Seattle, Los Angeles, Budapest and New York City. I’ve learned from many great teachers along the way. Around five years ago I started to make electronic music, which was a perfect fit since I love composition and sound design.
Nagamag:
Do you remember your first connection of love to music that was the right impact to be a music artist now?
The Rashomon Effect:
When I was around six, my mother gave me a set of tapes that told the life stories of great composers – Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, etc. I listened to them every night in my bed when I was supposed to be sleeping. That early love of music has never stopped evolving through styles and genres over the years. There is always more to know and more to discover. I’ve always loved meeting and playing with musicians from other countries and cultures, and the way music can circumvent the intellect and touch the heart. Music has always been deeply healing for me and in these times I am finding that aspect more important than ever.
Nagamag:
Most artists have a favorite song from a different music genre than the one they are producing music for... Which is yours?
The Rashomon Effect:
Charles Mingus "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"
Nagamag:
Of Course Nagamag would love to listen also which track from a similar artist you admire?
The Rashomon Effect:
Floating Points "Silhouettes (I,II,III)"
Leat Sabbah – Avinu Malkeinu (Spotify)
Born of the profound desire to touch the souls of people and share with them a place for prayer, Music in the Quiet Room provides this sacred space utilizing the warmth and fluidity of a cello and piano. Drawing in the listener close, the album communicates the simplicity and intimate nature of private moments experienced in the home, in one's car, a gallery, a shelter or even a hospital bed.
The album, consisting of seven tracks, was recorded in the Galilee region of northern Israel. The tranquil town of Rosh Pina was conducive to the albums' intimate and retrospective nature. Music in the Quiet Room enhances the spacial awareness of the listener so that they may feel the eternal presence of peace.
Rone – Ginkgo Biloba (Spotify)
The Ginkgo Biloba, also known as the 'tree of a thousand coins', is a tree that can live for more than a thousand years. _„This tree has been around for over 270 million years already, even before the dinosaurs, and will probably still be here after mankind may be gone.”_, Rone told us. This sense of permanence echoes the very nature of this new single from 'Room with A View', which carries all of Rone's DNA. The piece is set in a marvellous world where the abundance of sonorities seems to weave around a melody equally familiar as irresistible, before flying away to a choir of celestial voices.
Diamond Lounge, Scarlet Jei Saoirse – Dangerous (Spotify)
New electro synth pop single by diamond lounge & Seattle based singer Scarlet J Saoirse
Devault – Need To Know (Spotify)
Ruby is the third instalment of Devault’s audio-visual experience. After the gritty sounds of ‘Jade’, and the nostalgia brought on by ‘Sapphire’, Ruby takes on a more futuristic approach. A clash of 80’s like vocals with a new dark sound. Featuring collaborations with The Bloody Beetroots and Power Glove, Ruby captures the true sonic nature of Devault and his world. Darkness, tension, and release. Ruby altogether is 6 songs accompanied by a 10 minute short film divided into 3 episodes. As you take in the project and it’s visual piece, Devault’s desire to create a unique footprint in the electronic scene is taking hold.
A personal quote from Devault: “Ruby to me is full plunge into the world I’ve always wanted to rest in. This dark soundscape accompanied by an over-dramatic film piece is something I’ve had in my head for a very long time, but could never find the perfect timing. The songs are mature, but hold nothing back, and I think that will be seen as you hear each record.
zariah – Beautifully Ugly (Spotify)
The song is about how you put your trust into someone and give them your love and friendship but it's treated like it is nothing. It incorporates the fact that the world notices the struggles people go through but choose to ignore them, while some people help many go through society with their eyes closed. It is a song for change.
The song is made of a sparse arrangement of piano and guitar while the vocal range is in the mezzo soprano.