Kick Bong – New Beginning (Spotify)
From the brand new album of Kick Bong with a fresh sound, definitely chill and atmospheric with a touch of nostos.
Well produced and brilliant use of synthesis creating a sound story that could soundtrack your life.
Charles Edward – Shiny Ways (Spotify)
Charles Edward is artistic name of Carlos Eduardo Cunha de Jesus Lourenco de Carvalho for his ambient music.
Dream Tape – Space Apart (Spotify)
This piece is a blend of minimal quartet and vocal resampling. The strings are performed by the Magik Magik Orchestra. It was recorded at Studio B in Sausalito, California and mixed to tape in Tiny Telephone, Oakland.
That One Eyed Kid – Power (Spotify)
That One Eyed Kid is the moniker of Josh Friedman, a Boston-based independent songwriter, performer, and producer. Building from a soulful vocal performance, synth-pop production, and delicate layers of acoustic and electronic instruments, T1EK's songs are about embracing our deepest insecurities and holding them up to the light.
New England Music Award nominee for Best Producer 2018
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Erik Strauss, Ilaria Riccio – Darkside [A Way to Come Back] (Spotify)
Deep diving in 90s trip-hop reverb while reflecting on today's communication. Erik Strauss is a DJ/Producer from Italy. His first EP was "White Paper", a minimal 3 tracks concept released in 2010.
After produced "Hop Hope" under italian label Level One Records, he start live-clubbing at some venues in Venice and Padua while making remixes for foreign artist (like The Polysonic and Scarlett Etienne).
In 2017 released another EP "Untitled" based on samples from '20s music and the next year compose "Everything that could have been left behind", 8-tracks album made of previously discard tracks.
While getting more downtempo/trip-hop, in 2018 he became part of french label Nuit Blanche
GREAMS – Forever Young (Spotify)
GREAMS is the alias of Amsterdam-based, Rome-born electronic music artist Lorenzo G.
Originally a grunge/punk guitar player and singer, Lorenzo went from grunge music during 2009 to electronic and synthpop the following years.
His love for synthesizers began when he moved to Brighton, UK in 2013 where he bought an Akai LPK25, which was the starting point of the style of music he produces today.
Today his studio is located in Amsterdam, where he creates music that combines sparkling synth pop and retro beats into expansive songs filled with longing, love, and despair.
Katie Gately – Waltz (Spotify)
Katie says "When I listen, I see images that correlate to a zebra on a bad LSD trip. But I feel that its absurdity honors the chaos of losing someone you love more than time, space or measure. And so perhaps my message is: it's okay to feel like a drunk zebra when your heart is breaking. Or... to quote the far greater poet Leonard Cohen: 'When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you can do.'
Omar Raafat – The Portrait (Spotify)
"The Portrait" is one of the singles in the album " A Way Home" by multi-instrumentalist and music producer Omar Raafat. The album blends piano, guitar and electronic synths with a classical string quartet bringing a modern cinematic approach with intimate and organic sounds. Written and recorded in Victoria, BC, the album was heavily influenced by the beauty of the nature in the area. Spending a lot of time in the wilderness fuelled the inspiration and themes of the songs. A melancholy and intense emotional journey from start to finish draws us into an inward reflection. The album also features hidden soundscapes recorded at several special outdoor hiking spots around Vancouver island.
Fransoafran – Hearthside (Spotify)
Inspired by musicians such as Rolf Lovland, Olafur Arnalds, Yanni, this track was initially composed on the piano. The violin and cellos came naturally in the piece as the warm feeling of a "hearthside" was evoking to me both the comfort of a refuge and warm fire in winter, but also the company of friends and family in our lives. It was recorded in studio in Vietnam - the cello part is performed by Tran Duc Minh, violins (several different types of violins are used) and piano performed by Francois Mathian (Fransoafran)
Umeå Bodø – Sunken Dreams (Spotify)
New Age piano music. Inspired by the deep sea, Scandinavian landscapes and composers like Yiruma, Joep Beving, Ólafur Arnalds and many others. Umeå is a city in eastern Sweden, known for its museums and cultural institutions. Bodø is the capital of Nordland county, Norway. It is located just north of the Arctic Circle