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Songs, Artists and Music News that has win Nagamag’s attention. Timeless sound harmony and unique pesonalities that are worthing extra attention! With no specific release date or music genre, fine music never expires.
ROMAN CIGI – Venom (Video)
“Here comes “Venom”. A cool and fresh creation in classic techno mood. This track combines old with new sound ideas. The artist’s personal touch is clear and the result is strongly impressive.”
-Nagamag.com
It’s a combination of Techno, Deep, Dark & Acid music. Song is quite short on techno, just something above 3 minutes, but it meant to be. Three minutes is enough time to show everything that Venom is all about. Primary tempo was set up at 125 bpm. Venom will definitely find a group of techno lovers who will enjoy the quality and uniqueness of the song and also a group of people with opposite opinions.
https://www.instagram.com/romancigi
DJ/Producer born in Slovakia, but now resides in London, UK when he’s playing electrifying live shows throughout Ibiza at the iconic Ministry Of Sound, Itica, Santos, Paradiso & more. ROMAN CIGI has long ago stepped out of the box as a music maker and mixer. Works across multiple genres of music, setting him apart from other artists with his flexibility and experienced approach. He can re-contextualize any music in a creative and novel way and has a breadth & depth of knowledge, of different genres through which he can flow effectively. He collaborated with mastering engineers like Ted Jensen, Henri Hurtig or songwriter Bailey Jehl.
https://www.facebook.com/romancigi/
Morteza Jahangiri – Guo Death (Spotify)
“Guo Voices - melodic Chinese instruments and enveloping ambient, harmony, serenity and emotional balance. This is the first thing you feel when immersed in the new EP of Morteza Jahangiri.”
“Guo Voices - мелодичные китайские инструменты и обволакивающий эмбиент, гармония, умиротворение и душевный баланс. Это первое, что ощущаешь при погружении в новый EP Morteza Jahangiri.”
-Nagamag.com
Cello has been used as melody. the rest of song focus on rich pads and also variations within atmosphere.
https://mortezajahangiri.bandcamp.com/
Morteza Jahangiri Creates Ambient music. His releases range from dreamy,relaxing soundscapes to classical and melancholic music.
https://www.instagram.com/morteza_jahangiri_music/
Con Piliouras Interview on Nagamag
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Nagamag:
What are the genres that describe better your music style?
Con Piliouras:
Greek folk music, Rebetika, Jazz and World Music
Nagamag:
Few words about your musical background and career?
Con Piliouras:
I write music in a variety of different styles, this is because I have a vast taste of musical influences.
My current focus as a composer is to continue developing my World Music project, which is a fusion of Greek, Jazz and other world music influences.
I am also passionate about playing the Guitar, and I thoroughly enjoy performing Jazz.
Nagamag:
Do you remember your first connection of love to music that was the right impact to be a music artist now?
Con Piliouras:
My first connection to music was at the age of 4. I grow up listening to tradition Greek folk music and I was always mesmerised by the amazing melodies.
The love for music further developed with the exposure of Rock music and then later Jazz.
This was all presented to me by my Mother and Brother.
Nagamag:
Most artists have a favorite song from a different music genre than the one they are producing music for... Which is yours?
Con Piliouras:
Chick Corea "Windows"
Nagamag:
Of Course Nagamag would love to listen also which track from a similar artist you admire?
Con Piliouras:
Manos Hadjidakis "Choros"
Carla Stark – Naive (Video)
“The new composition of Carla Stark – Naive – is full of rich colors and personality, penetrating through the soul with vocals and the energy of music, as a link between heaven and earth.”
“Композиция Carla Stark – Naive насыщена сочными красками и индивидуальностью, пронизывающим насквозь душу вокалом и энергии музыки, как связующее звено между небом и землёй.”
-Nagamag.com
Carla Stark, born Carla Biset-Bentchikou, is 33 years old. With her Algerian-German mother and French father, Carla lived first in France, then in Vietnam and in India. The French-Algerian singer, Belgian at heart, now spends her time between Bombay, London and Belgium, where she settled 13 years ago. Proud of the many different sides of her personality, she describes herself as a chameleon.
Carla grew up listening to both Korn and Stevie Wonder. With the sound of her father’s saxophone in her ears, she was singing the lyrics to Claude Nougaro before she could even talk. As you understand it, music has been a part of her life since the beginning. For 16 years, she works hard on the piano, before leaving it and focusing on high school, that she finished in Vietnam. She then moves to Belgium where she studies at the Solvay Business School et gets a Master in Economics (by presenting a thesis on music therapy).
Just out of school, and after a few years of business experience, Carla feels like she doesn’t belong and decides to follow her heart and be an artist. She takes a few singing lessons, joins a theatre group, then integrates the Cours Florent, a theatre school in Brussels where she will study a few months before joining the Indian music “Beyond Bollywood”, where she will go from being in the production team to being on stage as an actor and a dancer, for the whole Europe tour of the show.
Carla Stark’s latest album “Karma” was a quest. A quest of love and a search to find herself again after a painful breakup. The singer comes back today with a new EP “C.”, sometimes inspired by her deceptions, sometimes by the optimism of her better life. Chameleon with multiple influences, the artist lives between Brussels, London and Mumbai and decides to sing her emotions in booth English and French.
https://www.instagram.com/carlastarkmusic/
Otosan – Nowhere feat. Julia Lostrom (Video)
“Endlessly fascinating groove that rumbles with a thunderous boom, and soulful vocal capabilities through a top notch sound and visuals production which allow us to enjoy this loud! ”
-Nagamag.com
Like everyone else during the lockdown, Otosan’s lives were lived out online. But there’s always a silver lining…
This is where they discovered emerging Melbourne singer-songwriter Julia Lostrom on triple j Unearthed and knew they had to get her in on a session.
“We started scouring through triple j Unearthed for some amazing vocal talent, which is always our first go-to when looking for collaborators,” explain Otosan, aka Ryan Dickinson and Ultan Burke. “From the moment we heard Julia’s voice we knew she would be a perfect fit for the track. The first takes were recorded with Julia remotely in the first wave lockdowns in April and streamed on Instagram Live, then completed with a couple of real-life socially distanced recording sessions during a brief lifting of harsh restrictions in Melbourne.”
Vocalist Julia said, “I had just released my single ‘Walls’ on Unearthed and the Otosan guys thought my voice would suit their track, so they reached out and I loved it so much! It was so funny recording it virtually in the first lockdown and then we met up in the in-between stage between Melbourne’s strict lockdowns to record some parts and just got to hang out a bit. They’re such lovely guys.”
https://www.instagram.com/otosanmusic/
OTÔSAN are a multi talented New Zealand based duo who specialise in electronic music production, song writing and DJing.
After spending years perfecting their own individual talents, the newly formed duo linked up in 2017 and have hit the ground running, notching up critical acclaim and worldwide radio play from the very start.
Riding high on the back of a series of successful bootlegs and remixes, you can now catch them playing at some the biggest festivals across Australasia.
Arkanna Interview on Nagamag
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Nagamag:
What are the genres that describe better your music style?
Arkanna:
At the moment, I would say electronica, trip-hop, downtempo, chill, sometimes with world elements.
Nagamag:
Few words about your musical background and career?
Arkanna:
I grew up in a musical family. With musicians on both my parents sides. I was brought up listening to Rock n Roll, Motown, Soul and everything in between. The UK charts were always on in my house growing up, hearing bands of the 80's like Bronski Beat, The Human League and The Cure. Also often, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and my Mums favourite, Rod Stewart.
When I was a teenager, I loved Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, The Doors, Nirvanna and lots of dance music like Beats international, The Source, Technotronic and 808 State.
I first picked up the guitar at age twenty one. At the time I started going clubbing and loved progressive house back then and all the chillout stuff around at that time. Before this I was more into drawing and painting as my creative outlet. A number of years later I started writing my own songs and played a few acoustic gigs. I was listening to bands like Morcheeba, Beth Orton, Faithless, Massive Attack,Lamb, Portishead, The Chemical Brothers, The Future Sound Of London, Bjork, PJ Harvey and Leftfield.
Soon I met my partner, who was an MC in a Drum n Bass band at the time, and as a DJ he introduced me to a lot of breakbeat, Techno, Hip Hop and DnB. He introduced me to my first production software and I was hooked.
I started to teach myself production developing my acoustic tracks into a more electronic sound. I put a few of my first productions online. In 2009 I was offered work with London based techno/breaks producers, Elite Force and Meat Katie, recording vocals for 'Fire's Still Burnin' on their Dustbowl EP, released on U&A Recordings.
While still working on my own productions, I was also writing and recording music as part of a collective called Timeshade. This brought about a release in 2010 in which my vocals featured on Bambook's track 'off the system' feat Arkanna, the vocals taken from one of the Timeshade songs.
Later, I collaborated with producers from Nomad Records based in Italy, on a three track EP. It was never officially finished due to some problems within the label at the time. You can listen to 'Love is Timeless', on soundcloud, which is one of the tracks from that EP.
Finally by 2017 I felt happy enough with my own music production to begin independently releasing my music, the first of which was 'All This Time'.
My latest release 'Wonder Cloud' has been supported on BBC music Introducing in Scotland and recently remixed by the very talented Side Liner.
Nagamag:
Do you remember your first connection of love to music that was the right impact to be a music artist now?
Arkanna:
I have always loved music as far back as I can remeber. I was always singing when I was a child. I was given my first keyboard when I was 10 and remember writing lyrics to the songs I made up on it. The Casio SA-1, I thought it was so cool lol. I actually found one a few years ago in a charity shop. I had to buy it haha.
Music for me is about my connection to the unknown mystery, the all or whatever you want to call it or see it as. It is my healer, my passion and a tool for self- reflection and discovery.
Nagamag:
What are your plans for the near future?
Arkanna:
I am currently finishing my EP and plan to develope and release a lot of the music I have written over the past few years, as well as all my current material. I'm also collaborating on a track for another artists forthcoming album, more details on that in the very near future.
Nagamag:
Most artists have a favorite song from a different music genre than the one they are producing music for... Which is yours?
Arkanna:
Ane Brun "All My Tears"
Nagamag:
Of Course Nagamag would love to listen also which track from a similar artist you admire?
Arkanna:
Massive Attack "Teardrop"