Music Genre
“wick with -Akoni- under SVNSET WAVES deliver us a fine blend of downtempo electronica with chill out aesthetics. Beautiful harmonies that bring the light into hidden darkness. Top notch sound here! ”
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This track from Danish producer, wick combines beautiful classic and modern synth elements to create a track that is equally as chill as it is high-energy.
https://www.instagram.com/1wickstagram1/
“Feels like you are sitting on the edge of a cliff enjoying the sunrise, closing your eyes. Seeing the wonderful moments of your life like a bird soaring above the clouds. Yet your own skin feels the warm wind and the caressing sun. You can be that happy with -Catch the Rise-.”
“Будто бы вы сидите на краю скалы наслаждаясь рассветом и закрываете глаза. Вы видите прекрасные моменты вашей жизни. И вы словно птица парите выше облаков. И собственной кожей ощущаете теплый ветер, и ласкающее солнце. Будьте счастливы с Catch the Rise.”
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Artist shared few words about this song with us:
“Purple is such an interesting color to me. It’s a little warm and soothing while at the same time dark and deep. Purple is the real color of love in my eyes. Not pink. Pink is too soft. Real love is hard and dark at times. And it will definitely leave you bruised. I had just left a very deep love when I was working on this song. However, I didn’t set out with the intention of making a song about love… but once I realized that the music was expressing what I was feeling, the color Purple seemed to really capture where I was emotionally at the time.”
Few words about the artist:
Catch the Rise is a music project from producer/composer Britt Barker that is aimed at capturing and reflecting the complex yet beautiful moments of life through song. In a sense, his songs are his soundtrack.
Driven by electronic-based production and live guitar instrumentation, the music of Catch the Rise creates a unique, atmospheric space for the listener to have an experience- to reflect, to be energized or to simply escape. The songs provide sonic color for each moment, whether it be for the fan listening for pure enjoyment or the visual artist looking to enrich their project with tones and texture.
http://www.catchtherise.com/
“High-quality drum and bass from the young artist -It's A Trick-. The rhythms will pump you up and you will want to move with them. It definitely deserves attention!”
“Качественный драм энд бейс от молодого исполнителя It's A Trick. Ритмы взвинчивают вас и вам захочется двигаться вместе с ними. Это определенно заслуживает внимания!”
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https://itsatrick.bandcamp.com/releases
Nagamag:
What are the genres that describe better your music style?
I Awake:
Ambient, Breakbeats, Deep
Nagamag:
Few words about your musical background and career?
I Awake:
Since birth an audio nerd.
”I Awake is one of the principal producers of the Swedish ambient posse Ghostfriend that, apart from the solo projects, also produces music for television, motion pictures and commercials.”
”I Awake ́s music compositions are known for their rich textures and lush soundscapes”.
Nagamag:
Do you remember your first connection of love to music that was the right impact to be a music artist now?
I Awake:
My parents dancing and being happy to soul music as a child. I had a natural urge to explore what I could do myself with instruments and recording equipment.
Nagamag:
Most artists have a favorite song from a different music genre than the one they are producing music for... Which is yours?
I Awake:
Mop Mop "Spaceship: Earth"
Nagamag:
Of Course Nagamag would love to listen also which track from a similar artist you admire?
I Awake:
The Future Sound of London "My Kingdom"
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“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!”
-Nagamag.com
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/
“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.
http://www.grandbrothersmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/grandbrothers/
https://www.instagram.com/grandbrothers_/
https://twitter.com/grandbrothers_
Nagamag:
What are the genres that describe better your music style?
Leonardo the Space Pianist:
My music style’s roots are a crossover of different experiences, the seed is in my background as classical pianist and metal keyboardist. I describe my music as Contemporary Space Music, where there are influences of cinematic, experimental, neo-classical, progressive metal and wave genres.
Nagamag:
Few words about your musical background and career?
Leonardo the Space Pianist:
I was born in Venice, Italy, and discovered the piano at the age of 6 and astronomy at 9. At the age of 12, by reading Isaac Asimov, playing Beethoven and Bach, listening to Queen, Steve Vai and Robert Miles, I decided I would travel the Space and play my music outside planet Earth. So I became a professional pianist AND an aerospace engineer.
As a pianist I graduated at the Music Conservatory in Italy, studying composition and developing my passion for synths and electronic music. I was mentored by Jordan Rudess, Dream Theater's keyboardist. In the meanwhile I graduated with a PhD in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Padova, researching on hypervelocity impacts and space safety. During those years I did a concert at the ESRANGE Space Center in cold Sweden while taking part in his first space mission with the SCRAT Project, a very important milestones of my Journey.
In 2006 I created the Music House to develop my View - the project 'Nullo Die Sine Nota’. The Latin sentence means 'Not A Day Without a Note'. I recorded four studio albums and two EPs, with always new music in the flow. I played in several countries like Italy, Germany, UK, Netherlands, and Turkey. I teamed up with many artists during the years, like Yossi Sassi, Aliki Chrysochou and Anna Utopia Giordano. In the last nine years, I have worked with several dancers too; the latest chapter of this experience is 'BlackShip', an innovative show for contemporary music, contemporary fusion dance and visual art.
In 2016 I moved to Malta. I wanted to deeper discover myself, islands are the perfect metaphor of our planet, and an excellent place for freediving…and it is actually working!
Currently I am developing further my space music and researching and lecturing at University in aerospace.
Nearly forgetting, I am also passionate about martial arts and photography.
Nagamag:
Do you remember your first connection of love to music that was the right impact to be a music artist now?
Leonardo the Space Pianist:
The very first memory I have is of myself at 3 years old with a yellow toy-piano. I liked to improvise (clearly!) with it and sometimes to disassemble (maybe an early sign of engineering). Besides this I realized that I wanted to become a pianist when I was 6 years old, I remember there was another kid playing an old upright piano at school, seeing the other school mates around happy and smiling. When he finished I have vivid in my mind that I played my first real piano key, thinking: Wow! I want to play it and share music with people!
So a few months later, I started my musical journey.
Nagamag:
How did the Covid19 pandemic influence your artistic activity?
Leonardo the Space Pianist:
I am seeing it as an opportunity of growth, despite the difficult moment that everyone is facing. I increased considerably my online activity, publishing every week vlog episodes on my YouTube channel, starting to stream regularly my music performances on Twitch and releasing with a higher frequency new music on the main music distribution platforms, like Spotify. The effects of the pandemic will take quite a lot in my opinion to be completely managed and society and music industry will be quite different in the near future. 2 new EPs and 4 singles are in the workflow for the upcoming months.
Nagamag:
Who is the Space Pianist?
Leonardo the Space Pianist:
I am a Dreamer that step by step is designing his way to perform the first piano concert on Mars.
Nagamag:
Most artists have a favorite song from a different music genre than the one they are producing music for... Which is yours?
Leonardo the Space Pianist:
IGORRR "Downgrade Desert"
Nagamag:
Of Course Nagamag would love to listen also which track from a similar artist you admire?
Leonardo the Space Pianist:
Infected Mushroom "Heavyweight"
Nagamag:
What are the genres that describe better your music style?
Obsqure:
I would say a mixture of downtempo, chill-out, some future garage vibes, Trip-hop with an oriental touch.
Nagamag:
Few words about your musical background and career?
Obsqure:
i had a few years of music theory when i was a kid. i also was a cello player. i didn't follow up the line because of my studies and sports. At some time i had to choose between being a professional swimmer and a musician. i went for swimming but i have never really stopped listening to music and digging very deep into it. i remember listening to different kind of music on the radio and trying to dismantle every track even though i wasn't into music composition yet, i had my own way of listening individually to the sounds and different tracks in a song. i was already analyzing songs structures and melodies without even knowing it.
i remember getting a trial version of FL Studio (Called Fruity Loops Studio at that time) in a CD-Rom. i was 11 years old and very curious. And that's where the story begins.
i went by different nicknames, the normal curriculum of any artist i guess, i composed different music styles mainly House Music and groovy stuff like Tech-House, Deep-House and Progressive House. i began afterward looking for a specific artistic identity and things lead me to what i am doing now.
Nagamag:
Do you remember your first connection of love to music that was the right impact to be a music artist now?
Obsqure:
i grew up in a musical atmosphere, listening to vast amount of varied music. i am also brother to a music teacher and a nephew to a couple of drummers. i had to be in the music industry by any means.
Nagamag:
Most artists have a favorite song from a different music genre than the one they are producing music for... Which is yours?
Obsqure:
Reflekt Feat. Delline Bass "Need To Feel Loved"
Nagamag:
Of Course Nagamag would love to listen also which track from a similar artist you admire?
Obsqure:
Massive Attack "Antistar"
“Multitalented artist Peter Lix released this summer an uplifting track under the name Freedom, a drum and bass electronic production that generates a warm ambience with its emotive piano keys and lush melodies ”
-Nagamag.com
Freedom kicks off with emotive piano keys that provide an immediately gripping hook. As the track rolls into play, lush melodies and spacious retro strings fill the soundscape with warm ambience. The drums provide an energetic current that rolls fluidly throughout, and it isn’t long before you’re submerged within its melodic throes.
Peter Lix has been involved in music since he was 15 years old. He started out as a Jungle/D&B DJ on the popular pirate radio station Rude FM, before progressing into music production in his late teens.
Peter went onto enjoy success as part of the Beatfreaks – an electronic music production trio that had major label and chart success. He has has also worked in music distribution, label management and music licensing.
He now releases music under the artist name Peter Lix, as well as working in other areas of music production.
https://www.instagram.com/peterlixmusic/
“Brilliant sound design which breaths and lush layering of many influences, acoustic instruments and synths, from electronica chill to rock and the positive sensational vocals, all together giving a strong sound experience and with listeners who love the details a place where details are full and with more listens you discover more.”
-Nagamag.com
"Ball of Light" is a sonic exposition to remind us of our unified origin. Production began in 2014 and has just been released. Self produced and refined to precise measurements, this Alt-Pop track is somehow in 15/8 and presents as an electronica chill out while also utilizing Math/Indie Rock principles. It ponders the Magical Force that this world fits within. We all share the same desire to ultimately feel peaceful, joyful, and creative. To be in a state of inspiration; in spirit... May this track reach far and wide to spread this positive message and provide inspiration to many.
The sonic vision of Prismatic Mantis, the moniker of multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Mark Reynolds, is one that is impossible to pin succinctly down. Strongly influenced by Nature, Sacred Geometry and the Cosmos, Reynolds’ homogeneously progressive material flickers between downtempo electronica and slightly left-of-center fusion rock.
https://www.instagram.com/prismaticmantis/