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“The new release from "Gunder808" has dropped like bomb in the scene of Electro Pop. Variety of vocals, cool sound FX and a taste of Hip-Hop style are waiting you for more excitement. The spaceship is ready to take off! Are you ready to become a "Man In The Moon"?”
-Nagamag.com
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“If you feel tired of typical music, "The Lovelines" could be a nice choice. Their Dream Pop "flower" blooms to spread love in the air with its bright sound, crystal quality and catchy percussion patterns.”
-Nagamag.com
https://www.instagram.com/thelovelinesband/
The Lovelines are a brother and sister duo. The band's debut single, Strange Kind Of Love, was released on December 26th, 2021 and the single was upvoted to #1 on Submihub's Popular charts for the New Years 2021-2022 trailing week! 1-800-LOVELINE is the band's sophomore single, released on Valentines Days 2022.
“Its grand in so many ways. It builds emotion and captures our heart waiting for the next step. Like wide open spaces on distant beaches during sunrise, it leaves a imprint in ones soul. We loved the build up really engaging from many angles. ”
-Nagamag.com
This beautiful instrumental is part of EP "WALL".
“So fresh! That beat seems to catch us instantly. The heavily vocoded vocals are done well, good filters and stretched accordingly. We bounced along to that beat with the proper clap, thinking about that West Coast sunset this embodied. ”
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Either let ‘Secrets’ occupy the space around you, or dive into its lustrous vision cruising on a cloud. Like an application of sweet-smelling aftersun when the need to cool off takes over, Komory’s EDM-scented chillout on Be Yourself Music mixes up long synth streaks with passages of playful, twittering keys. The follow-up to ‘Complicated’ bursts into colour before starting over from the end of the rainbow, acting cheeky, coy, confident and encouraging, and forwarding plenty of eyes-across-the-room groove within the calm.
The name Komory originates from the Japanese term ‘Hikikomori’, describing the act of withdrawing from social engagement and where adults seek intense degrees of isolation and confinement. This might sound like no accident given the events of the last few years, but Komory strongly believe this type of self-imposed segregation is a fundamental driving force behind their creative process and hence signature sound.
With cards kept close to their chest as they let the music speak for itself, Komory’s fusion of electronic, futuristic and melodic arts and inspirations have made them hot property. All chrome-finished R&B, neon-lit EDM, AI technology and minimalism shouting the loudest when it comes to tropical blooms, Komory offer a visual complement alongside what they describe as "the next generation of music performance".
Their ethos may speak for the secluded and titles such as ‘Complicated’ and ‘Secrets’ indicate deeper thought processes, but Komory also understand the need for instant enjoyment, their synthetic sentiments in tune with today’s audiences that are all about the here and now as much as they sound primed for and from the future.
“When we travel the stars and explore exoplanets of foreign words this shall be the soundtrack. Solft melodic spaced-out sounds with much timbral complexity. Its harmonious tomes drove us to space out at our desk, this is how its done. ”
-Nagamag.com
Prospector Sound is the alter-ego of Manchester musician Richard Talbot, who is most well known as a founding member of Marconi Union. The music largely eschews rhythm and places a heavy emphasis on evocative atmospherics -- these can be warm, dark or mysterious or sometimes all of these things at the same time. One consistent feature of Prospector Sound music is its organic quality often emphasized by the employment of processed found sound and field recordings. The tracks are both warm and simultaneously eerie. Lush synth parts co-exist with distant unsettling bumps and clanks derived from treated field recordings.
New track "Laguna", out today, carries the listener across a spectrum of ambient electronics, punctuated by dots of texture that constantly enrich throughout. It's a fitting snapshot into the world of Prospector Sound.
New album Red Sargasso is out April 29th release via The Ambient Zone.
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“Let's remember an older release of our favourite Folk scene and concentrate on its harmonic melodies. Offer yourself a pleasant break, to relieve from stress and recharge your batteries. Follow those sophisticated vocals and feel their warmth surrounding you. ”
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Soulful vocals with lush orchestral instrumentals. Sounds like the saddest scene in your favorite indie movie.
https://www.instagram.com/pat.parker.music
“We are feeling this sultry voice. It embodies depth and fits the classic beat. How bout those trumpets? Shout out to the horn section for bringing this to life. It’s mellow and suave, we dig , keep them coming. ”
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Sunday Afternoon is an upbeat Neo-jazz / Bedroom Pop song, written, recorded, and produced by Seattle based indie artist, Seiichi.
https://www.instagram.com/seiichi.music
“Try this refreshing, light and uplifting candy of Afro-pop sound as it came from a whole team of artists! From the first seconds you may feel free, happy and a special guest in this crazy dancing experience.”
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Grammy award-winning Jamaican-American producer, DJ, and emcee Walshy Fire of Major Lazer dropped his newest single “Validé,” featuring Haitian singers J. Perry and Mikaben, Bonaire-born singer/songwriter Ir Sais, and producer-duo Tribal Kush.
https://www.instagram.com/irsais
“The Bass and mellow hi hat take us in. His voice carries across the chords supported by complex rhythms and trumpet additions. Clever, clean, and yet so dirty, we dig. It speaks to us with the darkness of a mysterious moonrise. ”
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Oan Kim releases debut album ‘Oan Kim & The Dirty Jazz’
‘Every now and again something comes through that opens a musical window that was previously closed to you, and Oan Kim‘s ‘Mambo’ fits firmly into the latter camp’ – Joyzine
Fusing together his different musical influences, Oan Kim takes us on a journey of stylistic exploration with his new album Oan Kim & The Dirty Jazz. The former Film Noir and Chinese Army members’ new direction is jazzier and more experimental, whilst nodding to his past so far in contemporary classical music and electro rock. Oan explains ‘ It was a deliberate decision to give the jazz saxophone a front position on what would otherwise be an indie music album’.
Writing, recording and producing the record in his home studio in Paris, the multifaceted musician and filmmaker’s DIY approach allowed the tracks to evolve freely ‘without ever knowing where they would take me, operating almost in a vacuum of space and time gave me a lot of freedom’.
‘Pop music will never have that miraculous improvised flair of a good jazz solo, while jazz rarely has the enthralling efficacy of pop music. But who said music had to be as polarized as politics? So I wanted to bring together the best of both worlds.’
From the memorable motifs of ‘Agony’ to the atmospheric noisy sound beds heard in ‘Smoking Gun’, and free flowing jazz saxophone of ‘Quintet’, Oan’s music feels assured yet honest, imaginative, boldly creative and daring. Also contributing to the album are acclaimed French jazz musicians Edward Perraud, featuring on The Judge and Wong Kar Why, and Nicolas Folmer playing trumpet on Quintet, Symphony for The Lost At Sea, and Fuzzy Landscape.
Throughout the album, Kim takes influence from a range of artists including but not limited to Kurt Vile, Stravinsky, and James Holden, whilst taking note from classic jazz artists such as Miles Davis. On his style, Kim explains he puts himself ‘somewhere between Pharoah Sanders and Radiohead’.
Such influences can be heard throughout the album, with an array of different sounds and styles established. The latest single from the album ‘Agony’, inspired by Cold War Kids, features a catchy ostinato with the piano neatly interplaying throughout. Further along the album tracks such as Thelonious are more atmospheric, with intricate details and noises, and an emotive ambience with delicate vocals to match. The track, titled referring to his son’s second name (a homage to the great Thelonious Monk) is described by Kim as ‘like a lullaby’.
Having also worked as a photographer and filmmaker, receiving awards such as Swiss Life 4 Hands Award, Silver Horn of the Krakow Film Festival, Emerging Documentary Filmmaker at DMZ festival and more, Kim also takes inspiration from films throughout the album. Reflecting on his writing process, he explains ‘Hitchcock used to say: once you’re finished with the screenplay you can write the dialogues. I feel the same way about songwriting. Themes of each song come out of the music itself towards the end of the song writing process’.
With a visually driven imagination, film references to Wong Kar Wai, Fight Club, and Naked Lunch emerge on the album. The first two singles from the project Wong Kar Why and Mambo also followed with music videos directed and filmed by himself. The video for Wong Kar Why? A documentary short described as a chronicle of a romance, features candid shots of his wife Katherine that have been taken between 2016 to 2021 in various locations including Paris, Seoul, New York and Marseille, described by Kim as a ‘video of a portrait of the person I met and fell in love with over the years’.
A melting pot of sounds and influences, Oan Kim & The Dirty Jazz is sure to set Oan Kim as one of the most exciting talents to emerge on the jazz scene.
OAN KIM’S DEBUT ALBUM – ‘OAN KIM & THE DIRTY JAZZ’ OUT NOW
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“The subtle spaced-out intro takes us to the right place. The drums and the horn slowly pick up like fresh rain evaporating off the cool Earth. The background swells with unknown noises and the flute takes us away, climaxing with the strings. Yet all sounds so natural and correct. ”
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Gianni Brezzo - the Cologne-based jazz affiliated project led by producer, multi-instrumentalist and musical maestro Marvin Horsch - inaugurates his 2022 with the stunning single "Il Sole".
https://giannibrezzo.lnk.to/IlSole
The track is a perfect sonic voyage that encapsulates the growth of Gianni's sound. Subtle, yet lush layers of synths, horns, strings, keys and a strong, beat-driven percussion all ebb and flow together, bringing to mind the finest Library Themes of Piero Umiliani, Sven Wunder, Janko Nilovic and others.
Accompanying the track is a gorgeous video put together by Jakarta label mainstay Robert Winter and the DIE OTTOS crew which rides a visual wave around Marvin's relationship to Italian culture. Footage is derived from Marvin's now-annual visit to see his grandmother.
Following on the heels of Gianni's 2020 EP "The Awakening," the single "Il Sole" is the first single from his upcoming full-length LP - an absolute knockout - so keep your eyes and ears peeled! Announcing Friday, March 4th.
https://www.instagram.com/giannibrezzo/