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Worakls – 54
“Worakls - 54 a new single by Kevin Rodrigues, French guy behind the project.
This track is full with lush piano and string, his trade mark sound in my opinion, beautifully build, break is so captivating, reminds me of Thomas Newman - American Beauty soundtrack, the scene with a plastic bag on the wind.”
-Nagamag.com
https://www.facebook.com/worakls/
Sebastian Clarin – High Blood Treasure
“Synthpop is one of those genres that fully reflects the golden era of the 80s and the new track -sebastian clarin is one of the best in this style. The vintage sounds of synthesizers, the soft rhythm and the warmth of the vocals did their job, as a result - a great job!” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Synthpop один из тех жанров, который в полной мере отражает золотую эпоху 80-ых годов и новый трек -Sebastian Clarin- является одним из лучших в этой стилистике. Винтажные звуки синтезаторов, мягкий ритм и теплота вокала сделали своё дело, по итогам — великолепная работа!”
-Nagamag.com
https://www.instagram.com/sebastian.clarin/
Winter Gardens – Crystallise
“Come through the atmosphere Electro Pop and become part of this enchanting performance. The vocalist’s voice takes somewhere to the distance, dissolving beyond the horizon and not letting go for a second! Music, which is capable of performing the incredible – pulling you out of the comfort zone.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Окажитесь в окружении атмосферы Electro Pop и станьте частью этого фееричного представления. Голос вокалистки уносит куда-то в даль, растворяя за горизонтом и не отпуская ни на секунду! Музыка, которая способна совершить невероятное — вытянуть вас из привычной вам зоны комфорта.”
-Nagamag.com
For fans of Chvrches, St Lucia, Foxes and more, Winter Gardens’ new single ‘Crystallise’ combines bubbling, transcendental synths and locomotive disco beats. Taking inspiration from some of the more avant-garde artists of the 1980’s, the track looks to create something not heard before but yet slightly familiar — a forward look into the future of the past.
Crystallise is the latest in a series of critically acclaimed singles from the Brighton-based band, following their 2020 debut EP ’Tapestry’. Led by the stunning vocals of singer Ananda Howard, the band’s music features cascading guitars, arping synthesisers, elegantly flowing keys, serene textures and a pulsing groove glued together with a brooding energy.
The single’s bright sound is matched by a lyrical message about the darker side of social media: “In an age of fabricated ideology that most of us maunder aimlessly through a digital reality, promoting and expressing your output can become almost overwhelming and ironically disconnecting” explains Ananda. “Expectations of image, “proving yourself” and an obligation to create statuses can cause a loss of context.”
Lavender Beat Collective – The Path
“Symibiosis of the Jazz and Funk genres, as a wonderful and perfect addition to any of your evenings. On the road, you are walking on foot along the flooded lights of lanterns to the city, this music will work miracles, relaxing and at the same time lighting a small reactor inside you - your heart.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Симбиоз жанров Jazz и Funk, как прекрасное и идеальное дополнение к любому из ваших вечеров. В дороге вы или гуляете пешком по залитым огнями фонарей городу, эта музыка будет творить чудеса, расслабляя и одновременно зажигая внутри вас маленький реактор — ваше сердце.”
-Nagamag.com
Lavender Beat Collective is a worldbeat project started in Long Beach, California in 2021, and is at its essence not a band but a creative habit.
Founded by vocalist/flutist/producer Tien Nguyen (SAÍGO, Kan Wakan) and drummer/producer Max Macveety (Bunky, Shots Fired, Crown City Rockers, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe), LBC is a weekly creative session designed to unite remote-recording musicians from around the world.
The mission: to create soulful, danceable compositions that combine the wisdom of the musicians' collective traditions and experiences. Every month, a new track plus remixes will be released, featuring a diverse array of global talent.
The first song to emerge from this collaborative process is "The Path", a hopeful, groovy, meditative song which draws inspiration from Afrobeat, R&B, Desert Blues, and Jazz. The song features contributors from Brazil, Nigeria, and the United States.
The lyrics are a concise mantra: "All of the good yet to come / awaits on the path you've begun. Whether you win or you lose / it's never too late or too soon".
Premiering on Sept 2nd, "The Path" features:
Max Macveety (drums),
Samson Olawale (percussion),
Cooper Appelt (bass),
Evandro Hasse (trumpet),
Nicolas James Scott (Keys),
Shea Springer (Guitar),
Tien Nguyen (vocals, flute),
Dominique Toney (vocals),
and
Jessica Childress (vocals).
Carys Garvey – Until the Stars Fall Down
“Stay alone with the sounds of nature, beautiful instrumental music and fabulous vocals performed by -carys Garvey-. Take a walk along the green, thick carpets under your feet and wait until the stars begin to fall, leaving behind a variety of drawings on a black, heavenly canvas.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Побудьте наедине со звуками природы, красивой инструментальной музыкой и сказочным вокалом в исполнении -Carys Garvey-. Прогуляйтесь по зелёным, густым коврам под вашими ногами и ждите, пока звёзды начнут падать, оставляя после себя разнообразные рисунки на чёрном, небесном полотне .”
-Nagamag.com
https://www.instagram.com/carysgarvey/
Rival Consoles – World Turns
“Experimental electronic sounds wandering in the dark, whose melody is like a lonely, flashing lighthouse in the distance. He calls you, calls to yourself and you, as if a bloodworm flying to his warm light. Hypnotic journey into previously unknown worlds, along with -rival consoles-.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Блуждающие в темноте звуки Experimental Electronic, мелодия которых словно одинокий, мигающий маяк вдали. Он зовёт вас, призывает к себе и вы, словно мотылёк летите на его тёплый свет. Гипнотическое путешествие в неведомые ранее миры вместе с -Rival Consoles-.”
-Nagamag.com
Rival Consoles’ upcoming album Now Is marks a new chapter in an ongoing quest for refinement and evolution for London-based musician and producer Ryan Lee West. More playful and melodic, the album draws from much experimentation in minimalist songwriting and seamlessly blends synthesizers and acoustic instruments.
https://www.instagram.com/rivalconsoles/
“World Turns” is the thumping new track from the album out Thursday September 1st. "“The essence of ‘World Turns’ is built around this pendulum-like bass, that constantly drives the piece forward. I like having parts in music which are repetitive but everything else is changing around it, almost like a kind of hidden structure, because the repetition becomes more subliminal,” Ryan says.
Christof R Davis – The Moth and The Bat
“Imagine that you are walking at night in a dark forest. Only you, the warmth emanating from the moonlight and the flock of moths wandering in the web. The excellent combination of Ambient & Drone textures and the Neo Classical melody, capable of dissolving you in their attractive and magical atmosphere.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Представьте, что вы прогуливаетесь ночью в тёмном лесу. Только вы, теплота исходящая от лунного света и стая мотыльков блуждающих в паутине. Прекрасное сочетание текстур Ambient & Drone и мелодия Neo Classical, способные растворить вас в своей притягательной и магической атмосфере.”
-Nagamag.com
The Moth and The Bat' is the first track to be released from Christof's forthcoming EP 'The Tree and The Moon'. The track occupies that technicolour grey-zone between ambient/electronic and classical music.
The track blends synths/samples & delayed/warped textures with a classical double-felted piano to create a uniquely dark soundworld.
Mastered by Oli Morgan at Abbey Road Studios, the track will be released digitally on 1st September 2022 with the full EP being released in physical and digital formats in December 2022.
Pre-save / streaming links available at: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/christofrdavis/the-moth-and-the-bat
Website: christofrdavis.com
Twitter: twitter.com/cdavismusic
Facebook: facebook.com/ChristofRDavis
Jerk – II. Sunshower
“Open the windows, pull the curtains and let into your house a contrast, sunny shower. Let him warm your heart and fill it with the jazz melody of music, and the sounds of the breath of the saxophone will remind you that life is just beginning and a long day filled with emotions.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Приоткройте окна, отдёрните шторы и впустите в свой дом контрастный, солнечный душ. Пусть он согреет ваше сердце и наполнит его мелодией Jazz музыки, а звуки дыхания саксофона напомнят вам, что жизнь только начинается и впереди долгий, наполненный эмоциями день.”
-Nagamag.com
Written in the late spring of 2021, ‘Il. Sunshower’ demonstrates the boundless virtuosity of the Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist, playing every instrument on the track (and the album for that matter) completely themselves, minus the programmed drums. The track offers a tantalising glimpse at what Jerk has created across the album and sees the polymath step into an exciting new zone of rawness and musical purity ahead of the album’s unveiling.
Speaking on the single, Jerk went on to say; “This was the first piece I had written in months, it seemed to pour out of my fingers. The melody, harmony, and textures felt so fresh and invigorating. I exported the demo to my phone and took a walk to Prospect Park in Brooklyn to listen. Mid-walk, it started pouring rain, but there were hardly any clouds in the sky - a Sunshower. I was soaked head to toe, but it was so beautiful I couldn’t even be upset. It was a renewal - a washing away of the old and embrace of the new.’
The album itself follows a period of change, understanding and coming of age for Jerk, which clearly transcends within the music, and sits fittingly within the album's title - Bloom. The music from beginning to end is raw in form and profoundly personal, as Jerk articulates:
“When a flower blooms, it’s a sign that everything went right - the soil was fertile, the sun and water met its needs, and the plant was nourished. Bloom is a collection of music I wrote when I was embracing my queer identity and coming out of the closet. Coming out wasn’t something I wanted at the time, but rather something I needed. In the same way, I didn’t intentionally write this music, it just seemed to pour out of my fingertips. This album is my bloom - proof that owning and embracing my truth was necessary to be nourished.
Bloom is very raw and very personal. The songs captured real-life moments of beauty, euphoria, fear, and awkwardness. When I decided to make this album, I wanted to capture that rawness. The drums are programmed. Everything else is a live instrument - you can hear my mistakes, my breathing, the piano bench squeaking, and the warm and hissy sound of signal pouring through vintage instruments, microphones, and preamps.”
https://www.instagram.com/jerk_sounds
Paige Shannon – Me Without You
“The voice -paige shannon- in which the cooling hope and Vera are felt, but the small light still burns out somewhere deep in the chest. Living music, a melody of acoustic instruments and emotions, which are like an ice river, whose ice slowly cools off on its shores.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Голос -Paige Shannon- в котором чувствуется остывающая надежда и вера, но всё ещё догорает маленький огонёк где-то глубоко в груди. Живая музыка, мелодия акустических инструментов и эмоции, которые словно ледяная река, чей лёд медленно остывает у своих берегов.”
-Nagamag.com
https://www.instagram.com/paigeeshannon/
HOAX – b?
“What do you think will work if you combine such genres as Surf and Indie Rock? You will be surprised at what miracles sometimes take place in a musical world in which such amazing imagination tracks are born. Positive, warmth and love that pour over the edge of sweeping away everything in their path!” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Как вы думаете, что получится, если совместить такие жанры, как Surf и Indie Rock? Вы удивитесь, какие чудеса порой происходят в музыкальном мире, в котором рождаются такие потрясающие воображение треки. Позитив, тепло и любовь, которые льются через край сметая всё на своём пути!”
-Nagamag.com
Indie / Alternative band HOAX released b? – the long-awaited narrative-driven debut concept album and a 17-track project detailing the inner workings of being vs. doing.
(stream here) https://ffm.to/hoax-being.OPR
“If all you are is what you do, how can you ever be?”
The entirety of the album is best characterized by its title track, “b?”, which happens to also be the exact center point as well. The whole idea of transitioning from a DO-er to a BE-er is embodied by the themes focused around the idea of BEING. The narrative told isn’t meant to be esoteric or grand; instead, it is just a simple truth boiled down to a quiet realization:
“Honestly, this life moves like a daydream, caught between how the way it goes ain’t always the way it seems. So lovely, cut right through all the ugly feelings faced, cause the way they are ain’t always the way we should be.”
QUOTE
“Behind all the facades we put up, under all the masks we wear – there we are: Ourselves in Being form. It used to be very hard for me to explain what it meant ‘to be’ to other people. And believe me – I know I am not original in this line of questioning. For God’s sake, we all know what Shakespeare said through Hamlet, but as the album developed, it became clear to me that ‘being’ is synonymous with ‘peace’. And that peace looks different in everyone’s mirror. It starts with self-reflection, and never ends with anything other than life devotion to your truest form. I’ve said it so many times throughout our career, but if there is anything you take away from listening to HOAX and this album, it's to please prioritize your peace. We are only here for a moment in the blip of infinity, and during that blink, our peace and being will always be under the scrutiny of the randomness and chaos of life. Perfect the art of sitting still, to know yourself, show and embody empathy, and be authentic to your peace.”
-Michael Raj