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Horseshoes – Nothing Important
“There is nothing more important when a new release of the beloved musician comes out. There is nothing more important than waking up early in the morning and before cooking a cup of your favorite coffee to include a new acoustic track from -Horseshoes and get lost in time for five and a small minutes. There is nothing more important than music at that moment.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Нет ничего важнее, когда выходит новый релиз любимого музыканта. Нет ничего важнее, чем проснуться рано утром и прежде, чем сварить себе чашечку любимого кофе включить новый акустический трек от -Horseshoes- и потеряться во времени на пять с небольшим минут. Нет ничего важнее музыки в это мгновение.”
-Nagamag.com
https://www.instagram.com/horseshoesguy/
Jean Sam x Michael Rankiao x David Jay – KARMA
“-Jean sam, Michael Rankiao and David Jay- created a truly dynamic and positive track for all fans and connoisseurs of the Dancehall genre. Great vocals, a good melodic component and a bright rhythm, which noticeably made the general sound of the whole mix very atmospheric!” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“-Jean Sam, Michael Rankiao и David Jay- создали по-настоящему динамичный и позитивный трек для всех поклонников и ценителей жанра Dancehall. Отличный вокал, хорошая мелодическая составляющая и яркий ритм, который заметно сделал общий звук всего микса очень атмосферным!”
-Nagamag.com
Third in the row of his killer kick-start streak of singles, KARMA named after its catchy repetitive drop hook which transcends Jean Sam into yet another type of a scenic love themed atmosphere, in a multicultural mashup – revealing another slice of his vibrant sound palette. KARMA is a cross-over Dancepop x Tropical R&B single with influences from Dancehall and Latin music. KARMA is together with the renowned Afro/Dancehall artist David Jay, Latin singer Michael Rankiao and includes a music video.
Tim Voilhat – Houston
“This Indie Rock Track, as it may seem, is complicated and multifaceted for perception, but as soon as you listen to it to the end and let it into your precious soul, it will take the most honorable place there! -Tim voilhat, conducted an amazing job and is happy to share it with us.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Этот Indie Rock трек, как может показаться, сложен и многогранен для восприятия, но как только вы его дослушаете до конца и впустите в свою драгоценную душу, то он займёт там самое почётное место! -Tim Voilhat- провёл потрясающую работу и с радостью делится ею с нами.”
-Nagamag.com
https://www.instagram.com/timvoilhat/
Subshine – Chelsea
“The internal energy emanating from the melody is impressive, so lively, juicy and voluminous. Excellent work from the Indie POP project -subshine-, in it, musical matter itself acquires new sounds, which were so difficult synthesized by the author. The conclusion is a great job and a real standard of your genre!” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Впечатляет внутренняя энергия, исходящая от мелодии, такая живая, сочная и объёмная. Прекрасная работа от Indie Pop проекта -Subshine-, в нём сама музыкальная материя приобретает новые звуки, которые с таким трудом были синтезированы автором. Вывод — отличная работа и настоящий эталон своего жанра!”
-Nagamag.com
Subshine expands, Chelsea is a magnificent, atmospheric and convincing track from the renowned pop artist. Where other artists soften up throughout their careers, Ole Gunnar Gundersen has chosen to go in a slightly different direction. This is attitude and lots of punch. A dark modern powerballade, with pounding 808’s and stacked distortion guitars. Raw and honest lyrics about keeping a straight face while hurting.
https://www.instagram.com/subshinemusic/
Marco V & Vision 20/20 – ME/AN
“A track that exists immediately in four dimensions, so during listening there is a feeling of immersion in the abyss. This is an endless fall into a black hole in which the Techno rhythm and its poisonous melody sounds from all sides.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Трек, который существует сразу в четырёх измерениях, поэтому во время прослушивания возникает ощущение погружения в бездну. Это бесконечное падение в чёрную дыру, в которой со всех сторон звучит ритм Techno и его ядовитая мелодия.”
-Nagamag.com
Mr. V & Vision 20/20 presents his new festival banger ME/AN on In Charge. V continues his fantastic year with a brand new track under his Vision 20/20 alias. The drums roll again and even the biggest festival crowd is sure to be swept away by ME/AN. Hope you are ready.
Lexie Carroll – if I built my home from paper
“A heartbreaking track with such a childish, naive, but from this in the most sincere voice -Lexie Carroll-. Immediately return to such a distant but not forgotten childhood, where the main gift for Christmas was the warm arms of parents and a bunch of gifts for Christmas. Very kind, warm piano track combined with Indie Pop. Thank you, -lexie-.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Душещипательный трек с таким детским, наивным, но от этого максимально искренним голосом -Lexie Carroll-. Сразу возвращаешься в такое далёкое, но не позабытое детство, где главным подарком на рождество были тёплые объятия родителей и куча подарков на рождество. Очень добрый, тёплый фортепианный трек в сочетании с Indie Pop. Спасибо, -Lexie-.”
-Nagamag.com
After the successes of her recent EP ‘when the sun came up’, released in April 2022, 17 year old singer-songwriter Lexie Carroll returns with her new track ‘if i built my home from paper’, out today. It has already hit New Music Friday and Our Generation on Spotify. The track has been resonating heavily with Lexie's tik tok and instagram fanbase.
‘If i built my home from paper’ is a heart-warming track full of childhood references from familiar fairytale stories, with Lexie’s natural craft for songwriting conjuring up fond and beautiful images. Singing about the tenderness and comfort of that one special relationship and how reassuring that can be, the track begins with simple piano chords, building to celestial strings and atmospheric percussion. Its lyrics, instrumentation, relatable story and vivid imagery make for a hugely impactful song - one which grows in meaning and affection with each play.
"I wrote if I built my home from paper for my mum, but I think the song is applicable to any sort of relationship where someone can make the world feel safer and help to untangle some of the chaos with you. It's a very special thing to have, I feel very lucky and I hope everyone who listens has that person whether they're family or someone else."
With her 2022 single releases and EP having won strong support from Jess Iszatt at BBC Introducing London and Spotify (New Music Friday, Fresh Finds, Our Generation and Lost in the Woods playlists), as well as numerous radio plays, including BBC Radio 2, and good press support (Clash, Line of the Best Fit, Asbo Magazine), Lexie is fast gaining momentum. With tracks that tell heartfelt stories, Lexie’s music is resonating with a fast growing fanbase and she is undoubtedly an exciting young talent to watch.
https://www.instagram.com/l.exiecarroll/
Lupe Fiasco – NAOMI
“The lyrical text goes well with the minimalist and such rainy Bight HIP-Hop. The beautifully spelled out instrumental melody falls very well on the rhythm and gives even more the track of warmth, from which vocals are -lupe fiasco - you admire even more.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Лирический текст отлично сочетается с минималистичным и таким дождливым битом Hip-Hop. Красиво прописанная инструментальная мелодия очень хорошо ложится на ритм и ещё больше придаёт треку теплоты, от чего вокалом -Lupe Fiasco- восторгаешься ещё больше.”
-Nagamag.com
https://orcd.co/dmiz
The Chicago Native Draws Connections Between The Street-Level and Sublime in His First New Album Since 2018's DROGAS WAVE
Produced In Full By Lupe's Longtime Collaborator Soundtrakk, the New Album is Available Everywhere via 1st & 15th/Thirty Tigers
The Album:
Stylish and substantive, with a supernatural sense of metaphor and a massive vocabulary, Lupe Fiasco is one of his generation's finest rhymers. Returning with his first new album since 2018, Lupe sharesDRILL MUSIC IN ZION. The product of a burst of thoughtful spontaneity, Lupe created the new album over a short period, diving into a folder of beats sent by Soundtrakk and emerging with a fully-realized album in just three days (“Sometimes deadlines are lifelines,” says Lupe). The title juxtaposes the street music of his hometown of Chicago–music that emerged as a way of dealing with hellish living conditions–with the biblical promised land, positing that art created out of pain might not be worth the pain itself.
"I’m trying to find a balance between the whimsy and the profound," says Lupe.
Though it was created quickly, the album is packed with the twisty narratives and layered meanings that have become Lupe's trademark, spliced with incisive social commentary and winking observations about the way we live today. The new album is home to the recent single "AUTOBOTO," a mischievous, playful, and deceptively dense single that finds Lupe weaving his precise barbs around Soundtrakk's arpeggiating guitars, as well as the title track, a jazz-inflected track that slyly comments on how art created amidst strife becomes commodified entertainment for the masses.
Other highlights include "NAOMI," in which Lupe fuses playful political analysis with poignant emotional resonance, and "MS. MURAL," which continues a series of songs that started on 2014's Tetsuo & Youth ("Mural") and continued with his last album DROGAS WAVE ("Mural Jr."). As usual, Lupe stuns with his verbosity, but one of the album's most powerful moments occurs when he decides to hold back, on album closer, "ON FAUX NEM," Lupe spits: "Rappers die too much, that's it, that's the verse." He cedes the spotlight to his sister, the poet Ayesha Jaco on album intro "The Lion's Deen," allowing her to explore various interpretations of the album's title.
DRILL MUSIC IN ZION is Lupe's first new album since 2018's DROGAS WAVE, but the proud Chicago native has already had a busy 2022, marked with sold out shows, new music, and much more. Last week, Lupe shared "Galveston," an Apple Music-exclusive track that explores the origins of Juneteenth. Lupe recently closed out his "Food & Liquor Tour," a series of performances in which he plays his debut album in full. He paid tribute to his hometown in the reflective, self-produced "100 Chicagos," and dug into the archives to share "Hustlaz," a previously-unreleased song originally recorded before the release of the now-classic debut album Food & Liquor.
Lupe recently launched his "LFT" program, a new NFT program that allows fans to get closer than ever to Lupe. Unlike many NFTs, which solely exist in the digital space, the "LFT" program offers token-holders an array of online and offline benefits. The benefits start with a generative art profile pic–each LFT holder gets a unique digital artwork inspired by Lupe's album Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, which celebrates its 15th birthday this year. Beyond music, Lupe continues to focus on the community organizations he founded, including We Are M.U.R.A.L, The Neighborhood Start-Up Fund, Society of Spoken Art, and his cross-cultural content venture, Studio SV.
With DRILL MUSIC IN ZION, Lupe starts another chapter in his illustrious career, but he's not done growing.
“Your whole life you’re physically growing, and as an artist, I feel like I’m taller now,” says Lupe. “Not that I’m at a higher place of morality, it’s that my vantage point and perspective is higher. I can see further.”
DRILL MUSIC IN ZION is available everywhere via 1st & 15th/Thirty Tigers.
DRILL MUSIC IN ZION tracklist:
1. THE LION’S DEEN ft. Ayesha Jaco
2. GHOTI
3. AUTOBOTO ft. Nayirah
4. PRECIOUS THINGS ft. Nayirah
5. KIOSK
6. MS. MURAL
7. NAOMI
8. DRILL MUSIC IN ZION
9. SEATTLE ft. Nayirah
10. ON FAUX NEM
The Background:
Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco, is a Chicago-born, Grammy award-winning American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and community advocate. Rising to fame in 2006, following the success of his debut album, Food & Liquor, Lupe has released more than four acclaimed studio albums; his latest being Drogas Wave released fall 2018. His efforts to propagate conscious material helped solidify him as GQ’s Man of the Year in 2006, and garnered recognition as a Henry Crown Fellow. While musical genius and ingenuity are at the forefront of Lupe’s achievements, the artist extends his innovation to projects that aim to foster creative discourse and opportunities in underprivileged and impoverished communities.
Links:
DRILL MUSIC IN ZION: https://orcd.co/dmiz
"Drill Music In Zion": https://orcd.co/drillmusicinzion
"Galveston": https://orcd.co/galveston-lupe
"AUTOBOTO" ft. Nayirah: https://orcd.co/autoboto
"100 Chicagos": https://orcd.co/100chicagos
"Hustlaz": https://orcd.co/hustlaz
Scott Quinn – Sad Song
“No matter how sad the song is represented by the author himself, it is easy to catch the beautiful, very kind and delicate melody in it, on the waves of which the vocals of -scott quinn-, like a lonely boat in the quiet waters of the silent ocean, elegantly swaying.” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Какой бы грустной не была представлена песня самим автором, в ней легко уловить прекрасную, очень добрую и нежную мелодию, на волнах которой элегантно покачивается вокал -Scott Quinn-, словно одинокая лодка в тихих водах безмолвного океана.”
-Nagamag.com
Yorkshire born, London-based singer/songwriter Scott Quinn today releases new single "Sad Song" - the first new music to be heard following Quinn's 2021 EP 'BETTER FOR ME' which featured the TikTok viral track "Holding On To Letting Go".
Inspired by pop-songwriting staples such as Julia Michaels, benny blanco and FINNEAS, Scott is without doubt making a case to follow in their star-studded footsteps. Already penning tracks for acts including BTS, Zara Larsson and Keith Urban amongst others, the release of new single "Sad Song" today signals the release of a new EP, due for release later this year via V2 Records / Venice.
Co-produced by German production duo SAIN, "Sad Song" was written about the process of entering into a new relationship while you’re still healing from your previous one - and sees Scott weaving classic balladry with rich, modern production flourishes.
Scott had the following to say on the themes behind the new single:
"I personally write songs retrospectively, and I guess I use them as a form of therapy and a way of healing. This song is essentially an explanation as to why I’m not writing songs about my current relationship. I only really write sad songs and so it’s kind of a hidden gesture of love by saying ‘I don’t want to write a Sad Song about you…’.
I also think it’s important to understand the journey of grief, acceptance and letting go. The second verse sums that up for me… ‘I don’t write songs about them in the hope that they hear me, no. It’s not about now but back then it hurt and I guess I’m still grieving’. I’m over those past relationships but the body and mind take a long time to heal the wounds and get stronger."
https://www.instagram.com/scottpquinn/
Ashlyn Mylander – Too Fast
“The world in endless movement, an incredible number of miracles occur every day and among this whole cycle of events it is easy to miss the main musical hits of your heart. The new track from -ashlyn Mylander is one of those that you simply must be heard by you, which we will help you. Enjoy!” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Мир в бесконечном движении, каждый день происходит невероятное количество чудес и среди всего этого круговорота событий легко пропустить главные музыкальные хиты вашего сердца. Новый трек от -Ashlyn Mylander- один из тех, который просто обязан быть услышан вами, в чём мы вам и поможем. Наслаждайтесь!”
-Nagamag.com
"Too Fast" is a bedroom pop, fast paced take on a romantic partner who moves on too quickly. With tight production and wry lyrics, it's a track that pulls on heart strings while keeping feet tapping
https://www.ashlynmylander.com/
Yves Paquet – Year Without Rain
“Instrumental, and especially acoustic music always very organically affects our consciousness, as if you feel the unity of your soul with the god of sound, melody and rhythm. Indie Folk is an ideal option for transmitting the entire atmosphere in full, and the new track -yves Paquet- can easily be built to your personal hit parade on the pedestal. The beauty!” (Automatically Translated with Google Translate)
“Инструментальная, а в особенности акустическая музыка всегда очень органично воздействует на наше сознание, словно чувствуешь единение своей души с Богом звука, мелодии и ритма. Indie Folk идеальный вариант для передачи всей атмосферы в полном объёме, а новый трек -Yves Paquet- можно с лёгкостью возвести на пьедестал вашего личного хит-парада. Красота!”
-Nagamag.com
https://www.instagram.com/yvespaquetmusic