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Dust Raps the Blues – I’m Alive Featuring Mac Lethal
“The most important thing you expect from Alternative Hip-Hop is an explosive beat, high-quality work with sound samples, powerful lyrics and expressive vocals that serve as a detonator of emotions. This track exceeded all our expectations! ”
“Самое главное, чего ожидаешь от таких жанров, как альтернативный hip-hop, это взрывной бит, качественную работу с семплами, мощный социальный текст и выразительный вокал, который служит детонатором, вызывая взрыв чувств и эмоций. Этот трек превзошёл все наши ожидания!”
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"I'm Alive" is an anthem for spite. Featuring a dusty sample, blistering bars, and the Midwest's favorite underground rapper, Mac Lethal, this track is underground rap at its finest, most rotten core.
http://instagram.com/dustrapstheblues
Brisa Roché & IX – The Time
“A bit more pop experimental approach with strong diversity bundled under a top notch mix production. The Time from Brisa Roché & IX invites you to listen more and more to catch the sound design details and vocal technics and at the end wins your hot interest! From the tracks that wins your taste in time, like the good wine!”
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A nonchalant psychedelic indie-pop track with a touch of Xanax hip hop.
Roles are reversed when Brisa Roché enters rapping with a poetic not-giving-a-fuck attitude, counter-balanced by IX singing softly on a catchy and luminous melancholy hook.
“Let’s go back to the time when we had the time”
For all the out-of-tune synths, warped gogo bells and contained fuzz guitars, The Time remains strangely feel-good.
Reece Lemonius – Feeling Nothing
“Feeling trapped in a boring routine that constantly absorbs your energy? "Reece Lemonius" already knows the problem and his new single can help you breathe again. Short but effective mix of electronic patterns, which brings some Spring air directly inside your mind.”
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https://www.instagram.com/reecelemonius/
Reece Lemonius is an eclectic artist from London, UK whose sound is truly dazzling.
His debut EP “Midnight”(2020) combined alternative R&B with a tasteful mix of late ’70s & ’80s retro elements and a modern pop production -
his new EP "Feeling Nothing" is packed with synthesizers, jangly guitars, coated in modern EDM sounds and bolstered by tight, funky bass lines.
“Feeling Nothing” is his third single from his new EP, the song has a vibrant energy and is the perfect mood-boosting romantic reminisce to get us hyped up for the changing seasons.
The song offers up a groovy dance beat and beautifully soulful vocal performance.
Lyrically, the song discusses the feeling of being stuck in a routine and desperately looking for some sense of feeling.
Its theme of longing for something to bring liveliness to an otherwise dull and numbing daily grind.
Check out his latest release and get swept up in its ultra-contagious rhythms.
Tracklist
1. Feeling Nothing
2. Body On Mine
3. Dangerous
4. All I Want Is You
5. I´m Not Him
Tom West – Easy, Love (Live)
“An excellent combination of Acoustic music and gentle vocals from Tom West. You may have a feeling of calmness and mental balance which does not leave even for a moment. Allow yourself to relax and dive in the depths of your subconscious, where you have hidden your small, but so cozy world. ”
“Превосходное сочетание акустической музыки и нежного вокала -Tom West-. Ощущение спокойствия и душевного массажа не покидает ни на мгновение. Позвольте себе расслабиться и окунуться в недры своего подсознания, где у вас спрятан ваш маленький, но такой уютный мир. ”
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While folk singer-songwriter Tom West has already found success with his song “Easy, Love” off of his 2015 album Oncoming Clouds he explains that there was more to revisit from this “benchmark” track after letting it “float around” for a few years. West wasn’t wrong, as this new live acoustic version of “Easy, Love” allows listeners the pleasure of savoring every word he sings. With its slower and stripped back approach, West showcases his feathery vocals, giving them the opportunity to shine atop wistful instrumentation. Derailing slightly from the original, West introduces a female voice to the mix, which adds to the story of longing after love. With this addition, the last half of the song includes both parties pleading together in harmonious unison and heartbreaking desperation to “go easy on me, love.”
West explains that as he’s grown as a songwriter over the years, he always found himself referring back to the original “Easy, Love” as a “template for how to combine a relatable, catchy chorus with surrounding context that sets the scene.” Adding, “it was definitely one of the first songs I wrote where I think the imagery and music clicked in a nice and approachable way.” Reimagining the track allowed for his “mellower interpretation” to strike listeners with a heavier sense of reflection and introspection than his “more excitable original.” The song is meant to explore what it feels like when an intimate relationship comes to an end. West shares that the song “reflects the moment when a relationship loses the thrill and ease of its early days.” Consequently, the character at hand is faced with a decision: “do I want to work on this, or let it go?” With the question at hand, West skillfully brings about an added layer to the original which resembles something of tender and nostalgic poignance.
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Cam Be x Peter Jericho – Cookin’
“If there isnt enough diversity in your daily menu, this new single from -cam BE and Peter Jericho will help you. Positive, bright, with a fair fraction of Hip-Hop humor, capable of charging positive energy and vibrations! ”
“Если в вашем ежедневном меню не хватает разнообразия, в этом вам поможет новый сингл от -Cam Be и Peter Jericho-. Позитивный, яркий, с изрядной долей юмора hip-hop, способный зарядить положительной энергией и вибрациями!”
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https://www.instagram.com/camovement/
Join us in celebrating the official music video release for Cookin.
Chicago-based filmmaker and musician Cam Be and singer/songwriter Peter Jericho launch the video for their funk-inspired tune that marries both the retro sound of the 70’s to the importance of plant-based eating.
The video features multi-disciplinary artist Starlotta “Star” Milan whose work in and around advocacy for plant-based eating dates back 20 years.
The inspiration for the video came through co-collaboration between Be and Milan who worked together to prepare a real vegan recipe for audiences to try at home.
Be, a long-time champion of health and wellness for underserved communities believes, “Healthy eating options should be available to Black communities everywhere…and seeing this video could inspire someone to try something new.”
Milan, also the Director of Art at the Sister Survivor Network, is on a mission to transform food deserts into oases of physical nutrition and spiritual sustainability.
A vocal and active advocate of health and wellness in Black communities, Milan feels, “It is my responsibility to cultivate a culture around food and sustainability.”
The video is directed by the screenwriter and self-published author Briana Clearly whose work focuses on the belief that Black Womxn and other marginalized people should own their own narratives, in front of, and behind the camera.
Ric Niels – Vibranova
“Groovy rhythmic sounds, complex electronic patterns and melodic sound collages are waiting you to join in a fabulus Organic House trip. The greatest opportunity to escape from everyday maddness and find your lost inner balance is here and right now!”
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Ric Neils' ‘Vibranova' gets off to a fresh and active start. The smooth sensations begin to mix with landscapes of molecular synthesizers. Just before the drop hits, the listening experience reaches a point of unimaginable intensity.
Maury111 – Solov
“-Maury111- Tied all possible interesting elements from LO-Fi, Indietronica and Dream POP and competently composed them into this magic track. A pulsating bit, walking along the panorama of melody and emotional vocal samples. This mix is impossible to transfer to the fullest only to feel it is possible ”
“-Maury111- связал все возможные интересные элементы из lo-fi, indietronica и dream pop и грамотно их скомпоновал в этот магический трек. Пульсирующий бит, гуляющая по панораме мелодия и эмоциональные вокальные семплы. Этот микс невозможно передать в полной мере с помощью слов. Его возможно лишь только прочувствовать.”
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https://www.instagram.com/maury111/
Tom Cavallaro – It’s A Vibe
“Tom Cavallaro has broken the rules in the Hip-Hop scene and it's easy to understand what we mean. Enjoy some lyrics with self-sarcastic spirit and pure sense of humour as it becomes clearly obvious from the track's title itself! Also the beat and overall sound quality are enough to attract your attention.”
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"It's A Vibe" is a fun, upbeat hip-hop song with old-school sensibilities and comedic elements (think DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince or De La Soul). The lyrics are self-deprecating in nature, making fun of myself for my lack of success in the music industry and being old, lame, and out of touch.
https://www.instagram.com/tomcavmusic/
Fabio Schwarz – the wait
“House rhytms, feel good vocals and a catchy chorus. Long fat bass Sounds, and crispy claps lifts up the vocals along with the piano. nice buildups and a great choice to make the dancefloor rock!”
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https://www.tiktok.com/@fabio_schwarz
Mista Savona, Clinton Fearon, Havana Meets Kingston – The Human Chain
“A very important Reggae song about the social vicious circle that each of us gets into. All that is needed for rescue is to ease the tension in the chain of an endless series of events and let warmth and love to shine.”
“Очень важная, социальная песня в жанре reggae о порочном круге, в который попадают каждый из нас. Всё, что нужно для освобождения, это ослабить напряжение в цепи бесконечной череды событий и впустить в дом тепло и любовь.”
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On March 9, Cumbancha releases the single “The Human Chain” featuring Clinton Fearon, one Jamaican music’s greatest living legends. “The Human Chain” is from the upcoming album Havana Meets Kingston Part 2, which will be released in on June 3, 2022 by Baco Records in Europe, ABC Music in Australia and New Zealand and Cumbancha in the US, Canada, Latin America and the rest of the world.
Backed by an all-star band that includes Cuban trumpeter Julito Padrón (Irakere) along with Jamaican legends Sly Dunbar on drums, the late Robbie Shakespeare on bass and the late Winston “Bopee” Bowen on guitar, “The Human Chain” is a powerful and uplifting rocksteady roots anthem about the looming threats to humanity.
Fearon, an icon of Jamaican music who was the lead singer for the legendary band The Gladiators, sings in his trademark gravel-toned and soulful voice, “A chain is only as strong / As its weakest link / Greed and poverty / Weaken the chain / Now is the time to reflect / On what’s gone wrong / With the human chain.”
The single is accompanied by an epic music video filmed on the rooftop of a skyscraper in Fearon’s current home in Seattle interspersed with stirring clips of protest and conflict drawn straight from the headlines. The sixth single to be released so far from the upcoming Havana Meets Kingston Part 2 album, “The Human Chain” offers a stark warning and an uplifting message of hope that we can come together to strengthen the ties that bind us all.
While connected by common African roots and colonial histories, the music of Cuba and Jamaica have traveled largely in separate lanes. Their influence on the music of the world has been immeasurable, but their influence on each other has been less evident. It took an Australian to bring these two rich musical cultures together. Melbourne-based producer and musician Jake Savona had already fallen in love with the music of Jamaica, having released a string of successful reggae and dub albums under his stage name Mista Savona. Eventually, Savona discovered Cuban music, and in 2015, he received a grant from the Australian Council that funded the ambitious and groundbreaking Havana Meets Kingston project. Savona traveled to Havana with a group of top Jamaican musicians, including the legendary Sly & Robbie (drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare), and they began recording in the iconic EGREM Studio where Buena Vista Social Club and countless other legendary records have been produced. More sessions followed, other guests were invited, and after years of painstaking effort, the first volume of Mista Savona Presents Havana Meets Kingston was released in 2017 to worldwide acclaim.
Havana Meets Kingston Part 2 also features a lineup of incredible Jamaican and Cuban talent. including Jamaican stars Clinton Fearon, Randy Valentine, Prince Alla and Micah Shemaiah, Cuban talents Barbarito Torres, Changuito, Brenda Navarette, Solis, Beatriz Marquez, and many more.