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Budapest based production duo and live act Chaos Chips reminiscing over the crazy hot summer of festivals and club gigs with this light but soulful deep-house piece. Dog Days is their debut single that will be followed by an EP in the near future.

This one is about someone wanting to help a friend that is depressed and feeling down... From the perspective of an hawk, the "helper" want to help so bad but it seems that she doesn't see him..

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The hauntingly beautiful piece “Glowing Goodbyes” is about letting go and is also the title track of Cégiu’s freshly released selfproduced album sonically created by electronic beats, cello and insect sounds.

Cégiu seeks the limit of pain. The musician/composer/producer is fascinated and inspired by the spectrum of moving forward, saying farewell to certain things and letting go. This concept is communicated with unique musicality and style in her songs. She produces her own beats from insect sounds and cello and is a self-made producer who intersects classical and electronic elements with experimental flair. The versatility of the layers of the music create an atmosphere of meditativeness and entrance listeners, sending them deeper into their psyche as each song progresses. It is difficult to put Cégiu’s music into a box – some have referred to it as ‘art pop,’ ‘chamber pop,’ or ‘freak folk,’ however, it’s more multifaceted than just one or two genres.

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Inspired by topics of dementia, breaking down stereotypes, natural disasters and the menstrual cycle; her music expresses the mind of a restless artist in an emotional world. It’s no coincidence that many people are brought to tears when Cégiu performs live, as the artist’s natural ability to take listeners into themselves conveys empathy, vulnerability and understanding. Cégiu invites listeners to search for their own limits of pain and to release themselves into the soul of the music and let go.

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The first new material since his latest album 'A Sudden Nowhere' came out earlier this year, the track features sparse and bare arrangements. A Fender Rhodes loop and minimal guitar touches are accompanied by the silky synth lines and vibrating backing vocals provided by Italian composer Iosonouncane. Phill describes it as "an SOS sent to a blurry promised land from inside a dream".

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Phill Reynolds, born Silva Cantele, is an Italian singer-songwriter and one-man-band. Since 2011, he brings his bluesy roots and his desert voice all around Europe and the US, singing about love and despair, rage and hope, shade and light, on the wings of a sharp fingerstyle technique. Over the course of over 400 concerts, he got to share the stage with the likes of Eric Andersen, Sigur Ros, Timber Timbre, John García, Blonde Redhead, Daniel Norgren, Scott Kelly, Micah P Hinson and many more.

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Kadebostany strikes again with another audacious single, the timeless and sophisticated pop anthem “Wild in Secret”.

With its moving songwriting, meticulous electric beats, twisted folk melodies and bewitched whispering vocals, “Wild in Secret” bridges the gap between folk and modern electronic music, with a feeling of “crying with a smile”, as best described by its creator.

Architect of future pop and creator of many chart-topping singles, the singular hit producer/composer Guillaume de Kadebostany joins forces once again with singer Valeria Stoica. “Wild in Secret” is the follow-up to the much acclaimed single “Take Me To The Moon” released earlier in 2021, which rapidly conquered both the radio charts and fans.

During a late-night recording session last summer, the magic operated again and “Wild in Secret” was born. The result is both spontaneous and unpredictable, and highlights once again Kadebostany's acclaimed mastery of modern pop.

Supported by a dreamscape of stunning visuals, “Wild in Secret” is another major contribution to the Kadebostany legacy.

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"Freak Show" is an astounding debut album drawing inspiration from the timeless influential sounds of the 60s and 70s, yet is also injected with bold, experimental moments only 2021 could produce. The swooning title track, "Freak Show" includes lo-fi indie pop singer Esther that really makes the song flourish into a whole new level.

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Jelly Crystal is the moniker of the Stockholm-based artist and songwriter Filip Johnson. As Jelly Crystal he is the left-field glam rock street entertainer, singing his heart out for nickels and dimes. Innocence and decadence are never far from each other in his dazzling presence and "Freak Show" is the introductory tale in his extraordinary character's odyssey.

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Born and raised in Gothenburg, his skills on the bass guitar got him noticed in Stockholm, where he moved to play in the bands Vacation Forever and HOLY. Along with these collaborative projects, he started releasing tracks as Jelly Crystal, making his debut in 2017 with a self-titled EP, followed by the single “Now Awake” with Scott Walker and David Bowie as influences, Johnson revels in the kind of high-drama, high-art star role those musicians made their names with. Fully loaded, nostalgic and elegant old-school pop. In many ways, what’s significant with Jelly Crystal today.

In 2021, Jelly Crystal released his debut album “Freak Show”, a loosely shaped concept album gravitating around his alter-ego, Jerry. It's both a twisted and alluring vaudeville, and even though he’s got one foot in the timeless melodies of pop history, Jelly Crystal never hesitates to dash head-first into yet uncharted territories. Happy go lucky by nature, Johnson might come off as carefree at first glance, but underlying Johnson’s charismatic crooning, there’s the strokes of sadness of someone who knows he’ll never fully fit in. Innocence and decadence are never far from each other on “Freak Show”, and even though its ceaselessly exhilarating, you’re never left with the feeling that the rollercoaster will ever derail.

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Oscars love for playing the piano began at 14 years after discovering the works of Ludovico Einaudi and John Carpenter. He attended piano lessons locally for a year before he started composing himself.

After showing some of his compositions to his piano teacher Oscar was advised to continue writing as there was a clear talent for composing in his music. In 2018 he was invited by his piano teachers company to attend studio sessions to begin experiencing the techniques and pressures of recording solo piano.

In 2019 Oscar studied music performance at college in Hampshire to develop a deeper understanding of the music and performance industry. He continued to compose in and out of college and when he completed his diploma in 2021, Oscar began recording his compositions ready to release in late 2021.

Following the release of his last single, the soulful and aspirational ‘Up & Up (Heavens Above)’, which was supported by the likes of Capital Xtra, KISS FM, Amazing Radio, No Signal, Wordplay Magazine and GUAP Magazine, among others, British rap artist and producer AKS aka the “three letter man” is back with an introspective and deeply personal new single titled ‘PARITY’, as he continues to tease towards his long-awaited third EP As Plane As Day: Departures & Arrivals, which will conclude the South London wordsmith’s long-running ‘Modes of Transport’ EP series.

Produced by AKS himself, under the veiled moniker #3Letters, with live instrumentation from guitarist Adrian Remedy (Ed Sheeran), bass player Benjamin Muralt (Ledisi, Ill Camille, Pixie Lott) and keyboardist Charlie Stacey (Yussef Dayes), ‘Parity’ is a rich and textured rap track, layered with lush synth keys, glorious melodies and vibrant guitar licks, over which AKS wears his heart on his sleeves in truly captivating fashion. Switching up his rap flow into a bouncy melodic quickfire rhyme iteration that captures your attention, AKS speaks honestly to the pressures and aspirations of a black father.

Speaking about the inspiration behind ‘Parity’, AKS says, “the song is about purpose really. The notion that we do the best we can for our kids so that their starting point in life is beyond where ours was. I’m sure that was also our parent’s aim, and in that from generation to generation, there’s a sense of commonality in that. Parity. I wanted to explore generational differences – both the things that separate us from the generations that came before us, and those points of commonality that unite us. Like, wanting the best for your kids is universal right?”

Unpacking the record further, AKS adds that ‘Parity’ was “born out of conversations I was having with other parents about the hopes and dreams that they had for their kids and the struggles they had with their own parents. More and more, I realised that many of the choices that we’re making as parents are the same choices that our own parents were faced with, and try as we might to step with our best foot forward and usher in a world that we’d be happy for our children to inherit, some of those aspirations don’t come to fruition. We’re all learning on the job. Still, we pour out our best for them”.

Heralded as one of the finest lyricists in the UK by the likes of Hypebeast and Okayplayer, with co-signs from Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Jay-Z collaborator Young Guru, AKS has always had a real sense of palpable excitement around his music from fans and critics alike. While his last EP Train Of Thought earned him two nominations at the inaugural Unsigned Music Awards, and his last single ‘Up & Up’ was championed by DJ Semtex at Capital Xtra and KISS FM’s Ellie Prohan, the South London native is excited for what’s to come as he gears up to close out his ‘Mode Of Transport’ series in 2022.

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Adan Diaz is a 17-year-old Mexican-American artist from outside Chicago. When the pandemic hit and he was confined to his bedroom, Adan found solace in a cracked version of Ableton Live. He recorded new music everyday. He tried out new ways of singing, sometimes in Spanish and other times in English depending on how he was feeling. Slowly but surely he discovered a new vocabulary to communicate the torrent of confusion, surprise, boredom, anger, and lovesickness he's felt during this particularly bizarre moment in human history.

Adan’s “legroom” EP is a classic alt rock debut – unassuming but cocksure, familiar in tone but constantly surprising. Out Nov. 12 on Godmode (JPEGMAFIA, Channel Tres, Yaeji, PawPaw Rod), the EP celebrates tiny pleasures fleeting amongst our broad uncertainty: sharing your twin-size bed, smoking a black & mild on a rainy day, wanting to get into trouble but not really knowing how.

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