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From West London to West Coast US, composer and rising star Emily Rice is now at the forefront of new wave of female European composers taking on Hollywood alongside the likes of Natalie Holt, Amelia Warner, Hannah Peel, Hildur Guðnadóttir and Isabel Waller-Bridge, to name a few. Usually known for her Film and TV scoring talent, Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner marks Emily’s debut artist album, released on 19th November on First Artists Recordings / MNRK Records.

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MIBIAL has allowed the Emily to present a different side to her work. The album was recorded with a line up primarily of piano, strings, synthesizers and bass along with select guest appearances including Gene Back on Violin and the Hi-Lo Singers on vocals on the beautifully stripped back choral track ‘Outpour’.

Talking about the creation of MIBIAL, Emily reveals: “I was in my studio and started humming - there was something about the melody, so I wrote it down and it sparked this process. It was the door to me starting the album and that humming became album opener and first single ‘Come With Me’. It was an invitation for me to start writing, and an invitation to others to come with me on the journey of the rest of the album.

“MIBIAL is a love letter to home. The fondness, pining, sadness and hope that came with all the emotions stirred up by the pandemic. In recent years, at times it feels like we’re living in a movie and there is definitely a cinematic feel to the soundscape of MIBIAL.”

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British born Emily now resides in Los Angeles. Starting her musical life as a cellist playing in orchestras and rock bands, it wasn’t long before she was recognized as an emerging talent and was as the first composer awarded a scholarship from BAFTA L.A.. A music graduate of the University of York, Emily also holds a graduate certificate in film scoring from the USC Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program.

Among her credits, Emily scored The I-Land TV series for Netflix (executive produced by and starring Kate Bosworth). Her composition set featured in the 2018 second annual ‘The Future is Female’ concert catching the attention of an executive on the series, ultimately landing her the job. Emily is also in increasing demand as a composer for feature films, and has composed the scores to the documentaries 100 Years From Home, Self-Taught: Life Stories from Self-Directed Learners and For the Love of Rutland. In 2021, Lakeshore Records released the soundtrack to Emily’s score for the critically acclaimed feature Miss Juneteenth.

Maybe It’s Because I’m A Londoner will be the first release of many as Emily simultaneously builds her career as score composer and recording artist. It also marks the first artist release on the First Artist Recordings label.

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Producer originally from Normandy and now based in paris, label manager of Helios Records, Herr Krank quickly emerged among names to follow of a new french of electronic music artists. Jazzy piano riffs, groovy basslines, percussive rhythmics and acid sounds are the recipe that have notably helped to panic the counters on his million-views track "Acid jazz". but also on his 1st EP "So What" with the name paying homage to one of his strong infleunce, John Coltrane.

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After having known a great success with his Acid Piano House, Herr Krank brings a wind of freshness to his project by releasing "Mystères & Maracas", a 2 tracks ep oriented World Music, which associates in the manner of Nicolas Jaar, Satori or Sahalé, exotic musics and electro rhythms, the young Frenchman adds his famous acidulous style by playing some TB-303 melodies. In this release, we feel a particularly mysterious vibe that invites you to let yourself go and gives a crazy desire to dance.

Invoking a scene like a ‘60s beach video, Sweet Pauly’s Boogaloo gets you up and moving. Get your shimmy and mashed potato ready and groove with the Heavyweights on this energetic tune. Featuring Joel Visentin on organ, Sweet Pauly’s Boogaloo shows the Heavyweights in fine form.

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From Paul Metcalfe of the Heavyweights Brass Band:

Sweet Pauly has become my nickname. Tom, our tuba player, always says “Sweet Pauly Metcalfe” when we see each other again. So, I thought I’d write a song about it. It’s upbeat as I tend to talk too fast.
We recorded this on the 2nd recording day and this was the first song we recorded with Joel on the organ in the studio. The addition of Joel really added energy to the room as well. It’s also the song that I feel reminds me of the ‘before times’ the most. I think it’s because this song especially shows the performance energy of playing together that was obviously missing during the lockdown. I remember listening to it a few months into the stay-at-home order and thinking, oh yeah, that’s what it felt like.

This a pop song with an rnb brige. Its more a romantic song.

The song talks about the struggle of a couple to handle their break up when they still catch feelings.

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Dance with U is classic R&B/pop song with a hypnotic funk laced production. Its very catchy melody explains that sometimes you need to dance with a person before getting to know them a little better. Calyco have quickly established a trademark of smooth and slick lead vocals and lush harmonies, and this carries on the tradition. References for the song are Isley Brothers, SZA, Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak

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“Lotus” is a piece written from an emotional perspective, my music creates an emotive atmosphere that evokes in the listener a path for his own imagination.

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Reminiscent vocal chatter, buttery horns and soulful vocal runs unite to celebrate the abundance of black joy in the midst of an anti-black society. The syncopating “Soul Clap” throughout the song serves as a percussive reminder of the ever-so-present cool and consciousness-raising that is Black life.

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Anxiety is a song I wrote one late night in the studio with thoughts racing through my mind, uncontrollable overthinking, trying to overcome anxiety itself. I wanted to capture my process of fighting it and tried to put the feeling into the song with fast, rushing thoughts represented by the fast and wordy post-chorus.

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