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Northern Sky, Rose White – Walk In The Park (Spotify)
“-Walk In The Park- like an invisible essence, absorbs you while listening. Music that embodies hope, joy and kindness. Very competent combination of Indie Folk and Dream Pop, which are harmonized with each other. This single is full of light and sincere love!”
“-Walk In The Park- словно невидимая сущность поглощает тебя при прослушивании. Музыка, которая воплощает надежду, радость, и доброту. Очень грамотное сочетание Indie Folk и Dream Pop, которые гармонируют друг с другом. -Walk In The Park- полна света, доброты и искренней любви!”
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A song greatly influenced by The Sundays, The Smiths, and Nick Drake. Female vocals accompanied by acoustic guitar, piano, and stand up bass. Storyline is two people meet for a walk in the park and end walking until the stars come out, learning everything about each other in one of those days where time seems to stop.
Ellie Irwin – Green Houses (Spotify)
“In -Green Houses- the sound is so fragile that there is a light balance between positive human feelings and sadness. Beautiful acoustic melody and vocals from -Ellie Irwin- slowly flowing into the state of absolute satisfaction, love and harmony.”
“Звучание в -Green Houses- настолько хрупкое, что возникает лёгкий дисбаланс между живыми человеческими чувствами и грустью. Красивая акустическая мелодия и вокал -Ellie Irwin- льются ручьями, медленно перетекая в состояние абсолютного удовлетворения, любви и гармонии. ”
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“These songs represent a journey of realizing who I am, and that I’m done struggling to appease people,” shares singer-songwriter Ellie Irwin. The Central Pennsylvania-based acoustic-pop artist is seeding the way to a powerfully transformative coming of age project through a series of singles. “These songs have helped me reconnect with who I am, and they’ve also helped me realize I don’t need to depend on others for my self-worth. I’m the same person since writing them, but I’ve evolved. I hope my growing pains here can enlighten and comfort others.” Today, Ellie shares the exhilarating single, Green Houses.
Ellie commenced this song cycle summer of 2020 when she found herself reexamining her life and her personal connections as a high school student. “I’m surrounded by teenagers, and my songs are all pretty much a testimony to that,” she details. “They are me trying to figure out life and the emotional rollercoaster it sometimes is as a young person in this world.”
Each song entry represents a facet of Ellie’s path to liberating self-knowledge and confidence. Through these personal revelations, and her exhilarating acoustic-pop sensibility, Ellie shares struggles, profound realizations, and empowering decisions. Her songs start on the ukulele or the piano, and, from there, they are tastefully embellished with elegantly essential production touches. Luke Wood and Gregg Montante contributed guitar and Bob McCutcheon produced the sessions.
https://www.ellieirwin.com/
https://www.instagram.com/elliejaneirwin
Steve Luck – Sojourn (Spotify)
“Everything we need for our heart is peace of mind and grace. -Steve Luck- and his neoclassical work -Sojourn- gives charm and full energy that enriches us. Listen and enjoy every second.”
“Всё, нужно нашему сердцу, это душевное спокойствие и благодать. -Steve Luck- и его неоклассическое произведение -Sojourn- дарит очарование и колоссальную энергию, которая обогащает нас. Слушайте и наслаждайтесь каждой секундой.”
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Sojourn is a light and gentle tune for muted solo piano.
https://steveluck.bandcamp.com/
https://twitter.com/steveluck
https://www.facebook.com/steveluckmusic/
https://www.instagram.com/steveluckmusic
Potlatch – On The Cloud (Spotify)
“Filtered with the best chill beats to laid back and light your atmosphere. Music that will set you on clouds.”
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http://cosmicleaf.com/potlatch
Translippers – The Gorge (Spotify)
“Translippers explores deeper the lands of ethnic, world music, bringing in surface rich sound, warm atmospheres, and chill beats. Dub, Bossa Nova grooves, Electronica, Santur, Guitars, Harmonica, a variety of percussions as shakers, guiro, vibraslap, Tibetan bowls, Shakukhati...the harmonic layering of tickling sounds for the ears in his new album The Gorge, are gorg-eous. Top-notch audio quality, at 24bit, 96khz recorded, mixed and mastered.”
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http://cosmicleaf.com/translippers
Shivanam, Zero Cult – Viral Shroom – Zero Cult Remix (Spotify)
“Zero Cult does his magic spell on "Viral Shroom" golden elements by Shivanam, delivering a wonderful downtempo song that starts with a melancholic mood and ends with an upbeat positive atmosphere, like the cycle of life, which has the up and down.”
-Nagamag.com
http://cosmicleaf.com/shivanam
http://cosmicleaf.com/zerocult
Banco de Gaia Interview on Nagamag
Photo by Cezary Biernat | www.notatourist.co.uk
Nagamag:
Which are the genres that describe your music style better?
Banco de Gaia:
World dance, global, ambient, trance, techno, dub
Nagamag:
Few words about your musical background and career?
Banco de Gaia:
I started out playing drums in rock bands then moved on to guitar. In the 80's I was playing jazz and listening to world music then discovered acid house and became immersed in electronic dance music. Since 1989 I've been writing, recording and performing as Banco de Gaia and I'm not sure if I'll ever stop!
Nagamag:
Do you remember your first connection of love to music that was the right impact to be a music artist now?
Banco de Gaia:
I saw Hawkwind performing Silver Machine on TV when I was 6 or 7. Lots of strobes and smoke and a man with long hair, I thought 'that's what I want to do'.
Nagamag:
Why is world music so imprtant to you?
Banco de Gaia:
I love combining sounds from different countries and cultures, it constantly amazes me that music from wildly different places can share the same basic heart. Music really is a universal language.
Nagamag:
What have you been working on recently?
Banco de Gaia:
I just released a two-track single 'Pirates and Princes' as part of New York Times reporter Ian Urbina's 'Outlaw Ocean' project. He has been travelling the seas documenting what goes on out in international waters where no laws apply. It's pretty grim at times but it's important to spotlight the crimes that are going on out there, and incorporating his reporting into music has been a fascinating mission.
Nagamag:
Many artists listen to genres that they are not producing music for. Which track is your favorite that is NOT similar to yours?
Banco de Gaia:
Yes "Going For The One"
Nagamag:
Of Course Nagamag would love to listen also which is the track from a similar artist you admire?
Banco de Gaia:
William Orbit "Water from a Vine Leaf"
Discover & Listen to Banco de Gaia
Banco de Gaia on Spotify
Banco de Gaia's Signature Track
Banco de Gaia on Social Media
Banco de Gaia's Website
Marco V, Vision 20/20 – RAB/BIT (Spotify)
“Marco V /Vision 2020 Rab/bit is an instant classic. The classic trance beat picks right up and organic electronic sounds fill in the background. Vocals are soothing with a touch of class that takes us back. ”
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2021 currently belongs to Marco V, continuing to switch between styles and never holding back when it comes to giving you goosebumps. In vocal trance mode, sweet, angelic vocals, slicked back between fantasy and reality and with a taste for the bittersweet, skim across feverish beats. As ‘RAB/BIT’ starts its upward charge, it approaches the promised land of the euphoric but keeps its guard up, a shimmering, holographic synth pattern seemingly anticipating danger around the corner. Made for massive parties armed with supersized glo-sticks.
https://ffm.bio/marcov
https://twitter.com/MARCOV
https://www.facebook.com/marcovdj/
https://www.instagram.com/marcovdj/
Neena Rose – Perfect Stranger (Spotify)
“-Perfect Stranger- causes a persistent sense of nostalgia, soulful, emotional rise, desire to live and breathe air to which we absorb. The creativity of -Neena Rose- can make you listen again from time to time and feel it in all your body. -Perfect Stranger- inspires and immerses in its unique world, which helps to escape from the surrounding reality.”
“-Perfect Stranger- вызывает стойкое чувство ностальгии, душевный, эмоциональный подъём, желание жить и дышать воздухом, которой мы впитываем. К творчеству -Neena Rose- хочется время от времени возвращаться и снова ощущать её всем своим телом. -Perfect Stranger- воодушевляет и погружает в свой уникальный мир, который помогает отстраниться от окружающей действительности.”
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Neena Rose's, "Perfect Stranger", dances on the line between the persona we create for people in our minds, and how they actually are. Describing the feeling of meeting a seemingly perfect guy and the fear of learning something that may skew the perception of him. Following the saying, "ignorance is bliss", Neena Rose leaves the stranger behind before any red flags could ruin her memory of him.
Canadian singer/songwriter and Pop/R&B artist, Neena Rose, has emerged onto the music scene with a magnetism not encountered everyday. Between her breakout single, 2018's "Games", and all it successors, the talented Neena Rose is shaking things up and taking the industry by storm.
The Hamilton, Ontario-based artist has received extensive early support and has garnered large following across social media platforms, especially on TikTok. In March of 2019, she was the youngest panelist invited to speak at the California Copyright Conference, and later that year, she was 1 of only 6 Canadians nominated for the Hollywood Music and Media Awards in Los Angeles, CA.
http://www.neenarosemusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/neenarosemusic
Between her breakout single — 2018’s “Games” — its successors, “Circles” and “Rewind”, and this year’s forthcoming EP 333, Canadian singer/songwriter and pop-R&B artist Neena Rose has emerged onto the music scene with a magnetism not encountered every day.
The 17-year old Hamilton, Ontario-based artist has received extensive early support from media and playlisters, and was a recent panelist at the California Copyright Conference, making her the youngest female Canadian to speak thus far.
Her debut single — “Rock N Roll Lullaby” — was recorded at age 12 with Diamond/Platinum producer/songwriter Roy “Royalty” Hamilton III (Britney Spears, Nas), and the five years since has included performing for audience sizes up to 14,000 (including Oprah Winfrey), and singing CHCH legacy program Tiny Talent Time’s new theme song.
She’s an “amazing young talent,” says Universal Music Publishing Group’s 80 Empire. “She’s an incredible vocalist and witty lyricist… Working with her is a sheer joy!”
“Hellafun to talk with,” Cashbox Magazine’s Lenny Stoute adds. She’s a “combination of music biz savvy and emotional intelligence, with a commanding voice. Gonna go far.”
“I love it all, but writing lyrics is my favourite part,” Neena muses, reflecting on previous dips into nu-country, emo rock, and lofty pop bops before finding her most authentic self in R&B. “I want people to gain empowerment from my music. I want it to communicate to them: ‘You’ve got this. You can be different. You can do anything.’”
It’s true, and Neena Rose is leading by perfect example.
Jimmy Bounce – Lockdown (Spotify)
“-Perfect Stranger- causes a persistent sense of nostalgia, soulful, emotional rise, desire to live and breathe air to which we absorb. The creativity of -Neena Rose- can make you listen again from time to time and feel it in all your body. -Perfect Stranger- inspires and immerses in its unique world, which helps to escape from the surrounding reality.”
“-Perfect Stranger- вызывает стойкое чувство ностальгии, душевный, эмоциональный подъём, желание жить и дышать воздухом, которой мы впитываем. К творчеству -Neena Rose- хочется время от времени возвращаться и снова ощущать её всем своим телом. -Perfect Stranger- воодушевляет и погружает в свой уникальный мир, который помогает отстраниться от окружающей действительности.”
-Nagamag.com
Neena Rose's, "Perfect Stranger", dances on the line between the persona we create for people in our minds, and how they actually are. Describing the feeling of meeting a seemingly perfect guy and the fear of learning something that may skew the perception of him. Following the saying, "ignorance is bliss", Neena Rose leaves the stranger behind before any red flags could ruin her memory of him.
Canadian singer/songwriter and Pop/R&B artist, Neena Rose, has emerged onto the music scene with a magnetism not encountered everyday. Between her breakout single, 2018's "Games", and all it successors, the talented Neena Rose is shaking things up and taking the industry by storm.
The Hamilton, Ontario-based artist has received extensive early support and has garnered large following across social media platforms, especially on TikTok. In March of 2019, she was the youngest panelist invited to speak at the California Copyright Conference, and later that year, she was 1 of only 6 Canadians nominated for the Hollywood Music and Media Awards in Los Angeles, CA.
http://www.neenarosemusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/neenarosemusic
Between her breakout single — 2018’s “Games” — its successors, “Circles” and “Rewind”, and this year’s forthcoming EP 333, Canadian singer/songwriter and pop-R&B artist Neena Rose has emerged onto the music scene with a magnetism not encountered every day.
The 17-year old Hamilton, Ontario-based artist has received extensive early support from media and playlisters, and was a recent panelist at the California Copyright Conference, making her the youngest female Canadian to speak thus far.
Her debut single — “Rock N Roll Lullaby” — was recorded at age 12 with Diamond/Platinum producer/songwriter Roy “Royalty” Hamilton III (Britney Spears, Nas), and the five years since has included performing for audience sizes up to 14,000 (including Oprah Winfrey), and singing CHCH legacy program Tiny Talent Time’s new theme song.
She’s an “amazing young talent,” says Universal Music Publishing Group’s 80 Empire. “She’s an incredible vocalist and witty lyricist… Working with her is a sheer joy!”
“Hellafun to talk with,” Cashbox Magazine’s Lenny Stoute adds. She’s a “combination of music biz savvy and emotional intelligence, with a commanding voice. Gonna go far.”
“I love it all, but writing lyrics is my favourite part,” Neena muses, reflecting on previous dips into nu-country, emo rock, and lofty pop bops before finding her most authentic self in R&B. “I want people to gain empowerment from my music. I want it to communicate to them: ‘You’ve got this. You can be different. You can do anything.’”
It’s true, and Neena Rose is leading by perfect example.