From a visual arts background, Simon Boyd started producing electronic music in 2020, incorporating his own vocals and saxophone playing. By combining his imagination as a painter with his creative instinct, Simon Boyd brings a unique originality to his music that pushes the boundaries between genres such as house, trance and experimental jazz.
Read MoreInterview: The Laconic - Integrals
The Laconic, Marc Pelath, is a musician and data scientist based in Chicago. He plays the Touch Guitars U8 Deluxe, bass guitar and synths. 'Integrals', his first album, is an attempt to revive a half-dead genre of music that can be called instrumental songs. These are songs without words, not solos played over chord changes.
Read MoreInterview: MONSTERS DUE - Real
MONSTERS DUE project started before the coronavirus pandemic back in 2020. 'Real' was recorded at a studio in Monivea Galway. It was mixed and mastered by Dave Skelton who is known for producing the likes of Robbie Monaghan and Rofi James. The song was inspired by alternative rock from the late 70s and early 80s.
Read MoreInterview: Pappelallee - Close to Me
Nikolaus Werther from Cologne, Germany is the brainchild and the producer under the professional stage name of Pappelallee. A bringer of exhiliration and electricity under the disguise of clubhouse mixed and mastered sound, Pappelallee evokes pure magic just with a touch of his gifted hands.
Read MoreInterview: Isaac Neilson - Tear This Down
Like escaping the crime scene on a unicycle, Isaac Neilson brings all the gusto of a deranged axe murderer haplessly floundering to preserve the integrity of a ming vase on a ski slalom to the indie rock genre. Isaac cut his teeth in studios, working with a multitude of talented artists, slowly unravelling the mythical craft of songwriting.
Read MoreInterview: DAS ELITE - Torment EP
DAS ELITE is the personal, electronic outfit of renowned Swedish producer and mixer Andreas Ahlenius. Working with many international gold- and platinum selling artists over the years, Andreas sees DAS ELITE as a getaway, a creative output and a project maneuvering in its own emotional soundscape, allowing electronic melancholy to set the tone.
Read MoreInterview: Louis Cross - A Page To Tell
Louis Cross' new EP “A Page to Tell” is a heartfelt collection of songs in which Louis talks about dealing with his disability, finding himself and his life's experiences so far. The project consists of 6 songs: “Better Light”, “Picture Frame”, “I Don´t Know”, “We´re All The Same”, “A Page to Tell” and “Life Can Tear You Down”.
Read MoreInterview: The Dust Collectors - Take A Dive
Calgary, Canada folk-rock band, The Dust Collectors, make their debut with boot-stomping single “Take A Dive”. Grown from casual Friday night jams with friends soon transpired into something more substantial, with songs coming together easily between the four band members.
Read MoreInterview: Munk Duane - Just a Word
Following on the successful release of "Myths" back in October, Munk Duane drops “Just a Word” on 11/11/22. Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering LA (Lizzo, Post Malone, The Black Keys). Munk's music has been licensed to hundreds of television and film productions such as Hulu's Pam & Tommy, The 70th Annual Tony Awards.
Read MoreInterview: The Spiritual Leaders - Shadows and Tall Trees
Originally hailing from Cavan, Ireland; The Spiritual Leaders are an indie electronic collective. The band have released their new single 'Shadows and Tall Trees'; the first to be taken from their upcoming album release, 'This Fictional Place'. The band have spent the last 12 months recording the album at JT Soar Studios in Nottingham, UK.
Read MoreInterview: Anna Bea - Another World
Anna Bea is a 21-year-old singer songwriter who regularly gigs between London and Bristol and has just released her debut EP ‘Wheel of Change’. Having only started releasing music during lockdown, the success of her first four songs have led to multiple interviews with radio stations such as BBC London, BBC Bristol, Glastonbury FM and BCFM Radio.
Read MoreInterview: Electric High - Cyclone
Cyclone starts with both Electric High’s lead singers, PV Staff and Olav Iversen, literally spitting the letter FFFFFFF into the microphones, before the whole band kicks in with full force into a pounding upbeat groove, which kind of reminds you of Rocks by Primal Scream, handclaps and all.
Read MoreInterview: Electric Sol - Looking For Love
Electric Sol started out as a solo studio project by lead singer/songwriter Ed Sweet, who was writing a story about a band trying to make it big playing Native American casinos. He dropped the story but started making the music, and the live band formed after Electric Sol’s eponymous first release in 2016.
Read MoreInterview: sam marke - burden to bear
'burden to bear' is about sam marke's personal experience of being Autistic and the struggle of being misunderstood. He is hoping this song will help those who aren’t Autistic become more patient and understanding towards those who are, and he is hoping it will help Autistic people feel more heard, represented, and less alone.
Read MoreInterview: Ryan David Orr - How Long
Ryan David Orr is an American singer songwriter who makes thoughtful music for a thoughtless age and on his single How Long his sweet and soulful melodies are elevated by lush instrumentation which sounds like a drive from the Pacific Northwest to the South and back.
Read MoreInterview: Mary KilS - Porte sept
With her intrepid character, a rocker of a thousand colours, an indomitable vitality with explosive accents, poignant elocution, always equipped with magnificent lyrics, Mary KilS multiplies everything. Some speak of her as fire under the ice, others describe her as an inexhaustible passion.
Read MoreInterview: Energy Whores - Dark Money
Energy Whores started in a closet of a New York City apartment. That is the only place Carrie's recording studio could fit. Now it's in a basement in Ghent, New York. Carrie Schoenfeld is the singer/songwriter and Attilio Valenti, who is originally from Sicily, Italy plays all the guitars. Carrie plays keyboards and everything else.
Read MoreInterview: Saves the Witch - She Dances With Knives
Saves the Witch is a dynamic mostly instrumental project led by Eric Maynes, singer/songwriter turned Post Rock guitarist. STW blends the flavors of Post Rock, Post Metal, Art Rock, Shoegaze, LoFi and more; with blues undertones sprinkled in. Saves the Witch has been praised for their eclectic and guitar driven sound.
Read MoreInterview: Cancion Franklin - Blue Jeans
Cancion Franklin plays traditional Americana music and on his new single Blue Jeans he sings about the plans he made, the juke joints they took him to, and every bad turn he's taken to find a space that's still left to be original. His smoky baritone tells a great story.
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