biosphere & xiv share new single BLASTOFF! ft koven wei

biosphere & xiv ft koven wei

New single « BLASTOFF! »

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Entitled « BLASTOFF! », the track is inspired by childhood memories of the iconic space opera,

Star Wars

, and is the focus single of

Calamity

, a 10 track album by biosphere and xiv. Featuring rising Toronto based artist koven wei, the song details a relationship of two lovers who are “galaxies between” each other, evoking emotions of excitement and longing as they journey through space.

xiv

21-year-old singer-songwriter, xiv (short for excuses in vanity) is a Toronto based, Asian-Canadian artist who is not afraid of experimentation. Caught between two worlds of the East and West, he aims to fuse elements of both musical styles to bring a unique and distinct sound to fans all across the world. From catchy Pop melodies that are prevalent in today’s K-Pop records to silky smooth sonics of Western R&B, xiv is determined to bridge this gap, all while inspiring the next generation of Asian artists.

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biosphere is an Asian-Canadian, 21-year-old composer and producer based in Toronto. He initially experimented with the lo-fi/hip hop sound but has recently ventured into R&B, soul, and orchestral styles. Classically trained in piano and a saxophone player from a young age, he gradually became inspired to compose music of his own. His music is strongly influenced by his classical roots and his many years playing in a jazz environment.

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BINNY shares his new single « After Hours »

BINNY

New single « After Hours »

BINNY is a bedroom pop artist born and bred in Maryland. Having sung before he could even talk, BINNY’s musicality runs deep in his veins. Growing up in a family of musicians, he learned piano from the early age of six, before self-teaching the guitar and eventually going on to songwriting and producing.

“After Hours” is the indulgent new track inspired by the challenges faced when trying to find the balance between work and relationships. Produced and written himself, with mixing by his brother, Brandon Lim and mastering by Jonas W. Karlsson (John Legend, Jhene Aiko, Tinashe, FLETCHER), the song offers a flicker of sensual euphoria, floating with themes of connection and romance, and capturing the essence of escape you feel when you’re with someone you care about. Sonically stimulating, the tune is dripping with silky vocals, dreamy synths and 808s; aligning with BINNY’s previous releases.

Admitting how both listening and writing music is equally therapeutic, BINNY hopes that by conveying his true emotions and thoughts may act as a form of medication for audiences. He also strives to represent Asian Americans in pop culture and mainstream music, something that he feels lacks recognition. He shares, “I hope to be a part of that change and be an inspiration for other Asian Americans who want to pursue music.”

BINNY is also a fashion enthusiast, using style to express himself. The singer shares, “It’s also important for me that my music is translated visually in what I’m wearing.” Aside from songwriting, BINNY also grew up doing theater in school and took part in numerous productions. In college, he was a part of an award-winning a cappella group that got to compete in the International Championships of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) on Broadway.

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German avant-Pop artist MARIA Die RUHE reveals new Single ‘Skin’

Avant-pop Artist

MARIA Die RUHE

SHARES

‘Skin’ single

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SINGLE RELEASE DATE: 24th February 2022

LABEL: Reduced To The Root

Rising avant-pop singer-songwriter

MARIA Die RUHE

has released her latest single,

‘Skin’

on the 24th of February via

Reduced To The Root

. The single follows the release of the artist’s recent single,

‘

Art Is The Only Real Translation Of Living For Me’

. The producer has performed on several different stages across Europe, including Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, and Turkey, each time bringing new energy to her set. Although the songstress has only been releasing music for a few years, she’s already collected just under

6.5 million

plays on

Spotify

alone, with the number rising by the day.

The singer is from Thuringia, Germany previously lived in both Berlin, San Francisco, as well as London and is now based in Leipzig, Germany once more. While creating her unique sound,

MARIA Die RUHE

loses herself in different sonic realms, never minding the genre and recognising the works of

Frank Wiedemann, Stimming, Dominik Eulberg, Elder Island, Sylvan Esso, James Blake, SOHN

and

The Knife

to name a few. Her own sound calls to mind the unusual sounds of

Röyksopp, Lykke Li

and

MØ

.

In her single

‘Skin’,

MARIA Die RUHE

describes the long and painful way from rejecting her own body to loving herself unconditionally. During her journey, she discovered some things within herself that she didn’t like. She faced them anyway and turned the pain into sound. The music is power, and it lends her strength, allowing her scars to turn into art. The progressive artist fights stereotypes, standing against being reduced down to her body and rejecting the idea of being seen as an Instagrammable, thoroughly designed product. Instead, she wants to be acknowledged as an individual.

Maria Die RUHE

provides further insight into the story behind the single:

“I disliked my body for the longest period of my life for different reasons. I was always ashamed of getting undressed first in school sports, later with lovers. A lot of women share this phenomenon. This is insane. Today, I know that I am perfect as I am and beautiful. Do you like this vehicle you were born into? Your body? Your body is a magical machine with incredible functions and huge abilities to learn, develop, change. It is always there for you. You are your body and your body becomes the thoughts you are giving to it. With ‘SKIN’, I am rounding up my life and travelling the transformation of making peace with my body and loving and nurturing it as it is. My body. The only one I have in this life.”

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Tovaritch présente son nouveau clip « OSLV »

Tovaritch

Nouveau clip « OSLV »

Le 18 février, Tovaritch présentait sa nouvelle mixtape « Mikhaïlov » avec un très beau score de 3147 équivalent ventes pour la première semaine d’exploitation en indépendant. Un projet sur lequel on retrouve des featuring internationaux avec notamment Samra (Allemagne), Alberto (Pologne), Enzo Dong (Italie) et Krasnoe Derevo (Russie).

Pour cette sortie, Tovaritch proposait le clip « Atmosphère » qui a déjà dépassé le million de vues en quelques jours.

Aujourd’hui, il présente le clip « OSLV », un banger survitaminé mis en images par Paul Maillot.

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Laura Anglade & Sam Kirmayer présentent leur reprise de « Chez Laurette »

Laura Anglade & Sam Kirmayer

Nouvel album Venez Donc Chez Moi

Sortie le 20/05/2022 chez Justin Time Records

La chanteuse

Laura Anglade

et le guitariste

Sam Kirmayer

nous dévoilent un premier extrait de leur album

Venez Donc Chez Moi

, à paraître le 20 mai 2022 sur le label canadien Justin Time Records.

Laura Anglade

(voix) et

Sam Kirmayer

(guitare) se complètent parfaitement, flottant d’une chanson à l’autre avec une fluidité presque magique. Le duo présente avec leur nouvel album des classiques de la chanson française des années 40, 50 et 60 d’Aznavour, Michel Legrand, Charles Trenet, entre autres.

Premier extrait, on savoure leur adaptation de

Chez Laurette

, le succès de Michel Delpech, revu et corrigé par les deux musiciens au somment de leur art.

 »

Chez Laurette

, de Michel Delpech, est une de mes chansons préférées de l’album » a expliqué

Laura Anglade

. « Quand j’écoute cette chanson, pour moi c’est la culture française dans toute sa splendeur. Ça me rappelle de beaux souvenirs avec ma mère, quand on allait faire les boutiques en ville chaque été. La vie passe tellement vite. Ce sont ces personnes, ces liens qu’on crée de génération en génération qui forment nos valeurs et qui on devient. »

A découvrir avec une vidéo enregistrée en live à la Salle Bourgie à Montréal.

Globetrotteuse, Laura Anglade partage son enfance entre le sud de la France et les États-Unis avant de s’installer à Montréal où elle est depuis reconnue comme une des voix les plus prometteuses de la nouvelle scène jazz. Influencée par le parcours musical de ses parents, la jeune chanteuse de 23 ans s’inspire de ses idoles, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan et Anita O’Day depuis un très jeune âge. La chanteuse a réalisé en 2019 son premier album très justement intitulé I’ve Got Just About Everything. Dotée d’une voix pleine et chaleureuse, ses performances révèlent une interprète à la fois circonspecte et expressive qui maîtrise parfaitement l’art de l’intensité.

Aujourd’hui, la chanteuse prépare la sortie de son album Venez Donc Chez Moi, accompagnée du guitariste Sam Kirmayer dans lequel on retrouve des grands standards de la chanson française revisités avec brio.

Le guitariste Sam Kirmayer et son quartet onr lancé en 2017

Opening Statement

, un premier album de standards et de compositions originales chaudement accueilli par la critique. Le guitariste a récidivé l’année suivante avec

High and Low

(2018), cette fois en trio aux côtés de l’organiste Ben Paterson et du batteur Dave Laing. Campé dans la tradition, le guitariste s’illustre par la maturité de son jeu et par son phrasé limpide et sophistiqué.

Avec l’album Venez Donc Chez Moi, Laura Anglade et Sam Kirmayer s’inscrivent dans la grande tradition du jazz vocal et nous ramènent à une époque où le jazz puisait ses standards dans la chanson populaire.

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Wildlife Freeway releases debut album « Sunny »

Wildlife Freeway

New album « Sunny »

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Wildlife Freeway

, the artist moniker of songwriter Sunny Atema, released her debut album

Sunny

on Alex Ebert’s Community Music label

,

available to stream on YouTube & all DSPs worldwide. The album features a collection of exquisitely crafted, moody, whimsical indie-folk songs that courageously plunge into the depths of human emotion.

“A wildlife freeway is a bridge for animals to safely cross over busy roads, so when we humans are rushing off in cars to our parties, the animals can get to their forest fairy parties too,” says Atema on the project and album. “The name also speaks of wildness and life on the road. The actual road, putting in the miles, brings us eye to eye, connecting without a screen between.”

A few years back after her beloved dog passed away, Sunny Atema packed her real upright piano in the back of her station wagon and toured the entire US. “I was so sad, I died too. I felt like a kite whose string was cut loose, longing for Earth,” she explains. The music shows were raw, both painful and joyful, surrounded by the perfect presence of people beckoning her back to their shared world when she felt disconnected from it. It was in New Orleans on that very tour that she was introduced to Alex Ebert, and soon after they entered the studio together.

“I don’t normally produce other artists, so when Sunny showed up at the studio unannounced, I had no notion of producing anything,” Ebert recalls. “But as soon as she sat down at the baby grand

,

I was inspired. This was a uniquely personal kind of music. I approached the production itself delicately, as if the songs themselves would shatter to pieces if a callous move was made. I wanted to make sure the whole album felt the way I felt when I first heard her at my studio – like we are each being let in on a secret.”

Attending a Wildlife Freeway performance is a unique, deep experience that is not easy to summarize. Some say it’s jazz, or storytelling, folk, pop, or hypnosis! Alongside the smooth well trod highway of predictable rock shows, Wildlife Freeway is an intrepid path in the thickets and wilds creating unique, unforgettable musical experiences. For more information on Wildlife Freeway, be sure to follow her at the links below.

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Downtempo Pop trio GIVVEN releases captivating video

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2 mars 2022

Downtempo Pop Trio

GIVVEN

SHARE Cinematic Video for

‘Losing Colours’

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RELEASE DATE: 10th February 2022

LABEL: Bias Beach Records

International trio

GIVVEN

are sharing the video for their latest single,

‘Losing Colours’

. The video was created by the award-winning director

Rupert Höller

and award-winning director of photography

Adrian Bidron

.

‘Losing Colours’

is the title track for their upcoming audiovisual EP which will be released on the 24th of March via

Bias Beach Records

. The EP will feature three unique songs with music videos shot in the beautiful landscapes of Iceland, the first of which,

‘

Taking On Water

’

was accompanied by a gloomy

blue-tinted video

.

GIVVEN

have been supported by

Dancing Astronaut, We Rave You

,

Tonspion

and

Mr Suicide Sheep.

One-third of the trio is

Adrian Held,

part of the renowned

Klangkarussell

duo.

GIVVEN

released their hit debut single,

‘Ghostkeeper’

with

Klangkarussell

in early 2020 which has reached over

6,6 million

views to date, followed by several more singles which would collect over

50 million

plays across platforms with support across a wide variety of international publications and radio stations.

The trio is comprised of

Adrian Held

who is from Austria and based in Berlin, Germany,

Jordan Haller

who is also from Austria and currently based in Toronto, Canada and

Nikodem Milewski

who is from Poland and based in Vienna.

Nikodem Milewski

is also responsible for mixing and mastering the EP and has previously worked with the likes of

Robin Schulz

and

Gryffin,

amongst others.

In the early stages of the

GIVVEN

project, the band used the likes of

Jai Paul

for inspiration however, more recently they’ve begun to also turn to the works of

Bon Iver

and

James Blake.

In turn, their own texturally rich sound will find itself at home next to the laidback likes of

Chet Faker, Son Lux

and

James Blake

.

The beauty of the Icelandic coastline provides a momentous backdrop for the next carefully crafted music video from

GIVVEN

however, the momentous backdrop quickly loses focus as the viewer is drawn into the irresistible drama of the two dancers. Evocative and moving, the video will leave viewers pondering the concept of grief for days to come.

Speaking of the video, director

Rupert Höller

shares:

« We shot the video for ‘Losing Colours’ with Paris-based dancers Aliashka and Goku Kepler on the famous black beach in the south of Iceland. It explores the concept of human connection and energy. Even if you lose someone and that person is not physically present anymore, the energy still remains. »

Losing Colours

EP Tracklist:

1. Taking On Water

2. Losing Colours

3. Doubts

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Kile J share their new single « Honey »

Kile J shares

New single « Honey »

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The non-binary artist is dedicated to creating work that unapologetically highlights the experiences and nuances of queer people of color and their new single « Honey » does just that.

KILE J (they/them) is a proud non-binary artist and performer, based in New York City. Originally from Houston Texas, Kile moved to New York to explore their creative talents, and since then has worked with some of the top influencers in the industry. The multi-dimensional artist has many skills under their belt, including comedy, acting, and most significantly music.

Dedicated to creating work that unapologetically highlights the experiences and nuances of queer people of color, the debut EP

Honey

is sensationally vulnerable and encouragingly heartfelt. Serving as a therapeutic outlet, the EP helped them tackle feelings of shame and discomfort, eventually leading them to find self-love. Bursting with lush sugary harmonies that counteract the bittersweet lyrics, the songs speak authentically of their personal experiences. Taking lines directly from journal entries and text messages, Kile revealed, “I found strength singing words that caused me pain, over beautiful warm instrumentals.”

Speaking on the EP, the artist explains, “There are moments where you can only understand if you’re a part of the culture, and there’s also moments where I feel everyone can relate to it in some way.” They continue, “The underlying theme of the project is to tell black queer love stories authentically; not only ones about loving others, but ones about loving yourself as well.”

The title track “Honey” delightfully showcases Kile’s vibey sound, with it being a fusion of southern music, modern pop and R&B. Smoothly soulful and trickled with encouraging sentiment, the track is a shimmer of soundscapes reflecting warmth, comfort and hope, as they detail the shame placed on people who are trying to love themselves in a world that’s forcing them into hiding.

As a performer, their work has gotten plenty of buzz, with their musical project Trak Joy being ranked on the 25 best songs of the week by CMJ. They were also a featured correspondent for Buzzfeed where they talked news and pop culture while breaking out of gender binaries, as well as being named a finalist at YAAAS FEST: an LGBTQ comedy competition in New York. Kile’s work is currently featured on

Hunger Magazine, Teen Vogue, Redbull.com, Buzzfeed

, and

Afropunk

, to name a few.

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ANOMALIE présente son nouveau single ‘Memory Leaves’ ft. Masego

ANOMALIE & MASEGO’

NOUVEAU SINGLE ‘MEMORY LEAVES – ANOMALIE

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Pour ce quatrième single (extrait de son album à venir le 29 avril prochain), le Montréalais Anomalie de son vrai nom Nicolas Dupuis, collabore avec l’artiste multi-instrumentiste R&B nommé au Grammy Awards, Masego.

Un single nostalgique et jazzy-soul, adouci par la voix suave et groovy de Masego. Un mélange moderne et novateur qui rappelle les beats de J Dilla.

Nicolas Dupuis, alias Anomalie, originaire et basé à Montréal, propose une musique riche d’influences et de fusion de styles, inspirés par

D’Angelo, J. Dilla, Brian Wilson’s et les Beach Boys ‘Pet Sounds’, Herbie Hancock’s ‘Sunlight’, ‘Black Radio’ de Robert Glasper’s.

Celui que l’on considère comme le nouveau visage du renouveau piano-jazz peut aussi se définir comme cubiste : chaque chanson révèle une nouvelle facette ou un nouvel angle de sa musique.Au départ d’un jazz harmonieux,Anomalie incite consciencieusementun public plus large à découvrir une musique éclectique, au carrefour d’inspirations et de genres différents allant de l’électro-pop, à la nu-soul ou au hip-hop, lofi en passant par le jazz.

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Ryan Meeking shares his new EP « Coalesce »

Ryan Meeking

New EP « Coalesce »

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Coalesce

is a journeying tome of indie-pop mastery, evoking comparisons to Beck, Jack Garrat and Alt-J.

Hot on the heels of his rambunctious single “Better!”, London-based songwriter-producer Ryan Meeking presents his epic debut EP,

Coalesce

: a journeying tome of indie-pop mastery. Written in the solace of his own studio, ‘Coalesce’ is a collection of sonic adventures and mood. Inspired by the complexity of friendships, infatuation, deceit and despondence; the thoughtfully curated six-track EP evokes hope and acute awareness of the life around us, with every song presented in its most raw and heightened state. Playing with these concepts, Meeking concocts a one-of-a-kind space for each of his songs. He shares, “Every song is its own environment, its own conversation, its own emotion, its own world for exploring. Each of them captures one moment in time – one chance to connect.”

Meeking’s unique brand of catchy and cutting-edge indie-pop – evoking comparisons to Beck, Jack Garrat and Alt-J – is boldly on show throughout the EP, demonstrating his wide-ranging skills and influences. Co-produced and engineered with fellow Australian Sam Swain (Obscura Hail, Josh Cashman, RAT!hammock) and mastered by Randy Merrill (Beck, Nirvana, Silk Sonic, Mark Ronson),

Coalesce

hits hard, diligently and purposefully nailing its every target. From the playful flairs of the up-beat “Endless Run” to the conflicted frustration of “Jealous” and towering synths of “Mind Reader”, the EP is an amalgamation of emotion and realism. “Ordinary” embodies the twilight of anguish. Modestly clean, yet stirring, with a subtle glimmer of hope, the track captures a seductively dire warmth, urging you to engage in life’s darker moments and truly see life for all its beauty. Finally, “Golden Boy”, defined by Meeking as, “A contemplation on the end of oneself,” echoes with the styling of a cinematic score before breaking like a wave into an unstoppable, ocean-parting groove.

After his work with artists such as Gossling and Whitaker touring Australia, the US and UK, Meeking’s solo music emerged in 2021, quickly gaining recognition from playlisting tastemakers and major publications like

Rolling Stone, PileRats, Variance

and

Atwood Magazine

. It’s no wonder given his experience – his songwriting racking up millions of streams as well as featuring in a slew of global television series. Now, Meeking’s

Coalesce

EP brings his talent to the forefront with a carved initial in the stone: “RM ‘22”.

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