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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Synth-Pop Band Le Couleur Releases Deluxe Edition of Concorde Album

Le Couleur Reveal New Deluxe Album

Concorde Deluxe Edition

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Disco synth-pop band

Le Couleur

released the deluxe edition of their latest album,

Concorde

on the 25th of February via

Lisbon Lux Records

as they kick off their UK tour. On the LP, listeners will find 23 tracks including 2 unreleased songs including

‘Excellence Europe – Express’

and 8 remixes. The band have toured internationally multiple times, having performed at

SXSW, FEQ, Osheaga

and

Liverpool Sound City

to name a few.

Le Couleur

has received significant support across the globe, including praises from the likes of

The Fader, Wonderland Magazine, Noisey, All Music, Flaunt Mag, Brooklyn Vegan, Exclaim, Atwood Magazine,

and

Beats Per Minute

, contributing to over

10.9 million

plays across streaming platforms.

Le Couleur

have previously won the

GAMIQ prize

for the

‘Best Electronic EP of the Year’

while their latest album (

P.O.P

) was selected among 40 Canadian albums on the

Polaris Music

Long List

.

Based in Montreal, Canada,

Le Couleur

is led by Vietnamese-Canadian singer

Laurence Giroux-Do

and consists of

Laurence

,

Patrick Gosselin

(Bass, keyboard and guitar) and

Steeven Chouinard

(Drums and sequence programming) and their live performances are bolstered by

Philippe Beaudin

(percussions),

Sheenah

(synths) and

JC

(guitar).

Le Couleur

’s own remarkable sound draws closer parallels to the likes of

Róisín Murphy, ABBA

and

Sébastien Tellier.

In the world of psychedelic disco, all thoughts fall away as the funk becomes front and centre.

Concorde

takes its name from the legendary Franco-British aeroplane from 1965, nicknamed the « beautiful white bird » for its sleek and modern design. This avant-garde project that ended in tragedy has always held a certain fascination for

Laurence Giroux-Do

; a deadly « crash » that inspired in her a sense of macabre sensuality.  In the album’s music, we find vintage influences, recalling the faded charm of 70s erotica, warm tones also rooted in psychedelia, disco, yéyé, and French chanson.

‘Excellence Europe – Express’

is similar to an old advertisement for the Concorde. In this new neat and daring song, the group proposes supersonic and air-like production.

Speaking of the album,

Le Couleur

says:

“Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, our Concorde album will be released on February 25th in a deluxe version to conquer the new world. Including 2 brand new songs (melancholy ballads like you’ve never heard before), remixes of Napkey, Tusks, Super Plage, Ormiston, Sainte Croix and Dur Club, and 5 live versions! We are so excited to be able to present to our UK fans our Concorde album with our full band during this 2022 Europe Tour. After all these covid years, it’s like a dream come true!”

Live Tour Dates:

25 February 22 – L’Astral / Montréal en Lumière, Montréal (QC)

08 March 22 – The Castle Hotel Manchester (UK)

09 March 22 – The Lexington, London (UK)

10 March 22 – Muthers Studio, Birmingham (UK)

11 March 22 – Firefly Worcester, Worcester (UK)

12 March 22 – The Lanes, Bristol (UK)

14 March 22 – La Boule Noire, Paris (FR)

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Elliot Lee shares her new single « Airplanes » featuring Letdown

Elliot Lee featuring Letdown

New single « Airplanes »

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The track is all about phobias, most specifically the fear of flying. The poignant song also discusses dealing with mental health issues including anxiety. Elliot confides, « A lot of things in life terrify me. If I had to make a list, flying would probably be number one, and right underneath it would be things like “disappointing people”, “taking up too much space”, and “societal pressure to conform to a gender binary”. Airplanes is a song about my relationship with anxiety and all of the ways that fear has shaped the course of my life. » « Airplanes » thrills with an infectious chorus, gritty electro pop soundscapes and an unpredictable mash up of explosive melodies.

Brooklyn based artist ElliotLee fuses dark pop melodies with edgy vocals and innovative Electronic rock soundscapes to create an unpredictable sound, acting as a voice for the voiceless. ElliotLee holds an awareness of what music that is unhindered by norms can do for the underrepresented. This bravado oozes through the cracks of her homemade music, with tracks that are laced with late night slumber party confessions and existential cognizance. Inspired by the feeling of loneliness, Elliot’s music acts as a reminder that you are never alone.

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Raquel Lily shares her new song « Ghost »

Raquel Lily

New song « Ghost »

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Entitled « Ghost » the song « is about the duality of love and the mourning of never seeing someone again. The uptempo groove suggests the hasty and fiery romance that the song was based on. « Ghost » begs the question, « Is love even real? How does one go from being entwined with someone, then reduced to a fading memory? » The intensity of missing someone once close to you, the bitter taste of a past romance and utter loneliness of abandonment seep through the lyrics and melody. »

« Going back to our roots in Manila, where we were born, has been an exhilarating bridging of the east coast and the very east coast. We were lucky enough to collaborate with some of the Philippines’ finest actors (Annicka Dolonius & Alex Medina) and found kindred spirits with filmmakers Dominic Bekaert and Clèmentine Comoy at Zoopraxi Studio. Ghost spans the globe, and we hope our audience can see our motherland in all of its colors, from the city-pop of the capital to the lush shores of the provinces. »- Director Dean C. Marcial

Born in the Philippines, raised in New York and currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia, Raquel Lily is an independent singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist and online personality. She streams music performance and a variety of content, including live vlogging (IRL Streaming), Just Chatting, Social Eating, gaming and cooking on Twitch. Graduating from UC Davis with a degree in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, Raquel left the medical field and dove head first into her creative pursuit in music and began online streaming in 2017.

Her debut full-length album,

Fixations

, features songs narrating a coming of age story about someone going through their 20’s. Raquel confides, “Everyone’s been broken from something. You smoke some weed, you fall in love, they turn out to be a fuckboy, you’re with someone shitty, you break up, you ghost them, you still love them, you resign, you meet someone new and there’s hope again.”

Raquel confesses how her songwriting is a cathartic, emotional purge. With the simple objective to guide listeners through an impassioned ride, her songs are driven by genuine experiences from an introspective and honest place. Inspired by the likes of Whitney Houston and old school R&B, Raquel wanted to capture a similar essence of synth-heavy, soul soaked music. Her love for old soul groups and classics, including Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, also shines brightly throughout her music.

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Francesca Louise shares her new single “For Michael”

Francesca Louise

New single “For Michael”

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“For Michael” is an emotive ode to the songwriter’s close family friend who tragically lost their life in 2019. Beautifully simplistic, the exposed guitar chords and heavenly vocals allow the vulnerability of the lyrics to take focus. Washed with dusky hues and comforting melodies, the song questions the reality and reasons for such a passing, and how close the state of being and of not being can really be.

Francesca Louise is an indie/folk singer-songwriter, who’s soulful, Carole King inspired vocals paired with songwriting influences from the likes of Joni Mitchell, Lucy Rose and The Staves, makes this artist one to watch.

Poignant and heart breaking, the new song “For Michael” is an emotive ode to a close family friend who tragically lost their life in 2019. Sat on her bedroom floor slumped against a futon, Louise tearfully penned this melancholic memoir as a way of expressing the thoughts and feelings she had shut away in her subconscious surrounding the loss. Dazed in shock and in a cloud of confusion, the track unfolded into a form of therapy and way of healing, with the songwriter admitting, “At times I surprise myself with what appears on paper. I answer questions that I didn’t even know needed to be answered. Writing is a part of my healing process when life is spinning and events are unfolding. It’s my therapy.”

Wanting to keep a raw and untouched approach to the production, Louise recorded the song at her home in Lancashire with no room treatment and just one microphone. Beautifully simplistic, the exposed guitar chords and heavenly vocals allow the vulnerability of the lyrics to take focus. Washed with dusky hues and comforting melodies, the song questions the reality and reasons for such a passing, and how close the state of being and of not being can really be.

BBC Introducing stations across the U.K, independent radio stations alike and radio, magazine and podcasts in U.S.A have shown huge support towards Louise’s career, especially since her latest release. Louise’s songwriting ability is catching the attention of industry known producers and other established songwriters that are active in today’s industry.

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Edgär présente son nouveau clip « Dictators »

Edgär

1er album Secret

Sortie le 01/04/2022 chez Grabuge Records

En concert le 07/04 à Paris au Backstage et en tournée

Après avoir deux EP remarqués (Persona en 2107 et Walking into heaven en 2020) et plus de 150 concerts à travers la France, Edgär dévoile son 1er album Secret. Le disque sortira le 01 avril 2022 sur le label Grabuge Records.

Avec ce premier album qui navigue entre pop, folk et électro, le duo formé de Ronan et Antoine évoque des moments de vies, des émotions ou des ressentis. Des choses trop lourdes à garder pour soi et confiées à un ami. Des secrets. C’est le fil rouge de cet album.

Premier extrait, on décolle avec Dictators, un titre electro-pop ravageur. Edgär y oppose la douceur d’un monde intérieur à la violence du monde extérieur. Perdu mais protégé dans son introspection, le duo, révélation de la scène amiénoise, décide de détourner le regard du monde réel pour ne pas voir qu’il brûle. Un morceau aussi violent que dansant.

Dans le clip éponyme, le duo se change en peluche géante et danse sur les vestiges du passé pour illustrer cette dualité. Edgär n’a pas changé la face du monde, mais pendant 3 minutes et 40 secondes, il nous a permis de nous évader.

Edgär suggère le rêve comme dernier refuge aux agitations de la vie devenue trop étouffante. Une chanson comme pour extérioriser chaque raz-de-marée émotionnel. Voici Dictators, premier Secret d’Edgär.

Edgär, un nom unique pour un duo, composé de l’extraverti Antoine et du romantique Ronan. Tous deux font leurs armes sur la scène amiénoise. Inéluctablement, c’est lors d’un concert que ces deux univers entrent en collision. Ils découvrent avec enthousiasme que leurs échanges passionnés sur leurs influences les ramènent, inlassablement, sur les mêmes rivages brumeux de la pop britannique. C’est d’abord la guitare qui permet à ces deux voix de s’apprivoiser et de s’harmoniser sur des morceaux pop entêtants. Quand la voix du romantique s’allie à celle de l’extraverti et que seule reste la justesse d’interprétation et une sensibilité assumée.

Persuadés que la singularité de leur projet se trouve au-delà de leurs zones de confort respectives, la guitare se mélange alors, doucement, aux arrangements électro. Air, Alb, Alt-J, la liste des références musicales est longue.

Edgär c’est le songwriting de Simon, les harmonies de Garfunkel et la french touch de Phoenix le tout pour annoncer une electro/pop élégante.

C’est maintenant une certitude : leur différence fera leur force, leur complémentarité dans leur projet. Edgär dévoile son très attendu 1er album Secret le 01 avril 2022 chez Grabuge Records. Musicalement très riche, on retrouve sur cet album la pop solaire de The lights, la folk acoustique pur jus de Dead End ou encore le classicisme de la chanson française avec Réveille-moi.

Dans cet album, on danse sur de la mélancolie avec Nuit et on chante ses peines passées sur Sable Blanc. On se questionne beaucoup sur soi, sur son avenir. Puis on lâche prise.

A découvrir sans plus attendre dans leur 1er album Secret, le 1er avril 2022.

En tournée :

25 mars 2022 – La Nouvelle Scène – (Nesle) en 1er partie de Kyo

26 mars 2022 – La Rockhal – (Lux) en 1er partie de Kyo

31 mars 2022 – La Barroise (Bar-le-Duc) en 1er partie de Kyo

7 avril 2022 – Release – Party au Backstage by the Mill (Paris)

5 mai 2022 – La Lune des Pirates (Amiens)

6 mai 2022 – La Lune des Pirates (Amiens)

3 juin 2022 – La Manufacture (Saint-Quentin)

4 juin 2022 – Festival (Reims)

25 juin 2022 – Castel Live Festival (Habarcq)

26 juin 2022 – Macadam Ramdam (Staple)

9 juillet 2022- Les milles chemins (Hazebrouck)

10 juillet 2022- Les milles chemins (Hazebrouck)

30 juillet 2022 – Concarneau By night (Concarneau)

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ANIMAL TRISTE présente son nouveau clip « Afterlife »

ANIMAL TRISTE

NOUVEAU CLIP  »

AFTERLIFE »

Avec Afterlife, le soleil noir de l’album « Night of the Loving Dead »,

Animal Triste

poursuit l’exploration de son bestiaire électrique. Ce soir, c’est pleine lune.

Montage Stéphane Maunier & Mathieu Pigné

NOUVEL ALBUM

NIGHT OF THE LOVING DEAD

DISPONIBLE

« Le rock ne compte pas ses morts, il relève les blessés.

Animal Triste

est l’un d’eux, rescapé d’une guerre abrasive de basse intensité, comme si les larsens faisaient figure de derniers Mohicans. Reste l’énergie, l’envie – en vie.

Dans ce nouvel album, «

Night of the loving dead

», enregistré dans la pampa normande, on retrouve les références chères au groupe, Nick Cave, Sixteen Horsepower ou The Black Angels, et surtout la collaboration spontanée de Peter Hayes (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club), venu prêter ses guitares nocturnes.

Animal Triste certes, on comprend à l’écoute « Night of the Loving Dead » que l’époque

n’est pas au rose-bonbon, mais la joie noire du rock perce la brume, à coups de voix et de

sons organiques, trempés dans l’acide ou lancinants, toujours sur le fil. Du vintage d’aujourd’hui, sûr que l’idée de combustion explosera sur scène. On y sera – pourvu que ça brûle. »

– Caryl Ferey

Si l’animal est triste, il continue à danser, même dans le noir ! Cette hydre à six têtes, émanation des groupes rouennais La Maison Tellier et Darko réhabilite un rock totalement organique et électrique, racé et mélodique, parfois sombre mais qui ne sombre jamais dans la déprime. Un rock intemporel, sans artifices, qui se frotte aux fantômes du passé avec une sincérité totale et un réel talent.

Animal Triste

réunit Yannick Marais (chanteur de

La Maison Tellier

), Sebastien Miel (La Maison Tellier), Mathieu Pigné (Radiosofa,

Darko

), Fabien Senay (Radiosofa), David Faisques (Darko) et Cedrick Kerbache (Dallas).

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VITALIC présente « Dissidaence – Episode 2″

VITALIC

DISSIDÆNCE

* Episode 2 *

SORTIE LE 4 MARS

Quelques mois la sortie de

DISSIDÆNCE Épisode 1,

très bien accueillie par la critique comme par le public, Vitalic tient ses promesses et nous offre une suite plus techno et plus sombre que le premier volet, marquée par une esthétique industrielle froide et minimale. Une composition et une production brutes non sans rappeler l’héritage post-cold wave – ancré dans l’ADN du producteur depuis toujours – et désormais revendiqué plus que jamais.

DISSIDÆNCE Épisode 2

s’ouvre avec «

Sirens

», dangereuse tornade électronique et transpirante. Puis « Dancing in the Street », «

The Void

» & « Light is a Train » prennent place, parfaits concentrés de techno épurée, alarmante, mécanique et froide. Face à cette hostilité, de jolis temps de respirations et de poésie avec « Marching », « Friends & Foes » et « Winter is coming » laissant place à la mélodie et à la mélancolie. Un projet bicéphale dont Vitalic a le secret, entre énergie implacable et voyage cosmique étrange.

ECOUTER LE 1er EXTRAIT  »

THE LIGHT IS A TRAIN »

Vitalic ouvre le volet de son Episode 2 avec

The Light Is A Train,

conçu pour les amoureux de techno hypnotique et mentale. Rythmique mécanique, pied droit, basses omniprésentes et menaçantes, sons compressés, vocal inquiétant et chuchoté : l’écrasant décor est posé. L’univers est caverneux, hostile et apocalyptique.

On retrouve ici l’essence de deux mouvements fondamentaux : celui des raves Technos des années 90’s et celui de l’electroclash, lui-même héritier de cold wave et d’EBM.

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12/03/22 Paris –

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18/03/22

Rennes

@ Liberté

19/03/22 Nantes

@ Zénith

23/04/22

@Le Printemps de Bourges

21/05/22 – Laval

@ Les Trois Eléphants

02/07/22 – Marseille

@ Delta Festival

16/07/22 – Carhaix

@ Les Vielles Charrues

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