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January 7, 2021

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Mike change

Electronic band Little Dragon & singer Moses Sumney collaborate on song, ‘The Other Lover’

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“The Other Lover” sees Little Dragon team up with Ghanaian American vocalist/songwriter Moses Sumney—who released his widely acclaimed double-album “græ” earlier this year—with a track that showcases his unmistakable voice alongside the equally inimitable Yukimi Nagano, the two vocalists intertwined over a gently unfolding swirl of synthesisers, horns, and stripped-back percussion.

The track draws it’s lyrics from Little Dragon’s ‘Another Lover’ taken from their latest album, “New Me, Same Us”, released earlier this year on Ninja Tune and lauded by the likes of the New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork, The Guardian, Mixmag, Crack Magazine and many more. Entirely self-produced and recorded at the pioneering Swedish band’s studio, “New Me, Same Us” saw the band go back to basics, falling back in love with their instruments: drums, bass, keyboards, harp, guitar and voice, to produce some of their most focused and best music to date. The album hit #5 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart in the US, with Mixmag calling it “a futuristic record bursting with lush textures and elevated by lead singer Yukimi Nagano’s sublime vocals” and The Guardian finding them on “on deliciously soulful form”.

The band’s hugely popular and highly regarded live performances have spawned a decade-spanning touring career, including festival highlights such as Coachella, Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, Bestival, Sonar, All Points East, Dimensions Festival, Parklife, Lovebox, Love Saves The Day, Melt and Dour; co-headlining the Hollywood Bowl and Berkeley’s Greek Theatre with Flying Lotus supported by BADBADNOTGOOD and sold out two nights at London’s Roundhouse. While the global pandemic has put touring on hold, the band joined NPR Music for an intimate Tiny Desk (Home) Concert filmed at their long-term home-built studio in Gothenburg, Sweden—watch that here.

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May 4, 2020

May 4, 2020May 15, 2020 Mew Zikwryder

New hip-hop duo Re.decay shares song ‘Sun In The Morning’

New Hip-hop duo Re.decay have released their debut single ‘Sun In The Morning (feat. ADH, Mawcom X, Sedric Perry)’ on the 1st of May via SPRINGSTOFF. The single will feature on their upcoming EP, Down Long Enough (19 June 2020). Master engineering of the single was done by Mat Leffler-Schulman of Mobtown Studios (Ice Cube, Future Islands, and Jon Baptiste.

Re.decay consists of solo artists Owen Ross and Emanuel Bender. Owen has featured in publication Huffington Post as a solo artist and has also performed in the band Re-Up, who has opened for acclaimed acts like The Roots, Big Boi, Gym Class Heroes, OK Go!, Biz Markie and Afroman. Bender has produced music with Alle Farben, Dillistone, Moli, Fhat to name a few. Re.decay cites J Dilla, Apollo Brown, Prefuse 73, Madlib, DJ Premier, and Pete Rock as highly influential.

Re.decay shares their thoughts on the debut single, “From the beginning, this song has been an expression of overcoming adversity. Mawcom X was almost unable to get us his verse because of power outages in Ghana but he made it happen. This is symbolic of the spirit of this song. The message is clear and true.”

Follow Re.decay:

Facebook – Twitter – Soundcloud – Youtube – Instagram

Follow ADH:

Facebook – Soundcloud – Youtube – Instagram

Follow Mawcom X:

Youtube – Instagram

Follow Sedric Perry:

Facebook – Youtube – Instagram

March 16, 2020

March 16, 2020June 9, 2021 Mew Zikwryder

Felix Cartal and Sophie Simmons release song ‘Mine’

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Taelor Deitcher Felix Cartal and Sophie Simmons have just released future radio banger ‘Mine’ via Physical Presents. Felix Cartal was included on Billboard’s list of the 13 Dance Artists that Dominated 2017, he was ranked amongst established acts Odeza, Illenium, and Marshmello. His hits ‘Get What You Give’ and ‘Love Me’ have platinum status in Canada, ‘Love Me’ was also nominated for Dance Recording of the Year for the Juno’s 2020. The producer has collaborated with artists Kaskade, and R3HAB. He has also remixed the works of Selena Gomez, Zedd, Galantis, Dillon Francis, MØ, Ellie Goulding and Diplo.

Stream/Download: ‘Mine’

Singer Sophie Simmons debut single ‘Black Mirror’ ranked Number 43 on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs charts and remained on the list for ten weeks following. The song eventually reached the impressive rank of Number 20 on that exact list. She has featured in praised publications including Vanity Fair, Billboard, YourEDM, and Cosmopolitan. The singer has had success working for labels Spinnin’ Records and Casablanca Records. Regular collaborations that Sophie does include with the DJ duo Yellow Claw. Sophie has also featured in influential Youtube channels Ultra Music, Chill Nation, and Majestic Casual. Her stream rate to date is over 30 million plays.

Speaking on the collab, Felix Cartal tells us, “In ‘Mine’ each verse is about a different kind of love. In Verse 1 we have been sixteen and your childhood, Verse 2 a post-college adult and, The Bridge is a more mature adult looking back. We wanted it to be folk-ish in melody and in production to emphasize the focus on it being a narrative, really story-driven. Finally, the drop melody is Sophie singing a clean sweet melody and it being distorted kind of like what happens when one looks back on memories. We often remember them differently as time passes”