Creative exploration, years of devotion to the artistic process and playfulness of making music – a collaborative project uniting the talents of Ralf Schmidt (aka Aera) and Jesse Trinidad – Ocean Flor launch an immersive electronic wave of contemplation, with the beautifully ethereal Never Let You Down.
Rebecca Cullen
Self-defined as the musical reclamation of Peter Bradley, a renowned Labour MP, Brandes leads with a softly rhythmic acoustic folk aura, these ideas and metaphors emerging as both personal and mysterious, while Peter’s voice effectively blurs the line between softly spoken and traditionally melodic.
Kentucky duo Him & Him draw interest in their upcoming debut album, with the uniquely evocative, emotional alt-country tones and heartfelt intentions of Keep Chuggin’ On.
Introducing a fully-loaded conceptual and stylistic example of the direction in which modern music and art have inevitably been heading. Hybrid Collapse is an experimental AI-generated music and visual art project, noting tens of thousands of monthly listeners
Uniquely colourful lo-fi grooves and mellow, distinct vocals – a humble and dreamy tapestry of sound and lyricism, introducing the four-track EP from a stylistically unconfined Treeko291.
The Word Limit Podcast offers a series of short stories, a network of fictional tales, from science fiction and psychological thrillers, to unsettling mysteries, all by way of thought-provoking narratives that naturally linger in the mind; long after each story has ended.
Indie pop-rock of organic guitar and live drums sets an instantly genuine vibe. Nineteen year old singer and songwriter Maddie Rose offers up an impressive and catchy debut, with the vocally distinct and memorable Don’t Wanna Lose You.
UAE producer and artist Sarah R Jay continues her climb. Having fiercely established herself as one of the EDM scene’s most passionate and skilled producers, Sarah proceeds to branch out artistically, with a series of singles conceptually devoted to a heartfelt cause. In this case, the vocalist and pop-techno producer devotes her creativity to the strength, spirit and sorrow of Native American People.
“My passion for the drums was sparked at the age of 4 when I first sat at my dad’s drumkit! He is a hobby drummer so there was always access to drums in the basement of my family home. Furthermore, listening to my parent’s CD’s by Queen and the Red Hot Chili Peppers really inspired me to play the drums at an early age.”
Dreamy lo-fi vibes and colourful progressions back up the boldly poetic, sharp bars and ideas of Tha Koala. The alternative hip hop roots of his sound ring loud throughout a multitude of original projects – not least of all the 2021 single-track debut album The Garden.
Smooth sax and trap rhythms carve out a summertime jam that’s naturally uplifting. After this, the artist and rapper e seamlessly intertwines rap and melody, throughout a loving ode to romantic connection, that is the catchy and celebratory hit SUNSHOWeR.
The project begins with its title-track, a piano-led RnB moment of calm and warmth – a hopeful bookend to this journey, and a vocally satisfying introduction to the genre fusing character and charm of Taydence. It’s a poetic ode, musically uplifting but romantic, lyrically blending personal anecdotes and metaphors to a smart and sharp degree, and with superb production lighting up the music as we roll along.