Kiki writes stories about both her own life and the scenes she’s witnessed and experienced in the world around her. Not everything is personal, hence these projects being overloaded with unpredictable twists and turns. It makes the music fun, engaging, original, and clearly indicative of an artist with a relentless drive to create.
Songwriter
Soulful and dreamy production lays down an intoxicatingly mellow groove, as Nigerian artist and songwriter Makarihba sets up the equally smooth and seductive single got.
Scottish singer and songwriter Luchi continues to expand his repertoire, this month launching the brilliantly catchy new pop single The Other Guy.
An artist with a seemingly impossible backstory of struggle through to success and enlightenment, Brendan Kelly showcases the very best of his songwriting and emotive performance abilities, with the catchy and euphoric single Brother.
The perfect unity of guitar and voice, a blues-kissed poetic arrangement with a two-voice dynamic and changing rhythms – Casey Frazier masters the creative performance space, with the wonderfully captivating single Cradle to the Grave.
Fellow Mancunian Andrew Batcheler, currently making fresh roots in the US, intertwines a handful of likable qualities, throughout the upbeat folk-pop anthem that is Falling Together.
Piano-led and intimate but mildly theatrical – TheEccentricLad delivers a boldly poetic, metaphorical journey, for the organic and evocative Vapors Of Love.
After a string of heavy metal releases, 3mind Blight returns to his acoustic alternative roots, with the piano-led and evocative Be The One.
The rising artist delivers a masterfully established sound with her recent singles, and creates a space that aptly draws the listener in as they ponder these reflections on life and love. Rather than seeking out genre tags or comparisons, the songs themselves are quick to work their magic for connection and escapism, and that’s the stand-out quality of all things Bella Masone right now.
The intricate balancing of sonic warmth and acoustic intimacy – an expression of longing and contemplation that rises with honesty and esteem, throughout a softly expanding, organic but impassioned audio arrangement…
There’s a refreshingly raw authenticity to the recording of these songs. Amidst the overwhelming and often disappointing rise of AI production and writing, there’s something all the more piercingly genuine about a simple, unedited recording of a human – their natural voice, and their solo instrument – telling stories, being real, connecting for the timeless and universal appeal of song.
Somewhat delivering a whole new side to the Olivier Cheuwa sound, there’s something deeply moving about All The Glory – it’s a bright and beautiful arrangement and performance, humble but inspiring as it consistently brings together this intoxicating dance groove and the soothing humility of the vocal and lyrics.