HSN Dee introduces his sound & style with a fine balance between the modern hip hop landscape’s general tone & the more instrumentally diverse & conceptually provocative hits of a simpler time.
Music
Originally written by Steve Winwood and Traffic, Dear Mr. Fantasy gets a fresh makeover – forming yet another addictive classic from rock’s one and only The R Train.
London’s Sara Barta leads with faultless vocals & clarity of both concept & image on this latest, impressively crisp & melodically engaging new single.
Featuring a hypnotic pairing of emotive piano and fiercely delicate electric guitar, Good Fight starts off strongly and continues to raise the bar throughout.
Mandy McMillan’s return this season brings a beautifully ambient, classic country set-up that’s quick to calm the room.
The UK’s own fast-rising indie rockers The Lunar Keys propel themselves even higher with this brilliantly provocative, conceptually poignant & musically beautiful new single.
Beautifully seductive verses pave the way alongside subtle yet satisfying guitar work, and always there’s this impressive, genuine core of intention & integrity to the writing & performance style.
The unique qualities of Hope’s voice shine more brightly as the music goes on, the softness of the hook cleverly drawing you in – along with the subtlety of the whole expression that is the song.
A great riff often separates the great from the good, and here we get a recognisable yet softly complex, quickly impressive one, to lead us into what proves a beautifully explosive and passionate new anthem.
Progressing from simple, funk-led beginnings, through a nostalgic arena of classic dance and house vibes, Antoine Carco keeps things organic & engaging throughout his post one-hour mixes this season.
The simple strum of an acoustic guitar, the equally raw capture of live drums and a subtle electric lead, followed by long-form melodic structuring that tips its hat to the indie legends of yesteryear…
Designed to be an artistic recreation of a scooter accident in which Cam Rostami broke his arm & his face, You Got It proves to be an energizing, addictively rhythmic & engaging alternative anthem.