These recordings feel like single takes, moments captured that can never quite be recreated with the same level of uncertainty and longing. Make It Make Sense is a particularly striking example, but the project in full consistently draws you back to this quality, and as such, it’s addictively understanding, comforting, and heart-breaking, to lose yourself here with Sam.
Music
Latin Pop and Afrobeats with a twist of creative production and world-music melodies to enchant and engage – J12 collaborates with Merblond, for the unmistakable vocal dynamic and rhythmic embrace of Diva.
Boldly atmospheric soundwaves, intense garage rhythms and deeply evocative, intimate RnB vocals – Italian artist and songwriter LEEA CLEM captures a moment of ethereal passion and creative nuance, with the multi-layered soul and unique sonic escapism of close to you.
Featuring members of the iconic E Street Band and The Avett Brothers, plus a guest appearance from songwriter Marshall Crenshaw, Abnormal Conditions is a collaborative burst of rock and roll euphoria, and was passionately recorded in just two days, at Rhinebeck’s The Clubhouse (NY).
Consider Obsidian as the perfect introduction, an industrial rhythmic aura, with both optimism and uncertainty walking hand-in-hand. mal_mr asks the question ‘what does it mean to be human in a world where machines are taking over?’, and The Magic Umwelt captures the essence of that experience, and gracefully answers.
Taking the time to be still, to listen and let the music and the space surrounding it connect with humanity and heart. Northampton-based singer and songwriter Sali Clinton captures the essence of a moment, with the vulnerability and soulful, intimate waves of So Long.
Play It Forward is a community-centered experience built around individuals, families, communities, and one shared live music moment. The project seeks to provide emotional and financial support for musicians, real-world experience, confidence and purpose, and a sense of being part of something much bigger than the self.
Alternative rock performer, storyteller and multi-instrumentalist Primordial Alien reaches the pinnacle of his creative output this year, delivering an album of conceptual weight, musical diversity, skill, playfulness, genre-fusion and cool but cutting narratives, as we dive into the brilliantly eclectic pop-punk and progressive rock vibrancy and shadows of Casus Belli.
With piano inspired by JS Bach, poetry, sung harmonies and production from Stephanie Rodriguez M., and lyrics by Ivano Bersini, Song is traditionally enthralling, but also, as per Ivano’s repertoire, completely unique from start to finish.
LA-based songwriter and flamenco guitarist Julian Tcherassi – a musician with over 18 years of experience performing and composing, now launching a profoundly inspiring independent single, which brings together multiple genres in a boldly unique but sonically gentle and immersive fashion.
In anticipation of his full-length album WEATHER THE STORMS this coming September, London-based songwriter and electronic-alternative artist LiGHTBRiNGERS – the UK’s own Aidan Woods – launches perhaps his most evocative and moving single yet.
Featuring an eclectic playlist of songs built around acoustic guitar and Brian Elodi’s distinctly raspy, relatable and modest indie voice, this album is something of a time capsule from the artist – a collection of moments years in the making, brought together in honour of his daughter.