Congratulations on the release of “Catch My Breath”, how does it feel? It is lovely, as the success of finishing it is the best! I find releases a bit like Christmases as a child. The build-up is tantalising, then the actual day can be a bit of a let-down. I am easily disappointed and …
Hello Ming and Jon how are you? Grateful for your patience in waiting for these responses! xx You are a part of Project Blackbird, how did that come about? Ming: Jon had studied music composition and performance in college but hadn’t written music per se until we started songwriting and recording together in 2000. I’d …
Gotta Go Fast – Blue Lab Beats Blue Lab Beats are back with more fire following up the monster of a track from 2021 “Motherland Journey” with “Gotta Go Fast”. Listening to this I ask myself can these two talented individuals do any wrong? Probobly not. It’s hit 10,000+ – yes let me lay it …
This is the 12th album in a year long project for Kiffie. He completed the cycle with a 10 track release which also came out on CD. Let’s dive in. Surprise “It Shouldn’t be a surprise, that I still love your eyes, I think I need you more, than I did before.” This lyric just …
Congratulations on the release of “Motherland Journey” how does it feel? Honestly it feels like a dream come true to have the legendary Fela Kuti featuring on this track! We would’ve never expected to ever have the chance to use his acappella but his publishers and Nigerian and European teams made it happen. …
I have one word for this. WOW. It starts off as a piano led ballad. Very atmospheric. Lots of swirly synthy things that whisk you back to the 90s…. Somewhere in the distance, you hear the drums. Those drums are tribal. Well actually no it’s the signal of the children born in the 90s where …
Michaela Betts – The Rose Oh. This is beautiful. It starts off with a sparse arpeggiated piano part, then draws in a cello to give it the necessary bass part. But then it drops into a beautiful electro synth piece that just gets better and better and better with each listen. My mate Nick would …
This was a fun listen! I like the use of different vocal samples at the beginning, and the lyric “I get my words off the menu, I wanna go a la carte did I say something to offend you come round and be my Bonaparte” made me sit up and listen… It’s a song that’s …
Project Concubine – Heart Train Project Concubine are back with a new single, and as usual it breaks the rules in terms of how it sounds. The vocals are processed and put through a warp as with the beat behind it, it’s a very inventive sound and it works really well with the mystery that …
It’s been a long while since we spoke! How are you? Doing very well thank you! The line up has changed too, from two to four, who’s in the band now? We’ve added two of our talented friends to our roster. Kieran on vocals and guitar, and Tommy on the drums. They’ve added a lot …
