Survibers are back and they’ve deployed a true wordsmith in Aniff Akinola. He’s given a fantastic backdrop of slap bass which slips between that and a squelchy synth bass, over a chilled out hip hop beat with a synth pad playing some dark progressions. The vocals are ethereal, Katrina has switched gears here as she’s …
Single Review: “Patience” – JFlames ft. Amethyst
JFlames is back with a smooth retro soul track! And he’s brought with him a singer that delivers the goods! Amethyst is the star here, bringing a vocal that’s so warm to the ear, and boy can she harmonise. JFlames has given her a lush blanket of a beat to wrap her vocals around. The …
Single Review: “Roll With It” – Toby Corton
Wow… this is a TUNE! The soulful vocals mixed with a hip hip beat and strings is what sold it to me. Toby flies in with a vocal that’s lazy and sings with a drawl that’s not unpleasant to listen to, there’s a cello accompanying him and it’s brilliant! It’s the chorus that hits me …
EP Review: “The Journey” – The Scribes
The Scribes are back! And they have a collaborator in Risk1. And they’ve got an EP. Let’s get into it. The Shipwreck This starts off with an old school groove, piano simple chords, the beat, but I love the radio announcement at the beginning at the beginning. This track moves along at a lazy pace …
Video Review: “Leather” Koncept
Koncept – Leather The first thing that strikes me about this track is the beat…. Dusty, lazy, chilled, stabs from a piano loop, and it just bounces…. Koncept’s bars are at home over this, and he goes from top range of his voice, to dropping down to quiet lines, and it works so well. The …
Blog interview: Sun Deep
Hello Sun Deep how are you? I am doing wonderful. Just taking life one day at a time. Congratulations on the release of “Sifnos” how does it feel? Thank you! It feels good to release a piece of art. The feeling of releasing something new never changes. Or it hasn’t changed for me so far. …
Single Review: “What Would Buffy Do?” B of Briz
For the non nerds among us, this song is about Buffy Summers. Buffy is a vampire slayer from the fictional town of Sunnydale, and her role is to protect the town and the world from the Hellmouth which is located on the site of the high school Sunnydale High. This was a tv series back …
Single Review: “Know Me” – Days Of Rome
The thing I like about this song is its quirkiness, the intro makes you think it’s a soulful slow jam, but when the beat drops, it’s anything but. What do I mean? Well at around 0:10 a trumpet comes in, and then we get treated to a scratch, straight into the drums, bass, and guitar …
Blog interview: Andrew Adkins
Hello Andrew, how are you?I’m doing great! I’m having a blast! Congratulations on the release of “Broken Fangs” – what a great track! How does it feel? Thanks! I wrote and recorded that song last year with a batch of around 30. I holed myself up in my recording studio and just let all of …
Blog interview: Oscar Mic
Hello Seamus, how are you? I’m good, thank you. Just shaken up by the news like everyone else. Congratulations on the release of “We Are Ukrainian”, how does it feel? Now that it’s out, I’m excited but really nervous because I really want to raise a good amount of money for the cause. The subject …