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 …
Blog Interview: Ferge X Fisherman
Congratulations on the release of “Duality” how does it feel? Thank you! It feels great! We’ve been working on this record for quite some time and are more than proud to finally show it to the world. It’s a 14 track project, what’s the story behind it? The idea behind the record was to do …
Album Review: “Maximise” – Perry. Words: Sammy Stein
Perry is the alias of instrumental smooth jazz/experimentalist Max Clemmons Jr. As Max Clemmons, he played piano on a disco recording called ‘Billy Who’ with the late drummer and studio musician Yogi Horton. He released ‘Dancing For Your Love’ on Spider Records, a number written for his cousin, Joe. Perry’s latest album is independently released. …
Album Review: “Motherland Journey” Blue Lab Beats. Words: Del Osei-Owusu
Blue Lab Beats – Motherland Journey Sky Reflections The first track on this opens with with an instrumental, you could just imagine this as a concert entry music… The way that this starts off is uplifting, and I love it. I love the the synth chords start out, and I really need to find out …