Fresh Faves: Batch 612

AROUND ABOUT DUSK- without you Around About Dusk · Without You This has such a World War II era jazz feel to it, none of the gloss that came later on, but the kind you’d expect in the background of a period drama. This could be playing in the background on a grainy gramophone, at …

Fresh Faves: Batch 609

Every week Fresh On The Net, sister blog to Platinum Mind receives up to 200 tracks moderated by a volunteer team and reviewed on rotation. This is my review of Batch 609. Alan Dreezer – Delusional  Alan Dreezer · Delusional This track is from Alan Dreezer’s album Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes which came out …

Album Review: “This Is F–king Nice” – Heptet

Ashley Slater released an album called “This Is F–king Nice” with his band Heptet and I decided to write a track by track breakdown. Turn On Tune In Cop Out This Is Fucking Nice by HipKit Records To open the album this is a track that takes me back to the summer of 1995, and …

Fresh Faves: Batch 605

ANNA BLAISE – We’ll Be King  Anna Blaise · We'll Be King Anna Blaise is a newcomer to fresh on the net and brings a down tempo synth track with an ethereal vocals. This also appears to be her debut single! In any case double congratulations on making the faves as well as her debut! …

Fresh Faves: Batch 604

I wrote the faves reviews for fresh on the net this week so I thought I’d publish them here. BUTTER FUNK FAMILY – Love Power Printz Board · Love Power (feat. Nadav Peled) To kick off this week’s faves we have a psychedelic funk track that takes us all the way back to the early …

Track Of The Day: “Rich Man” – Hapin Usuwo

Now this is a track that is a meal suitable only for the Asantehene! A bit of folk, combined with soul, and a bit of an Afrobeat groove to sweeten the Ghanaian jollof rice of a track that we have here. If you know you know. This starts off with a cool guitar riff, leading …

Track Of The Day – “Can We Make It Real?” – Manny Norte X Ayanna

This is a new one from Manny Norte and Ayanna, and it slaps. This is based around an afrobeat groove, and it’s smooth, you can tell they cooked it up for the summer because it gets you dancing immedately even if your’e not in the mood. What caught my attention was the Neo soul chord …

In The Spotlight: Gabrielle Sey

Gabrielle Sey · Colourblind Hello Gabrielle, how are you? Hello hello! I’m doing well, thank you. Congratulations on the release of “Colourblind” , how does it feel? It feels absolutely amazing to have finally released Colourblind. It’s my first single in 4 years so it feels great to be sharing new music. What’s the story …

Single Review: “Cabin In The Woods” – Yoji

To close out a fabulous top ten, we have a track that starts off all mysterious, and flips the script on wanting to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city to find comfort in isolation – this song is all about escaping to civilisation! I like that, it’s like coming out of a …

Song Review: “I Fell In Love” – Angels Of Libra

That drum intro is unmistakeably inspired by the incomparable Benny Papa Zita Benjamin. This has Motown written all over it, especially at the height of their Detroit era, you hear woodwind – specifically the flute, which is quite a rarity in pop music nowadays. They are missing a trick there! Lyrically this is about being …