Originally hailing from Cameroon, 23-year old talent Dirtsa now resides in the French city of Toulouse and creates a style of music that feels finessed yet powerful.
New Music: Dirtsa
Category: New Music
New Music: RAKEL
A hauntingly intense yet atmospheric and ethereal sound from Iceland. And the song just gets more incredible the longer you listen to it. Stunningly beautiful work.
New Music: Zach Hood
Showing the force of power that is TikTok, a 30-second preview clip of this song ended up reeling in 9 million views in just over a week. So in a way, this song’s gone viral before it was even released.
Haling from Alabama, Zach Hood is already a noted TikTok creator prior to making music. His first single ‘Flashbacks’ was released earlier last month and has already amassed over a million streams since then.
“The lyrics of ‘Isabelle’ are true and honest to a T. It came together on a Sunday afternoon where I was telling [co-collaborators] Jonny and Jayden about my casual, yet memorable, weekend spent with a girl I had recently connected with in LA. I had a strong desire to write an upbeat, care-free song that reflected my current state of happiness, as opposed to talking about my past – like I had been frequently in recent writing sessions. I simply had an amazing time doing essentially nothing with a friend named Isabelle. The rest is history.”
New Music: slumkadet
A London-based talent who seamlessly crafts dark and sultry RnB tones, and infuses them with silk toned, Tamil-inspired vocals.
The release of ‘Tell Me’ and it’s accompanying visuals take solid influences from Michael Jackson’s ‘She’s Out Of My Life’ in storyline and tone.
“Tell Me’ is a sonic expression of being in a manipulative relationship and the things you have to deal with. Mentally.”
New Music: Rozie
An exceptional talent from Canada who effortlessly blends RnB and pop together to create a sound that makes you feel nostalgic for the summer season.
“When I wrote this song, I was frequently visiting Hawaii a lot. I was inspired by the overall vibe of the place and how the sunshine and the warm breeze makes you feel. When you are laying with your lover in the sand, no care in the world, sharing kisses and Merlot. When you are on vacation and you’re like ‘yeah I could grow old here with you’. That’s the kind of feeling I had. And I needed to create the sound to how I felt, so that everyone else could escape to that place and that feeling, when listening”.
New Music: Chloe Tang
A raw and dark blend of pop and RnB from a talent who is unafraid to make statements with her music. The sound creates an instant impact that commands your attention fully.
New Music: dev soter
dev soter’s new release sees indie-pop blending with subtle tones of funk to form a sound that feels vibey and melancholy at the same time.
New Music: goodboy noah
Hints of 90’s RnB fuse themselves perfectly into a sleek pop production, to create a sound that that feels both familiar and fresh.
New Music: Candor
You may recognise Candor as one half of successful duo Cassette Tapes. Now he’s venturing out with his own solo material; and with the release ‘One Sided Love’ we see a balanced blend of alternative RnB, indie and lo-fi pop.
The sound itself carries an essence of raw emotion, which comes from those distinctive vocals serving us lyrics that are fuelled by real life stories.
“This song is about a relationship that never has been and never will be 50/50, and me trying to come to terms with that.”
New Music: Rampton Prom
It’s fair to say that I’m quite obsessed with British alt-pop trio Rampton Prom’s release of ‘Little Things’.
The track was inspired by the UK Bassline genre and serves as a reminder of those heady days on the dancefloor, filling us with hope that someday soon things will go back to how they were.
“I guess lyrically I was exploring how the good and bad sides of everything spin around together and how my past is always catching on my heels. It’s for those needing some help shrinking the mountains back down to molehills. I feel like we went somewhere else the night we wrote ‘Little Things’ and I still get excited when I listen back. I hope that element of escapism comes across” Gina, Rampton Prom
New Music: Matthew Cornwell
This track from NYC talent Matthew Cornwell has one of those vibes that transports you to another world, right from the first note.
‘Pink Lemonade‘ is a finessed fusion of RnB and pop that alights with the sounds of summer, telling the story of a chance romantic meeting on a night out.
New Music: PRICIE
Already causing a stir on the Australian music scene, Nigerian born PRICIE is a triple-threat talent who is making a name for herself as not only a singer and songwriter but also a rapper.
This release brings a sleek twist on disco, and serves as the perfect platform for PRICIE to lay some meaningful lyricism while showing off those powerfully soulful and husky vocals.
‘The message is for women to know their worth and understand that although some things may transpire within their relationship, they’re just way too dang good for it.”
New Music: Tulliah
Australian talent Tulliah crafts a delicate pop sound that feels honest and intimate, all the while also being and emotive and beautifully heart-felt.
“This song is about not wanting to break away from my visions and goals. The lyrics ‘don’t go waking me up’ is a really direct demand to myself! It’s about not wanting to go back to doubting my capabilities.”
Taken from the upcoming debut EP ‘Fre$h Hugs‘ which is due on 12th March via AWAL.
New Music: valentina cy
Punchy pop with hints of blues and soul, wrapped up with distinctively powerful vocals.
New Music: Popcoin
Talk about impressive… This project was only created at the end of 2020, after weeks of online collaboration between friends Aaron Black in Philadelphia and Des Martin in Chicago.
The pair had originally planned to meet in the studio just before Covid came and put a halt on all our lives. Nonetheless, they continued to work together through the web and we are now starting to enjoy some of those results.
It’s hard to summarise the sound they craft, but taking a look through their influences gives you an idea of what to expect. You can find hints of indie pop, UK bass, dreamy neo-soul, hip hop, and punk-rock amongst other things on debut release ‘Talk’.
New Music: Barii
New Music: Denise Chaila
A Zambian-Irish multi-disciplinarian talent who is not only a grime & hip hop singer but also a rapper and poet. It all makes for a tremendously exciting talent, crafting a sound that is refreshingly unique.
New Music: Drew Jodi
A beautifully constructed piece of percussive, downtempo art-pop from a London talent who is already a noted songwriter and producer, as well as engineer who’s s clients have included Stormzy, Little Simz and Lianne La Havas.
“On a day I’d found myself mentally struggling, I lingered on a SourSync [producer] beat on Instagram. It perfectly scored the moment I was having and within an hour I had written the lyrics. There’s a real sense of catharsis when a track comes together that quickly and naturally, and you lay yourself bare without pausing for thought.”.
New Music: LUNAKAI
You may not have heard of London multidisciplinary artist LUNAKAI before, but this talent has already worked with the likes of FKA Twigs, Yussef Dayes and Ashnikko to name a few, and produced records for Diplo and Robyn collaborator, Maluca.
“When I was making this it all came together in about 30 minutes; the verse melody and the vocal hook. I was thinking I’d give it to someone else to re-sing but I freestyled these lyrics without writing them down and in the end the vocal had such a vibe I ended up using that first scratch vocal take.”
The debut EP is slated for release on 26th February.
New Music: Cocoelusive
A refined and sleek approach to RnB from a talent who creates music as a process for healing.
“I want to bring a storytelling spiritual approach to my projects and ensure the young generation are riding on a right frequency.”