Oscar Key Sung - It’s Coming

Stunning free 2-song release by Melbourne based Oscar Key Sung. His softly, gentle and fragile rn’b/soul is concluded in absolute perfection in It’s Coming. The production values feel like it’s being treated by Jamie xx, The Drum, Shlohmo and all the super league of todays futuristic soul together in a mystical, occult and bulletproof room in the middle of the amazon rain forest while his deeply soulful voice conjures into an urban feast surrounded by palm trees! So just keep your ears wide open ‘cause we’re gonna hear a lot more by this guy!

It’s Coming/Sure Thing (Miguel Cover) is available for free download over here.

Standish/Carlyon - Gucci Mountain

Do you remember Devastations??? The Aussie band that released that very good Coal LP back in 2006 (and featured this incredible Nick Cave inspired song!), in Greece i could say that their had their moment! Now with Devastations in bed, the members found another moniker to express their musical worries. Standish/Carlyon just released their debut album, the Deleted Scenes LP, but with a change of sound! In the incredible Gucci Mountain you can feel the art pop moving in the shadows in sensual moves, a seducing late night pop masterpiece that grows slowly with its esoteric groove blossoming in the corners of light! A slow sexy beast with a soulful heart ready to feed any hungry soul out there! 

The album Deleted Scenes is available for purchase in cd, vinyl and digital on Felte Records bandcamp page.

Dexter - Once Again Back (Tune In)

It’s the kind of sound that smells summer. German producer Dexter brings the ’60s psychedelic rock into the hip hop scene with the bouncy, old skool and funk attitude forming a raw upbeat soul. This is what Once Again Back (Tune In), the opening track from the excellent The Trip LP, is aiming for and (oh-lord) you can feel the earth shaking beneath your feet!!! This is how psych/hip hop should sound like!!! Blaxploited vibes in the most compelling and danceable rhythm…

The Trip is available in cd, vinyl and digital and can be ordered here.

Vicious Boy - Good Water ft Rakiem on Sax

Irresistible smooth, silky and strictly soulful tunes are deriving through Vicious Boy’s music and voice. The night driving sound of a sax is craving to be heard in a room choked with smoke and a half empty bottle of wine to await the sensual present of a femme fatale so to be consumed! A simple, striking scene with soul just like this song! 

Moko - Hand On Heart

Moko’s journey to conquer the world holds strong and it’s enhanced even more with her new song Hand On Heart. A straight forward, urban r&b lullaby in the vein of the early Massive Attack gunshots (you can even imagine it floating inside Blue Lines!) that the London based producer/vocalist is so overwhelmingly pointing out! Groovy, danceable beats over a stunning soulful performance that captures all the essence of electronic pop music without pretending to be something else! Gorgeous at least and possible massive hit to the ears who’ll get it…. 

AM & Shawn Lee - Two Times (Official Video)

AM (the guys that released this beautiful psych pop album back in 2010) and the man with the thousand faces Shawn Lee teamed up to release the wonderful La Musique Numerique album. Two Times is the first official video coming from that album, a collage of old clips that somehow click together in an outstanding way under the bouncy, old skool disco, soulful and groovy sounds of this catchy as hell song! Watch/listen Two Times above and click here to stream/purchase the whole abum in more than one (but all magical!) editions!!

Blondie g.d - This Is War

Sparkling, soulful, dance oriented, vocal aggressive, downtempo soul…. Greek newcomer but London based Blondie g.d could touch the stars with This Is War, an intimate affair of heart pounding neo-soul that blasts with its explosive cargo that could cause some serious damage!King Elephant’s production elevates the whole thing in an airspace urban game where the devil is in the details, while a sexy icon is born in front of your eyes!!! Watch below the official video directed by Ciel and stay tuned for her debut album to drop sometime during summer!!!

JODY - The Long Goodbye

JODY released the first single from their upcoming second EP and ,God, did they make my skin electrified from the shivers i felt down my spine. The Long Goodbye is a tropical r&b shining diamond, a Phil Collins inspired pop song that smells like summer classic already. Soft layers of chopped n’ screwed beats over a soulful vocal electricity floating like a calm body over the deep blue sea! A magnetic pulse that stretches its chillin’ vibrations like a heartbeat!

This Moko - Homeshick

London based This Moko could easily become the salvation of today’s electronic soul! This is not hard to understand if you take some time to listen Homesick. A hazy and soulful midnight starlight that draws its inspirations from Bristols golden era and placing it in today’s present, making it sound surprisingly fresh and exciting! With a satin voice like that what could go wrong???

Yvnalesca - Baby

Eden Persad used to drop his soulful beats under the moniker of St Eden but now a change of style demanded the change of his stage name! As Yvnalesca the New Zealand producer draws an impeccable line between uk/garage and the post rn’b fireworks that shines with the soulful vocal samples and leads you into a slo-mo danceable experience through your headphones! Stylistically perfect, Baby shows an imaginative producer to have finally understood how to make bigger than life tracks to come to life and points out the reason why you have to place Eden Persad under your radar…

Dead Bored EP is available for a pay what you want download on Yvnalesca’s bandcamp page.

The Vendetta Suite - Baby Blue

Gary Irwin was a busy man during the ’90s and i can’t say that he felt tired during the ’00s! He’s worked at David Holmes’ Exploding Plastic Inevatible Studio as an engineer, co-written tracks with Holmes, composed soundtrack for movies, remixed quite a few artists, released techno music under various names and the list keeps going! But as it seems Irwin has many unreleased songs in his luggage and he felt the need to share it to the world under the moniker The Vendetta Suite. Baby Blue was written back in 2008 but the ’60s girl group power and the Phil Spector’s wall of sound indicate a love for the black and white and the power of old fashioned soulful, psych pop. Such an intimate catchy song dressed with the dolly vocals of Cara Robinson that feels like a classic…. Beautiful!!!