As we do each & every month, the team have carefully selected our playlist for July 2015.
The tracks are not downloadable but will lead you to the artists page, if you get there, our job is done.
Heavy Silence, guardians of good music.
https://soundcloud.com/heavysilencelondon/sets/july-2015-playlist
In any scene it would be a dream come true for an artist to get snapped up by a major record label and begin enjoying the luxuries that follow, however, what if it doesn’t work out, can they just stroll back into the underground scene that previously adored them?
One man who is finding this out first hand is Jahmaal Fyffe, aka Chip. At 16 he exploded onto the underground scene after releasing ‘Who are you’ which was accompanied by a dark, stripped back video which is now sitting at over 3 million hits on YouTube. He was accepted immediately and feared by many seasoned MC’s, this kid had an insane flow, sincere lyrical content, a natural tone and the confidence to bring all of this to the microphone.
Just hours ago the Canadian DJ/Producer dropped a new track on his Soundcloud. If you’re an avid follower, you would have heard something very similar during one of his residency shows on BBC Radio 1. He said on his Soundcloud “i did that sh*t live in the bbc mix and i thought id share it with yall”
The original beat was by the late J Dilla and vocals from the infamous Mark Morrison.
It’s so nice to able to sing along to this song and not whisper, its been given the ‘cool’ twist it lost all those years ago after its chart success.
Whilst the rest of the world seem to enjoy taking shots at a much-loved musician from the 90’s, we want to do the exact opposite.
In 1997 the Edinburgh born musician released this single, the trip hop, reggae influenced ‘Even After All’ was fresh back then and still gives you that warm fuzzy feeling when you hear it today.
I’m sure Finley Quaye would have loved for things to work out differently but we’re humans and some people do not always win the battle against their demons.
This double headliner gig (in our opinion) was always going to be amazing. Selling out in such a short space of time you know that only the true fans were going to be in attendance. On arrival, this felt very much the case. The atmosphere was electric. Filled with fans and many producers and artists (we personally spotted the likes of Tom Misch, Jordan Rakei, Jay Prince, Ego Ella May and Sabira Jade to name a few) who came out to share pure love, and learn a thing or two I imagine.
Heavy Silence 