As he continues to simmer on the underground and grow a loyal following, the outstandingly talented Tom Misch gives us a taste of summer with his latest release.
The track will be released on his own record label, Beyond The Groove and includes some backing vocals from our boy Jordan Rakei.
It must feel as though Christmas come early for 18 year beat maker, Mura Masa; his recent single Firefly has been championed by BBC Radio One moguls, Annie Mac & Mista Jam. The song has featured as track of the day on Radio 1 and has reached almost 800k plays on Youtube in 4 weeks.
As much as the Heavy Silence team love Firefly, we can’t get enough of what he has done with ‘Usher – U don’t have to call’.
As we do each & every month, the team have carefully selected our playlist for June 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.
Here’s some instant playlist magic for you, a light-hearted throwback from the Australian band!
The 10-man band explosion Sex on Toast return with their brand spankin’ new single ‘Oh Loretta!’ Glistening with Blue-Eyed Soul and bubbling with immaculate studio musicianship, ‘Oh Loretta!’ harkens back to the days of slammin’ backbeats, warm vintage keyboards and 10 guys in hot threads cutting it live.
Ever since we heard about this man we have been screaming his name from the Hill Tops! Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Jordan Rakei has been devoted to writing and performing Neo Soul with hints of Reggae, Blues, Jazz and what ever soulful descriptive words you can think of.
He quickly developed a solid Soundcloud following after dropping his debut EP, Franklins Room, then followed it up with Groove Curse in 2014.
After spending time this year in South East London whilst recording and touring through Russia, Italy and Belgium, Jordan returns to the stage for a live show at Soho’s 100 Club.
May 9th 2015 @ Koko, London
California’s best kept secret is undoubtedly Soulection, the record label and radio show pushing forward-thinking music for the post Hip-Hop generation, covering all forms of beats and breaks but with a decidedly soulful aesthetic. Somewhere between classic Dilla and current trap music lies the production ethos of the Soulection collective – futuristic, glitchy trap-hop electronica. Soulection are all about pushing the producers – for the most part their releases feature instrumental beat-making in the vein of Flylo and Madlib, and with over 200,000 listeners on Soundcloud, they’re bringing those beats to bedrooms, headphones and dance floors worldwide, with a plethora of international talent handpicked by label owner Joe Kay.
Settling into London’s Koko for the third date on their European tour, Soulection touched down with a live set from Goldlink,
As of yet we don’t know much about the lady delivering the vocal, but we do know how special this new single is from Alessia Cara.
Back in 1971 a certain Isaac Hayes released his 5th studio album, Black Moses, on this album was a track that was to become famously sampled by Glory Box in the mid 1990’s and used in countless advertising campaigns since. The record we are talking about is ‘Ikes Rap’, one of the most seductive descending basslines you are ever likely to hear.
We have been talking about this album for the best part of a year and part of us wondered if it was ever going to come!
The first we heard of a new album was back in 2014 when ‘Simple Love’ hit Soundcloud, we were told an album was coming but with no official release dates. Later that year we were hit with the disco throw back, ‘Rhythm of Auld’ and finally Gilles Peterson provided us with a World Exclusive of ‘Knockin Boots’ on BBC Radio 6 Music.
We have to simply hold our hands up and apologise for only recently discovering this talent, it was actually House legend Grant Nelson that got us onto JP Cooper from this very tweet;
Since then we have delved into his many acoustic Youtube sessions and recent EP’s on iTunes.
UK singer, songwriter & guitarist who delivers his songs with so much passion and soul.
The future looks bright and we hope to catch a live show soon!
Film Noir is proud to present the first Single from @masegomusic x @officialmedasin ‘The Pink Polo EP’ Girls That Dance.
Combining that hop hop/trap sound of 2015 with some classic Rnb vocals and a tight flow, we fell in love with this the very first time we heard it!
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