Even voorstellen - I Ya Toyah - Out of order
Electro/Industrial Artist I YA TOYAH Unleashes New Single & Video, ‘Out Of Order’

Chicago-based one-woman industrial army, I YA TOYAH has unleashed her highly-anticipated new single & video, "Out Of Order."  The song comes from the upcoming EP of the same name due out in March.

"Out Of Order" - The Video: I Ya Toyah - Out of Order - YouTube

The video is a surreal story of a gradual mental breakdown, caused by an isolation and misinformation fed by media.  It was inspired by the film art of David Lynch and the pandemic.

Video Production &  Scenography: Joel Lopez of Lumbra Productions.
Music: Composed and performed by I Ya Toyah
Produced by I Ya Toyah and Nick Palazzo.
Mixed and Mastered by Nick Palazzo at Evolution Recording

"Out Of Order" - The Song:
A pandemic song, "Out Of Order" is expressing the quarantine moods of isolation, uncertainty, chaos and inner distortion.

"I wrote it feeling these emotions and being unable to share them as we all used to- through the togetherness, a hug, and live music experience. In the future the pandemic will be over, but the need for this connection will remain- I hope this song will be a reminder of how we survived this dark time, and how fragile yet strong we all are- even when we are out of order." - Ania (I Ya Toyah)

For more information:
https://iyatoyah.bandcamp.com/
http://www.facebook.com/IYaToyah

Even voorstellen - Billie Marten - opkomende singer-songwritertalent uit de UK

5 jaar na haar nominatie als BBC Sound 2016, waar ze in één adem werd vernoemd naast o.a. Dua Lipa, Jack Garratt en Mura Masa, is Billie Marten klaar om indieharten wereldwijd te veroveren.

The Line Of Best Fit - “A gentle and reserved masterpiece”
DIY - “A striking sensory experience. All signs point towards a colourful future for this talented teen”
Independent - “Unbelievably beautiful”

Wie is Billie Marten?
De Britse singer-songwriter Billie Marten - geboren Isabella Sophie Tweddle - groeide op in Ripon, North Yorkshire en werd als kind grootgebracht met muziek van o.a. Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell en Kate Bush. Al snel leerde ze gitaar spelen en schreef ze haar eigen nummers.
Op amper 17 jaar haalde ze haar eerste platencontract binnen en niet veel later werd ze naast o.a. Dua Lipa, Jack Garratt en Mura Masa genomineerd als BBC Sound van 2016, waarbij ze lof kreeg van onder meer radiopresentatoren Annie Mac en Huw Stephens.
Haar debuut Writing of Blues and Yellows volgde nog datzelfde jaar en in 2019 releasete ze haar vervolgplaat Feeding Seahorses By Hand.
Flora Fauna
Met haar nieuwe album, dat ze eerder deze maand aankondigde, slaat Billie Marten een nieuwe weg in. Op Flora Fauna ruilt ze de minimalistische folk waarmee ze bekend werd in voor een meer volwassen en vollere sound met een sterke gevoel voor bas en ritme. Marten liet zich hierdoor graag inspireren door krautrockers zoals Can, Broadcast, Arthur Russell en Fiona Apple.
Garden of Eden, de eerste single uit de plaat, smaakt alvast naar meer!
Billie Marten - Garden Of Eden (Official Video) - YouTube
"The name Flora Fauna is like a green bath for my eyes," she says. "If the album was a painting, it would look like flora and fauna to me, it encompasses every organism, every corner of Earth, a feeling of total abundance."

Flora Fauna verschijnt op 21 mei 2021
1. Garden Of Eden
2. Creature Of Mine
3. Human Replacement
4. Liquid Love
5. Heaven
6. Ruin
7. Pigeon
8. Kill The Clown
9. Walnut
10. Aquarium

Even voorstellen - Azmari - Azalaï

Created in Brussels in 2015, Azmari is a weaving musical odyssey that expertly fuses ethiogroove, dub, psychfunk and eastern sounds.
Having released their debut EP ‘Ekera’ last year, a series of shows across Europe saw the Azmari sound develop and ten days performing in Istanbul opened the band’s ears to the Turkish sounds and rhythms from the 1960s.
Keen to get back in the studio to start work on their debut album, studiously studying Turkish and Ethiopian scales, along with learning new instruments along the way including the berimbau, the ney and bağlama, the Azmari sound transformed into a rebellious, unrelenting and mesmerising trip.
The resulting nine tracks that make up debut album ‘Samā'ī’, released 22nd January via Sdban UItra, is a deeply hypnotic experience where mesmerising rhythms and winding improvisations send the listener in to a higher state of consciousness.
The mystical and cosmological ‘Azalai’ take us on a sacred journey full of raging saxes and wig-out percussion.

https://fanlink.to/azalai

Azmari are; Arthur Ancion - Drums, Basile Bourtembourg – Keyboards, Saaz and Percussion, Jojo Demeijer - Percussion, Niels D'haegeleer - Bass, Mattéo Badet – Saxophone and Kaval and Ambroos de Schepper - Saxophone and Flute.

Sdban Records is an independent record label based in Ghent, Belgium. It is home to such artists as John Ghost, De Beren Gieren, TaxiWars, Glass Museum, Steiger, Black Flower and STUFF.

Sony Music news - James Vincent McMorrow - new song + tour 2021

James Vincent McMorrow has today dropped brand new track ‘I Should Go’. Co-produced with Kenny Beats (Idles, slowthai, Omar Apollo), James has also announced details of an extensive UK and European headline tour for 2021.
A platinum-selling artist who has independently clocked up over 750 million streams, reached #1 in his home of Ireland, and seen his music travel everywhere from Drake's 'Views' to 'Game Of Thrones', ‘I Should Go’ acts as a further window into the world of McMorrow's upcoming fifth studio album - which was introduced in bold fashion with recent single, ‘Headlights’.
https://smarturl.it/JVM_ISG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f54vpGL90A

Speaking on ‘I Should Go’ for the first time today, James says…
“The first lyric of this song is “I never thought I'd ever need you around / it's hard enough to be me only.”
That pretty much sums up the energy. It's not about what we want, it's about what we need. A lot of time I don't think there's a difference between those 2 things. But there is, a big one. I do not need a lot of the things I think I do, and there are other things that feel unimportant but are in fact the foundations that I exist on top of.
I'll genuinely never figure out which is which, I still obsess over dumb shit and I still take so much for granted. To say I'm getting more comfortable with my chaos is probably untrue, doubt I'll ever be comfortable. But I do understand it a little more, and I think I embrace it a little more; embrace the chaos of it all.
I fucking adore this song, the second I put the guitar parts together I knew it was going to be something I adored. I sat in a room with Kenny and played him what I had and I think he immediately got it; I had this feeling going into the studio that day that he was the person who could take the idea and elevate it into the space I wanted it to be. I was definitely correct.”

Holding onto those moments of clarity in the chaos is emblematic of where James Vincent McMorrow finds himself in 2020. That rare artist who’s as integral to the worlds of hip-hop and R&B as he is the singer-songwriter roots of debut album ‘Early In The Morning’ (which turns 10 this year), one constant has been James’ intuitive, bigger-picture approach to each project; the idea of doing exactly what you need to do, when you need to do it. And it’s this more personal growth – the confidence to turn all he's learnt into uplifting, purposefully-chaotic pop - that is evident across McMorrow’s latest work. First single ‘Headlights’ was written not so much about life making sense, but making peace with the fact that nothing does: a fact which was reinforced when the song dropped amidst lockdown, and the original video had to be scrapped in favour of a more intimate approach. The ‘Headlight’s video also acted as an affecting snapshot of another big change in James’ life, as it featured his daughter Margot (as shot by his partner Emma). The single’s meditative followup, ‘I Should Go’, was recorded with fellow genre-collider Kenny Beats, as James worked between Dublin, LA and London with similarly world-class talent (Paul Epworth, Lil Silva, Patrick Waverley) on a brand new chapter in his career, and his life in general.

Watch out for more for from James coming soon – with his headline dates for 2021 thus far announced as follows
UK/EU Tour Dates
27th March - Het Depot vzw, Leuven (Belgium)