Category: Best of 2016

  • AWR – Messing With My Mind

    AWR

    House beat with soulful vocals and a deep house vibe.  Vocally this hits the spot for me.  Think SEAL with a bit more Jazz influence coming through.

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    About this song

    Release 3 june on own label via Phonofile. AWR, Andreas Waaler Røshol, is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer from Bergen, the same city as Sonny Alven, Kygo and Allan Walker.

    AWR is dragging the Deep House genre with him back in time towards the 80s on a jazzy time-machine, with his new track: Messing with My Mind. Whilst tracks in the EDM scene usually consist of a instrumental and vocals, Messing with my Mind consist of a full fledged production, including multiple horns, grand piano and a jazzy electric guitar. Don’t be frightened; it’s neatly controlled and glued together with soothing vocals and catchy hooks. The track is original, which is often the result when creative minds take the full control, AWR is not only performing vocals and writing the track, but producing it as well.

    Lead trumpet: Pål Gunnar Fiksdal, Trombone; Runar Fiksdal, 2nd trumpet: Idar Eliassen Pedersen, Grand Piano: Audun Barsten Johnsen and Backing-vocals by Emilie Bjørnstad.

     

  • HUSBANDS – Where Is My Ego?

    Husbands

    Similar to Hot Chip in terms of their electronic pop sound. Not to take anything from HUSBANDS but it’s in hopes that others that like Hot Chip may check them out as well.

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  • STISEMA Hold On (Feat. Es May)

    Stisema

    Mid-tempo house track with vocals that are breezy but land when needed.  The pay off comes when the chorus hits with the sound of the production and the vocal hook ‘Hold on to me’.

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    About this song

    STISEMA is out with his debut single; ‘Hold On’ with the talented vocalist Es May. It’s a Deep House track, with elements like cowbells and marimba to put some summer vibe in to it. On top of that, it’s a future inspired synth on the top on the drop.