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featuring emerging hip hop artist with a splash of r&b, pop, jazz, rock and more … to add to your playlist.
“How is it that music can, without words, evoke our laughter, our fears, our highest aspirations?” — Jane Swan
Take a few minutes ... scroll, stop & listen. Allow the artists in our spotlight to evoke ...
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R&B, Tropical R&B
Bekim! is a songwriter & producer of R&B music. He comines different styles blending beatful Classic R&B with melodious modern R&B and soulful vocals. Bekim! works with different vocalists.
Through the Storm is a Tropical R&B song that makes you feel happy. A feel good R&B ballad for when you love someone. Vibey groove.
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Trap, drill , hip hop
Anonymous GIA (G.I.A), aka A dot Gia & Jungle Bebe, started his music career 15th January, 2021.
His music covers an array of topics, as he writes about his life experiences and expresses emotions through music.
G.I.A’s rap genre is melodic rap, but he also dabbles in UK/US Drill, Hip-Hop and Afro Swing.
Anonymous GIA released his debut single OH NO on a single distribution deal with Universal Music Group France & Label MCA.
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Hip Hip, Electronic, Pop
Having met through a local music competition show, The Remix, Soundwave started performing and building their fan base through the competition itself. Since clinching the Vice Champion award of The Remix, both Jevin Julian and Rinni Wulandari have continued releasing music as prolific solo artists, as well as singles together as an electronic music project under Soundwave.
The debut album, RE/SET tells the story of Soundwave’s journey from Day 1 up till now, kicking off album celebrations with their final single, Whatever It Takes, an energetic ode to all fans who have been with them on their music journey.
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Jazz, Lounge, Psychedelic
Husband Material is a 3 piece jazz band from Auckland New Zealand, three buddies hanging out, having some laughs and making some tunes.
Their song, Library, is the first the band wrote together and is part of their EP, Cotton Socks, each song named after a room, it takes you through a magical house with all sorts of love.
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HipHop, Pop
Garren Grant, aka DatYunginG5, released his debut mixtape Monochromatic in October 2018 through E.S.3.U. Music Group and broke new ground showing the true passion, pain, anger & versatility throughout the 15 song LP.
With big tracks like “Prove My Point” featuring Hoodrich Pablo Juan and Lil Gnar, this set the young artist apart from just another rapper leading to multiple tours throughout 2020.
Rotting Inside was written about going through a rough break up at a young age. DatYunginG5 and Canadian producer, Dutch Revz, decided to genre blend the 80’s synth styled Melodies with modern day hip-hop and pop vocals to bring this song to life.
“Rotting Inside” was the final single release for DatYunginG5’s album “Dying In Hollywood”.
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R&B, Soul, Afro-Soul
Eghe Nimose is a singer and record producer from Nigeria. Since he started releasing music in 2017, Eghe has demonstrated his unique music styles across various genres, from Congolese rumba to Reggae, Dancehall, Electronic, Highlife, Afrobeat, R&B and others. Which are often in Bini, English, Lingala Congolese and French languages.
PRETEND is a beautiful R&B single from Eghe Nimose, in the form of “music-letter” that we normally would write to an ex. The beat was produced by SOJ Da Legend and song was written by Eghe Nimose. Eghe started working on the song when SOJ Da Legend sent him the beat, a nostalgia feeling followed immediately upon hearing the first few seconds of the beat.
Past hurtful thoughts started flowing in, and the pen started working. Yea, that was the foundation for the working of this beautiful melody.
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Soul, Groover, Pop Soul
WAB is a French Pop Soul Funk singer and Beatboxer.
This track is an homage to women. Its groove is sensual and it makes you want to fall in love!
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Neo Soul, R&B Soul, Jazz Soul
Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Manoela Wunder was classically trained on violin from a very young age.
This year, I broke out from being an instrumentalist to a solo artist. Incorporating my roots (bossa nova, Latin) and combining it with my musical training and other genres I’m passionate about (pop, rock, jazz, soul, funk, fusion), my upcoming album Past/Healing showcases my eclectic tastes and talents!
The new single Past/Healing has a strong neo-soul, jazz sound and the arrangement is based around a Rhodes piano texture. The world music influence is apparent in the natural percussion layers. The lyrics are centered around healing from a past traumatic experience.
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Gospel, Alternative Pop Rock, Christian Rock
Rhett Lotilla-Dela Cruz is a singer-songwriter from Toronto, Canada who has a great passion in music. His mission is to create songs that can encourage and uplift people’s hearts in every circumstance. Starting at a young age, he has already performed as front act in various concerts and has won different singing contests in the community.
YOU ARE MY STRENGTH is a song for everyone struggling with depression and to everybody who feels weary and giving up on their dreams already.
This new single has a good blend of alternative-rock and pop genre with bright & catchy tune that brings listeners through a journey of finding hope amid the struggle.
Rhett wrote this song as a prayer and reminder that when we have trials life, we have a God who is in control and our miracle-worker!
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Alt Pop, Soul
Allison Mareek is a multicultural singer and songwriter. Now based in London, where she has found a true melting pot that mirrors her own roots, she’s weaving these influences into a sound that is both familiar and unique. A sound where soulful melodies meet jazz standards, ear-catching blue notes, and a minimalist pop production – blending as many different colors and routes as the ones that have dotted her storyline so far.
Tenderly, Remember Me is a love letter to someone you know you’re about to lose. When deep in your heart you know that the thing you’re most afraid of losing is the person you used to be when you were with the one you love.
It’s the first single off an upcoming EP where each track will be connected to the next by an interlude, creating a seamless listening experience – a pause in our rushed realities.
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RnB, Pop, Hip-hop
Melo RoZe is a RnB, Pop artist songwriter from Atlanta, GA.
Her chill, catchy, smooth melodies and savagge lyrics define her as an artist. Her vocals move from soulful to melodic sing/rap and with her three octave voice range she takes on the personality of each song.
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Instrumental, Hip-Hop, Alternative Hip-Hop
Triple M is a jack of all trades when it comes to music. A multi-genre artist, producer, singer, songwriter, rapper, and creator originating from Colorado Springs, Triple M is a melting pot of versatility and genres.
Triple M delivers an uninhibited aura as his sound is driven by raw emotions through melodies and an array of genres.
The artist delivers productions with a unique combination of talent, passion, and emotions that will radiate onto the listeners. With every release, he will have listeners hooked into the world he creates with his eclectic style and sound.
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Singer Songwriter, Indie, Soulful
Patella’s Knee is just an organic expression of Robert P. Johnson's II life. Having lived in New Jersey and Germany, and being a military brat opened his eyes to a whole new world.
Patella’s Knee is a verdant, fledging song full of life and love. Patella’s Knee has been in Johnson's heart for some time, and he is honored and humbled to share the song to the world.
Patella’s Knee is a song for everyone. It is about human connection and true friendship.
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Daniel Vincent of DVous Music has been playing keyboards since he was six. In 2021 he started officially publishing the music he had been working on for years, and he released an electronic dance music album and other multi-genre tracks.
He teamed up with Ashley Toman for When I loved You. Toman spent time in Nashville, and she hits open mic nights across her hometown of Houston, TX. She has written for Disney and Lifetime TV Network and has a published her own songs.
When I loved You is a pop, adult contemporary, love song that features Ashley Toman on vocals and tells the story of a woman whose love of her life evaporated. She is left with pain in her heart trying to make sense of it all. The memories of a love that slipped away are heart-wrenching.
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Jazz, Instrumental, Alternative
Backwater Township is a project based out of Montreal, QC that began in 2018 with a vision of challenging a musical genre marred by intellectual elitism and gatekeeping.
Founded by Corey Thomas (bass, composer) in 2018, it began as a means of performing original compositions as well as creating arrangements of former Indigenous jazz musicians’ music to preserve and give proper representation to the works that had inspired him throughout his personal music journey.
Gesalul is a Mi’gmaq word which translates to love in english. This song is an exploration of that feeling. Gesalul’s melody is layered by saxophone and voice to create a sound that boarders on spiritual and secular music.
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Pop, Dance Pop, Urban Pop
Queer Pop artist PALMU turned her body-shaming experiences into a body positivity anthem that embraces feeling confident in your own body, no matter the shape or size.
Belly Baby is a middle finger to everyone who likes to body shame people.
"I used to feel sad being called all kinds of names due to my curvy body so I wanted to make a fun and catchy song that champions women with curves – a song that celebrates us”.
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Soul, Pop, Indie
Knights Club are an international alliance of nomadic performers that travel to the world’s most exclusive parties to deliver an immersive musical experience, where the audience becomes a part of the show, and everyone is part of the Club.
Featured on Netflix’s new show Dated and Related, their new track, It’s Just a Dance, oozes positive energy and easy listening appeal, with solid vocal melodies and powerful sax lines that remind us of 70’s soulful pop with modern production.
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Pop, Rock, RnB
Press Release: Bobby Paraknight, a multi-talented artist rising high from New York City, releases his third single Baptism By Fire!
After being critically acclaimed and praised for his exciting new sound and cinematic music videos, he comes out with what is said to be his “Best Work, Yet”.
Bobby, an Actor, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and a dancer (ballet, jazz, hip hop) stretches out and creates a world of his own, for all we know, this is just the start.
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