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Without music, life would be a blank to me.” ― Jane Austen, Emma

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Tony Marino’s new album is particularly surprising, combining the retro jazz of the modern New School with the Old School New Orleans of yesteryear, which you no longer hear, together with mesmerizing world music and results in the creation of something completely new that I have never heard before.

The standout single, Cardinal Drive, is a cinematically rich composition that sets a debonair tone throughout the enlivening score, which simultaneously emanates a sense of melodic ease as Marino works through his globally respected signature flair across the ivories.

• Jazz, Latin Jazz, Instrumental, World Music
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ETERI is a new music group created by two childhood friends. My Little One was inspired by a little mermaid.

• Instrumental
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Travis Sayles is an American musician/producer that has toured the world and produced for many A List artist such as Chris Brown, Ariana Grande, Maxwell, Backstreet Boys, Meaghan Trainor just to name a few.

He has now released his own music with the lead single Time Awaits, a chill hop, lof, trip-hop, instrumental that features Travis’s ability to create a mood that caters to any emotion your feeling and it also showcases the professionalism of his production.

• LoFi, Chill Hop, Trip Hop, Jazz, Hip Hop, Instrumental
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Supreme .Melanin is one of South Africa’s promising upcoming artists.

Stay takes a different spin on the angle of love, making a bold statement on the quality of love experienced, with a fusion of smooth elements such as contemporary rhythm and blues, Jazz, and a slight hint of Pop elements.

• RnB
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Femme Fatene is an Afro-Spanish singer and songwriter based in Manchester. With a music catalogue that is mainly in Spanish, Femme has reached incredible milestones in a very short period of time both in the UK and Spain.

Her single Volar, is a collaboration with Pblo (Manchester based producer originally from Zimbawe).

Femme Fatene experiments with genres such as afrobeat, pop and r&b, to deliver a different and very particular sound, with which she has already surprised us in previous works.

• Afropop, Latin pop
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Hold On is a collaboration between Turkish Dj ESKICI and singer-songwriter Pauline Mancini.

A conversation between the two artists about their struggles and mental health, led them to write a song that would cheer them up!

Uplifting but with a pinch of melancholy, Hold On captures the ups and downs we all feel in our lives.

• Pop, House
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NUNEZ presents his first album, full of national references and styles that are influences for him: the swing of the samba, the rap flow and elements of R&B and soul.

Produced independently, the songs talk about their lifestyle and the project has multiple release actions, such as: social media campaign, launch event and high investment in boosting.

• Samba, R&B, Soul
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The Mars McClanes are a Portland-based indie band that have been making music together for more than a decade. Their unique blend of rock, pop, and country influences has won them a devoted fan base from around the world.

Their latest single, Be Still, is a moody, slow burn of a ballad about the morning after a big night out where the person in the least bad shape takes care of the other.

• Alt-Rock, Rock
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A Bronx native Latin artist, Wild Panda On the Run was created during the pandemic 2020.

Wild Panda On the Run envisions themself having a voice big enough to make an impact in today society.

Music is my pathway and I welcome everyone to my Wild Life. -Wildpandaontherun

One More Time, is an uplifting tropical vibe song.

• Afro beat, Dancehall, Dance
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Some artists create in pursuit of glitz and glamor. Others make music to help us better connect with the world around us and use it as a vehicle to reach people in the darkest moments of their lives.

Scott Boyal is a Modesto, California-based singer-songwriter and Pop producer who falls into the latter category. He is an artist whose sound echoes his experiences, in all its ups and downs, through life so far. Each track spans the spectrum of emotion – radiating positive themes of inspiration, love and relationships, to the darker shades of loss and feeling alone in this world.

Ignorance is Bliss brilliantly captures the feeling of being misunderstood, pretending everything is okay, and hiding inner pain. Scott’s passionate vocal performance is hauntingly evocative, layered in patterns of futuristic harmonies as he pours his heart out.

• Pop, R&B
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FK is an upstate-NY based producer, mixer with a good run on Spotify & AppleMusic (almost 1.5 million combined plays to date).

Bobbi Nu is a rapper & songwriter based in Atlanta. She & FK have more music coming (including pop/r&b songs for another artist).

The song What We Gone Do Today started out as a track with a sample (of Bobbi Nu); she added a verse later. It’s a deep, adventurous club track, and it’s for FUN.

• club, experimental pop, EDM
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Roxercat is a progressive rock band based in Nashville, Tennessee, led by singer Price Jones, guitarist Stan Lassiter, and bassist Bill Francis. Various guest musicians also appear on the recordings.

Right off the heels of their well-received debut single, Pearls, Roxercat follows up with a strong indie rock vibe on I Changed Today. This is a song inspired by life’s unexpected twists and turns. It’s about waking up one day and feeling that everything around you somehow looks and feels different. This unintentional shift into a different perspective brings an awareness that life as you’ve known it will never be the same again.

• Rock, Americana, Indie Rock
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Alec Berlin is a 25-year veteran of the NYC music scene. Berlin has performed with Green Day, Rob Thomas, Elton John, and James Taylor. and appeared in dozens of Broadway shows, including Come From Away, American Idiot, Rent, The Lion Koing, and Wicked.

Alec Berlin’s music is guitar-driven instrumental rock, but it skews more towards song than shred.

• Instrumental Rock
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Vox, hailing from Limbé in Haiti, writes and performs in Creole, French, English, Spanish and Portugues. He is a founding member of Montreal-based hip-hop collective, Nomadic Massive, and started his solo act in 2008. Since then, he performed all across the world.

His music focuses on the traditional rhythms of Haiti mixed with elements of afrobeat, jazz, reggae, and hip-hop, always committed to denounce injustices and social imbalances.

• World, Reggae
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Black! is Tlew’s second single release since his debut album Adrenaline & Comedowns released in May 2022.

Chuc (Charlie Lewis) and “Vanny” (Nate Gussack) are two artists Tlew collaborates with in the production of this song. Tlew wrote the lyrics and covered vocals, Chuc played drums and produced the track, and Vanny recorded guitar.

The track has a funky garage rock sound that will introduce a new genre for TLew. “Black!” tells a psychedelic story through an upbeat instrumental that makes you want to dance. A funky bass line mixed with raw and raspy vocals creates a great vibe.

• Funk, Alternative Rock, Garage Rock
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