Brighton based producer J Tropic comes through with an outstanding cover version of Jai Paul‘s ‘Jasmine’. He takes the original’s core elements and puts his very own special magic to it. Et voila – this is more than a good tribute and worth mentioning.
J Tropic on Instagram ::: Soundcloud ::: Facebook
My friend Peter from AUX Paris asked me if i can have a listen to his new upload “Rihanna – Needed Me (Jakoban X D!avolo Remix)”. It took about one minute and i felt in love! Make sure to have a listen to this beautiful Jakoban X D!avolo Remix on this sunny sunday <3
https://soundcloud.com/auxparis/riri
We are really happy to write a few words for the new Song of KYFRA and Eche Palante! It´s just brillant. “I Got You” is featuring the beautiful Brandon Lehti. It´s full of sexy grooves and emotion! A perfect song for late summer nights with all your friends. Lean back, take your drink and just have a listen to it. We´re sure, that you will love it..
KYTES is gonna leave you with a good feelin’. “I Got Something” is their new single that has been on repeat in our earbuds. With a distinct pattern throughout, this single is destined for some radio play.
We got the opportunity to sit down with these four gentlemen of the road and grilled them about touring, their new single, and eating in the US.
1) How did you link up with Robert Koch?
We first linked up via our label and publisher. They connected us. We then met Robert at SXSW. We played at the same venue and really enjoyed his set.
During SXSW, we hung out a lot and had some great conversations, he’s such a chill guy!
2) You are all about to go on tour in Germany, what has previous tour experiences taught you? How do you all prepare for a multi-month tour?
We played our first tour in October / November 2015, touring is definitely one of the coolest things you get to do as a band. Playing our own songs in front of all these different people night after night is just great. It’s the reason why we do music.
Touring taught us to always play with 100% energy – no matter if it’s in front of 1,000 people or 10.
Being on the road for a long time can be a little rough, it helps a lot that we’re not only band members but best friends. Preparing for a multi month tour is rehearsing a lot obviously, we are also adjusted our live-set for our upcoming tour. We’re really stoked about bringing our own stage setting for the festivals this summer.
We had the chance to work with this really cool dude, called Clemens von Löffelholz who will design human sized KYTES letters and unique colour banners.
3) Where does your inspiration come from in writing and composing a song?
Inspiration comes in a lot of different ways. Of course it’s music in general and artists we love.
We like to mix inspirations out of different genres. So, for example, we have this verse which is pretty indie and for the chorus we think: “Ok how would Major Lazer do this chorus?”
It’s fun to blend genres and to break musical boundaries.
Lyrics wise, it’s lots of stuff we experience ourselves, stories, poems, fantasies and dreams.
4) What should we be listening to?
Foals – Rain
Röyksopp – So Easy
Mura Masa – Lovesick
Little Comets – Bridge Burn
Yates – Mercury
Woman – Psychedelic Lover
M83 – Bibi The Dog
5) What was it like to play at SXSW? A bigger question remains – what food did you enjoy and what are you looking forward to eating again when back in the US? Any plans to come back and play here?
We definitely want to come back as soon as possible! Playing at SXSW was great, the people were really into new music. At our last showcase, at Esther’s Follies, people began to dance after our first song and danced through the entire show, it was magical!
AH FOOD!
We experienced the best Thai food ever in LA at the Night Market in West Hollywood. We have to come back if it’s only for the food!
The same with Sushi in San Diego. And we had an amazing burger at Hodads in San Diego. Also some really great Mexican Food!!!
6) What are a couple singles we should be on the look-out when the album comes out?
Of course, our current single “I Got Something.”
Also a brand new track called “Head To Toe.” We’re really looking forward to the feedback, the songs all have their own style in a way and we can’t predict which songs are going to be your favourites.
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Without telling you or for that matter anyone else we made some changes on ChromeMusic over the last couple of weeks. A you might have noticed – you are finally able to listen to all music right from the frontpage without making this extra and honestly ‘oh-so-90ies’ step by opening each and every single post anymore. Now any kid of our no-brain-apple generation and even your mum is able to get her fresh dose of music on our website instantly. so, yeah.
But still, whenever you want to procrastinate but not waste your rare life – time on Facebook feel free to follow our thoughts, videos, lovely gifs and interviews by really clicking on it. This is the only payment we get (and nothing else is wanted from our side).
But wait – that’s not all to announce. After days of torturing our brains without finding a simple solution and after the tremendous help and skills of our best (IT-) friend Wuwu (thank you again!) we now have a little stream player on CM. Just press play on the bottom of the page! Instead of playing all the music posts seperately, I thought it would be nice to bring back our ChromeMusic Top Tunes. Don’t compare it to the YUM YUM Top Tunes – they will soon come back as well but that’s worth another post. It’s simply a collection of the best songs on CM each month and you can procrastiante or even study/work somewhere else while listening to music you mostly cannot find on spotify yet. Nice little bonus, right? ;) Enjoy the Top Tunes May filled with brand new tracks by wolfskind and Lakechild and some of the best tunes showing up on soundcloud and in our inbox over the last few weeks.
CM on Facebook ::: Top Tunes April ::: Radio