Tag: pop music

Umbrella (Cover) by Alxxa 

Get with alxxa’s Umbrella cover, a very unusual sounding but zeitgeisty beat and production. Love how it has that seductive vast emptiness and sparse instrumentation, clouding it up with only a running synth melody, the perfectly placed effects and her brilliant clear vocals. Of course it helps that everyone knows each word of the track, but undeniably one of the best efforts of a newcomer i have heard this month. The future must be bright for alxxa.

ps promised to share this 10 days ago, but couldn’t keep up with the many new submissions after the summer. Apologies to alxxa ;)

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REAL Contemporary Pop Music : Wisdom Talk by Mushroom People

I came across these guys over a month ago, pretty much around the same time, when i was getting an absolute overkill of all the future bass tracks, using the very same drop over and over again. You know that silly synth based drop that is just super annoying by now and that everybody used this and last year. No innovation at all, and not even surprising to grannies anymore.

I was wondering when the first act would come around who’d incorporate that style more playful and just use it more as a musical element as songwriters and real musicians are supposed to do. Along came Mushroom People who, judging from their Name, i almost didn’t listen to as i was expecting some kind of Trance and Psychadelic sounds, but boy was is surprised and literally caught off guard. Fell in love with it while playing this tune over and over and over…

Agreed the singer might have a bit of a german accent, but doesn’t Milky Chance as well? Agreed the song is predictable, but isn’t all of pop music? Agreed it isn’t REAL Future Bass, but THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED!

Very much appreciated and much needed pop music by some very sweet folks. Here is a bit of their self info: “You might expect some weird, psyched-out electronica when you hear the name Mushroom People. But instead, you will find contemporary pop music with catchy melodies and synth-driven drops. The two producers and brothers, Dean & Dustin were joined by singer/songwriter Lenny who used to regularly play pub gigs in Ireland. They found together at a local concert venue in Germany and decided to join forces. While continuously working on original content, Mushroom People also entered the world of remixing and has released official remixes of well established artists such as NoMBe and VALNTN.”

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Deep End by ShelBee 

I heard this tune the very first time a few weeks ago and instantly liked it, not only bc of it’s sparse use of instrumentation but mostly bc of Shel Bees phrasing, intonation and the way she delivers the top lines. A seriously good singer in the making, with an honest voice that needs more attention on the streaming world of today. That’s why i sent it off to our team to work and release the track. While i am currently on vacation i think the signing is on the way and we can look at pitching it properly when the summers over and all the streaming offices and bureaus are all back to business as usual. Won’t be earlier than mid to late September sadly, but no worries, a good solid tune takes longer to grow these days. And even longer for an artist to finally break into the mainstream. Consistency is key in releases, and if one or two do not work make sure to keep on keeping on. I am writing this well in mind that Shel Bee might read this, so i just want to encourage young striving acts to maintain the course and not get discouraged if things do not shape up instantly as one would wish. In the long run, they will.

There’s an old Chinese proverb that says : “If you wanna go fast, go alone. But if you wish to go far, go together.” And that’s how is see our relation with this young talent!

Ps i heard one of our most talented young cats, Wolfskind, will be working with you in October in LA. So we went full circle w/o knowing that this would happen, and that it would all stay in the family. Wolfskind aka Lucas is a key producer in our deal with Universal Music and sincerely my adopted son (musically), whom you will have lots of fun with ;)

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Alexandra Fresquez- Deep End

Outstanding and heavy pop anthem by a lady i never heard of before, but telling from her 1st release she could be among the pop elite. Absolutely nails the Zeitgeist, more commercially and pop music oriented but we deal in quality, and not in genres. This here is top shelf and i guess this is one of those long tail tunes, that builds up steam over time and then goes on to conquer it all, or latest with the follow up releases.

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for you by olive b

Probably my favorite tune this past month. Passed this on to the right people already, this needs a major release in the EU, this fall. Hell i want to release & promote it myself. Awesome effort Olive! And she seems to do it effortlessly. Not overdoing it vocally, or on songwriting or production wise, thus still sounding honest and playful. “Awesome” applies here. Ps Her soundcloud says : singer // songwriter // freestyler ;) – sweet

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Heartless – Fire & Ice by Heartless

By now i am so super tired and almost feel SJW like insulted personally by pitched chopped voices and that whole style, but then again every now and then along comes a tune, in this case, a regular pop tune, that simplifies it back to normal again, and makes it likeable on a pure musical level. Welcome Heartless.

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