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Another fantastic track from Ghost Hours, whose tracks Can't Stop Moving and Fever were both favourites of mine last year. On this one we hear a darker side of the his sound. Here Ghost Hours, real name Ron Fountenberry, describes the sound as like a SBTRKT hamburger with a side of Caribou, which sounds pretty delicious to me!
Premiered by Zane Lowe on Beats 1 yesterday, Klangstof has just taken the wraps off new shimmering electronic track Hostage. Having also just signed to LA label Mind Of A Genius. 2016 is looking rosy for the Dutch singer, songwriter and producer.
Growing up in rural Norway, Klangstof (real name Koen) was inspired by Radiohead's seminal OK Computer, learning to play the entire thing on guitar and subsequently recording a song that ended up on Norwegian radio after he uploaded it to the internet. After a stint in one of Holland's biggest bands, Moss, Koen chose to return to a more isolated musical outlet. Hostage is a song born of the sense of creative frustration that comes from needing an outlet.
The Choir is the latest track from producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Morly. Following her mostly instrumental debut EP In Defense Of My Muse it is only the second track to feature Morly's vocals.
The Choir is a delicately woven track, deep bass rumbling beneath layers of vocals and gently swaying percussion. It's a sparse and beautiful piece and comes from the Cascine stable (home to Cuushe and Yumi Zouma).
BlackPlastic is kicking off 2016 with this track from UK artist Draper. He has previously collaborated with Lapsley, Rita Ora and Little Mix but has recently shifted his focus back to solo material.
Following on from his R&B inspired track On You released last year, Draper is back with the tentatively optimistic track All I See. Laura Brehm provides vocals whilst Draper's production creates a warm pop-disco sound. In the artist's own words:
"'All I See" is a track that had so many variations I lost count, sometimes it can be a long process for a song to get to a place where I am genuinely happy with... Laura's vocals really helped give the track the confidence it needed. It's a song about the separation from reality that you can feel when infatuated with a person."
LA-based producer Andrew Grant has just shared this stellar cover of Post Malone's breakthrough track White Iverson, which takes the original and twists it to give a feminine perspective. The result is a drowsy and maudlin, metallic beats skitter against cold synths. In Grant's own words:
"I really connected with Post Malone's flow and how he was able to convey success through basketball and sneaker culture with a fresh approach. However, I immediately thought to myself how transitioning his same message from "male empowerment" to female empowerment would change the landscape of the song and I was really happy with the outcome. Whenever I produce out a track, I build it around the vocal in order to have the music complement the top-line. Here's my own rendition of Post Malone's "White Iverson". Hope you have as much fun listening to it as I had producing it!"