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Missing That Piece: Arklay finds what he was looking for on ‘Make Me Human’

Posted on 9 May 2021

Taken off the action-packed and deeply personal six-track EP ‘Frankenstein’s Monster‘ which is all about dealing with the tragic loss of his best friend and finding that long-awaited love, Arklay returns with the lead single called ‘Make Me Human‘.

Arklay is a creative twenty-three year old indie alt-rock singer-songwriter and producer, who makes that real music about things that have been holding him back for so long, as he opens the door to being content in life.

”After losing his best friend to suicide, he strives to make his inner turmoil and monstrous emotions into something special, something that will show the world who he really is.” – Arklay

This is a true story that shows how frustrated he was before, as the journey to finding that person who believed in him seemed hopeless at times. The road might of been winding and the exasperated feeling of not finding that human for you was definitely there — to show us that giving up is not an option — and you will find that person if you believe enough.

The heartfelt vocals are so honest and touch your soul deep inside, as the lyrics filter through your mind and has you in such a reflective mood. You close your eyes and imagine how lonely the path was, with the false imagination that you are not attractive, when actually you are.

‘Make Me Human‘ from Arklay, is that single that was born due to severe detachment from intimacy, as the feeling on not being with someone properly has inspired this new track. He has now got the feelings out now which were burning before, found love, is only looking upwards and will never look back to the past again.

Hear this deep track on Spotify and see his IG for more visual content.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Tom X Wolfe serves a smorgasbord of culture with ‘SUPADUPAFLY’.

Posted on 8 May 2021
Tom X Wolfe

Aural innovator and producer Tom X Wolfe’s 2021 album, ‘RISKY’, is an intoxicating mash of pulsing impassioned culture. It is also an exhibition of the artist’s multi-genre production and arrangement talent that has previously seen Wolfe working alongside Cash Sinatra, Maky Lavender and BGMFK. With over 3 million streams under his belt and plenty of international critical acclaim, Wolfe is set to take the industry by storm in 2021.

With African and Caribbean roots bedding down in the mix along with western notes of glitchy EDM hip hop, the lead track, ‘SUPADUPAFLY’, is the ultimate summer hip hop playlist staple. There is plenty of kick behind the 808s, but the snapping grooves feed into a sun-baked soundscape which throws plenty of jazz-laden haze your way.

Check out Tom X Wolfe on Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Wanna Know Where My Funeral is: Astonishing UK producer Hizkit drops the futuristic marvel ’99 Lives’

Posted on 7 May 2021

As he flows so wickedly and with so many ideas blustering furiously into his complex mind, Hizkit is back with more intricate lyrics that will have you in awe of this criminally underrated talent on ‘99 Lives’.

Hizkit is a genre-bending alt hip hop producer/artist/creative designer hailing from the UK, who is known for being totally unique and often having a detached sense of lyricism, which allows our mind to be free and interpret his creations as we wish.

”Through his music, he has provided hazy interpretations of certain experiences and personal tribulations, with an often tongue-in-cheek approach to the way he explores intimate topics such as mental health and anti-sociality. ” – Hizkit

His raps with such delight strewn all over his delicious delivery, somehow cleverly coming up with futuristic-sounding flows that has you in shivers of delight — as he webs his way spider-like through this sensational song like an absolutely dialed-in genius — bringing us an epic track that is absolutely remarkable.

‘99 Lives‘ from the totally original UK-based emcee/producer Hizkit, is a galaxy-altering release with so many skills attached throughout from this once-in-a-lifetime lyricist. He puts it all on the line with bars so real and mind-twisting, they undoubtedly will blow your mind.

Hip hop is only getting better if this is the taste we can expect for the rest of 2021.

Stream this excellent release on YouTube and see on his IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Behind Me Now: Ronnie White has a clear mind and is moving to better times on ‘Empty Castle’

Posted on 7 May 2021

After bravely leaving her darker days behind her for good, to smartly immerse into a brighter exciting retro vibe that suits her perfectly, Ronnie White is absolutely stupendous on her latest single called ‘Empty Castle‘.

Ronnie White is a terrific London-based electronic producer and indie singer-songwriter, who has been on the scene for almost ten years and has worked on a variety of intriguing projects. She now makes that new neon attitude type of music that shows you her growth and the way forward for the new spark in her music.

This is the story that feel like you have been into before, as someone she loved wants back in but she has slammed them out for good as they are bad news. She is feeling enthralled her new road and loves the sound, it feels right and this is what she is going to do.

After being stabbed in the back too many times, you feel her strength and self-awareness in her powerfully alluring voice as she smiles to herself calmly — and dusts off the past — to bring in the exciting future.

‘Empty Castle‘ from London, UK-based indie singer-songwriter/producer Ronnie White, leads us into the world of a redemption story from the darkness, as she has courageously reinvented herself when staying stagnate could of taken place. She sounds refueled and invigorated, ready for the next step as she heads toward the path of enlightenment that is far away from the demons that used to pull her hair back and keep her locked in.

Ronnie White found the key and is keeping it close to her chest, never to let anyone bring her down to their level again.

Stream this excellent new single on Spotify and see more news on her IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Jeff Goldsmith – ambient, narrative sounds with ‘Waiting Window’

Posted on 7 May 2021

Jeff Goldsmith is a composer, sound engineer, and producer based out of Minneapolis; ‘Waiting Window’ the first track from his forthcoming album ‘May You Find The Light Before The Devil Knows He’s Right’ – composed and recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic – is a dark, brooding, piece, semi-neo-classical, semi-industrial, and mainly instrumental. All based around field recordings and live samples from Minneapolis, it’s a mix of the avant-garde, elements of alt-rock mixing with a repeating piano motif, sampled ambient noises, and speech, all building slowly throughout the five-and-a-half minutes of the track. At times sounding like Phillip Glass or Mike Oldfield, others with dashes of the softer parts of Nine Inch Nails or Ministry, switching still to the Orb or Ozric Tentacles. It’s an entrancing, evocative mix of alternative, dark ambient, and auditory narrative soundscape.

You can catch the video for ‘Waiting Window’ on YouTube; find out more about Jeff Goldsmith and his work here.

Review by Alex Holmes

Tranquil Peace: King Zausage is effortlessly excellent on ‘Near Bonix’

Posted on 6 May 2021

As the peaceful soundscape unravels before your willing earlobes to send a sensation that is supremely exciting, King Zausage kindly filters out all of the noise for us, with the exhilarating new single that will have you in a cat-nap type of mood with ‘Near Bonix‘.

King Zausage is a multi-talented and deep-thinking Hong Kong experimental electronica producer, music journalist, composer, guitarist, tour manager, PhD researcher in theology, rock music and spirituality, at the University of Birmingham.

He makes that deep type of soundscape that is rather rare as it has so much pure soul, as he started his career in this world of entertainment as the music show curator in a mountain of the 2012 Shan Zhai Music Festival. The bug soon bit and hasn’t left him since — instead of taking the bite out of his veins — he has instead only forged onto greater heights and might be one of the most intriguing humans around.

You feel like you are in another planet here, each second feels like it has been carefully meshed into a story for us to hold onto, for our hearts to heal with.

‘Near Bonix’ from the fascinating and uniquely focused Birmingham-based, Hong Kong-born electronic producer King Zausage, is that peaceful trance that you needed after all the madness around. This is a world class artist who is so in tune with the needs of the world and brings us an ambient masterpiece, to treasure wisely here.

Stream this new single on Spotify and see more on IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Full Of Emotion: IBK rains down with deep-rooted poetic single ‘These Tears’

Posted on 4 May 2021

As he writes the stories down to help him drift away from the blustery wind that has blown him away from the right road of life, IBK brings us the very reflective new single all about ‘These Tears‘.

Ibukun Araoye aka IBK, is a highly motivated Nigerian indie electronic/hip-hop musician/poet, musicology minor degree graduate and producer, who lathers in his love for music from when he was very little, to his passion of having his music played all over the world now, to inspire others through their troubles.

”A medical doctor by training – with a neuroscience background -, I truly believe in the power of music as medicine”. – IBK

He sings and speaks with such grace and compassion, as he has seen what music can do to those who need it most. His message is one of peace and understanding, in a world that needs more common sense as other issues have made so many forget about those who need help right now.

‘These Tears‘ from Nigerian producer/musician/poet IBK, is that smartly constructed single that has so much layers that you sink your mind inside like taking a warm bubble bath, the feeling is so comforting that you never want to get out. This is the type of music to heal with, so that you may become stronger and wash away all that fear and self-doubt that consumes you down into the dumps of no return. Visualizing what you need to do, is the only way to succeed in this complex world.

Stream this intriguing new single on Soundcloud and follow his creations on IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Justin Adijanto – ‘Ctrl Alt Delete’ featuring Jessica Gelinas and Voel

Posted on 4 May 2021

Justin Adijanto, Jessica Gelinas and Voel’s latest collaborative 3-track single, ‘Ctrl Alt Delete’, practically lays out the welcome mat to make you feel right at home in the immersive indie RnB pop release.

The radio-ready singles, produced by Jakarta-born producer Justin Adijanto, ooze contemporary appeal by toying with moody and muddy tones and nestling shimmering synths in between. With the RnB infusion manifesting through Jessica and Voel’s vocals and instrumentally through the funk-laden grooves, the potency of the soul parallels the infectiousness of the melodies. The standout track has to be, ‘Crazy’; a highly relatable admission of the mania that comes to the surface when it comes to romantic disparity.

Ctrl Alt Delete is now available to stream via Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

 

Bad Wolf peeks behind closed doors in his latest nu-disco single, ‘Curfew at the Disco’

Posted on 3 May 2021

While plenty of us sulked about the inaccessibility of dancefloors and lack of like-minded community, Philippines-based artist and producer Bad Wolf imagined what went on behind closed doors while creating his latest melodically tropic single, Curfew at the Disco.

After the release of his debut single, If I Can Make You Dance, in January 2021, he was scouted by MojoHeadz Records and inspired to release at least ten new singles in 2021. Based on Curfew at the Disco, we can expect plenty more soul-oozing DAW-created grooves from the artist who is quickly becoming renowned for painting with metropolitan strokes and with kaleidoscopically urban colour.

Curfew at the Disco unravels as a mix of euphoria-evoking nu-disco and roots deep techno that allows Bad Wolf to invite you into his imagination where you can explore the intimacy of the house parties which happened while dancefloors and venues gathered dust. The air of hedonist rebellion runs right through Curfew at the Disco, right next to the influence from indie dance and 80s Japanese City pop.

Curfew at the Disco officially released on May 3rd; you can check it out for yourselves via SoundCloud. Connect with Bad Wolf via Instagram.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Turn The Shower On: Despite the long days Darnell Miller is motivated enough to ‘Keep Pushin’

Posted on 30 April 2021

With a positive attitude that pushes his mind to only thinking about what is possible ahead, Darnell Miller throws the past to the trashcan and is all about that ‘Keep Pushin‘ mentality which has served him so well.

Darnell Miller is an experienced indie-soul singer-songwriter, arts educator and producer, who brings so much life with his music, his shining personality lifts the mood around him. He makes that quality soundtrack that always feels so good in your whole body.

He sings with that exuberantly genuine passion which flies fleetingly through the star-lit sky like a confident bird who knows where to go, as you feel his soulful lyrics putting you into a good space.

The superb beat has you smiling and grooving along, as you picture him getting through his day with a grin most of the time, as you feel the relevance to how your day goes too. Sometimes things are hard and other days are easy, as you just know that you need to stay positive no matter what.

‘Keep Pushin‘ from the ever-evolving soul/dance musician Darnell Miller, leads us into the light away from the negative energy which can wrap over you like plastic in the ocean. He is all about that exciting music to help us keep those good vibrations always, whilst brushing anything else aside that isn’t going to bring you closer to your goals.

Life is all about keeping that hustle mentality going, no matter what roadblocks are currently keeping you away from achieving your desired goals.

Stream this groovy new single Spotify and see more from this soulful artist via his IG.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen