In our last post about Jamie Woon we asked you: “Jamie Woon ‘Night Air’ – tune of the year?” And many music lovers as well as tastemakers answered “Yes, it is!” In the meantime MTV and the BBC have also nominated Jamie Woon in their categories MTV’s Brand New: For 2011 and BBC – Sound of 2011 – The year’s most promising new artists – congratulations Jamie!
To thank his fans Jamie Woon currently gives away a brand new track for free: ‘Blue Truth,’ which creates a similar mysterious atmosphere as the captivating ‘Night Air.’
This song you can listen to over and over again. And you ask yourself, who puts sound clips from old cartoons in such trippy sounds? It is Pogo a.k.a. Nick Bertke from Perth, Australia. He also takes sound clips from Harry Potter, Willy Wonka or Alice and puts them together to create new tunes.
He has worked with major partners such as Walt Disney, Oprah’s Harpo Studios, Showtime, Pixar, Art Basel in Miami, The Guggenheim in NYC and many others. On his YouTube channel he has over 20 millions views with only 18 videos.
So discover his exciting work with our pick ‘Wishery,’ which comprises vocal syllables, musical chords and sound effects recorded from the 1937 Disney classic ‘Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.’
Meaghan Maples is a promising newcomer with great talent and SOUL. On her debut 6-track album ‘Legos Is The Family Business’ she combines soul, gospel and pop in a remarkable way, reminiscent of Jill Scott now and then – especially in her song ‘Paper Boy.’
But judge for yourself:
Meaghan Maples hails from San Diego, California and releases her music through different independent projects on the ‘The Whole Shebang’label. The label sound draws on many different styles including rock, reggae, jazz, R&B and folk.
Fritz Kalkbrenner’s first music video ‘Facing the Sun’ reinforces, what he already had revealed in his famous brother Paul Kalkbrenner’s hit ‘Sky and Sand:’ that he’s a gifted singer/songwriter and a state-of-the-art ‘techno pop’ producer, too!
About his musical history Fritz Kalkbrenner says:
“I was born in Berlin, raised on Planet Funk. Many years ago, I was fallen in love with the machines and the dusty wax that’s older than me. I’m still on it. But I got so little time.”
You can hear that in this song – machine-made music with a soulful voice:
The debut album ‘Here Today Gone Tomorrow’ is out now on SUOL/Rough Trade.
Today we have a special audiovisual treatment for you: The official music video to ‘Fragile Meadow’ by The Black Atlantic (Mercedes-Benz Mixed Tape 30)! The story behind this eye candy according to the band:
“A while ago we stumbled upon this video of a dancer doing an improv on the track ‘Fragile Meadow.’ We got in touch and when we found out the girl happened to live in Toronto and we were going there for the NXNE Festival we had to meet. This video is the end result of a day well spent in the beautiful city of Toronto. A very special thank you is in order for Tessa who choreographed an awesome dance for us.”
