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Noé Solange is one of London's rising electronica artists. On November 20 this year, she released her debut EP titled Bound - a collection of melancholic, emotive and woozy downtempo tracks that are a perfect accompaniment for those deep reflective moments. Noé was due to perform at our showcase gig at The Finsbury last May,... Continue Reading →
Hope you are all having a pleasant Sunday wherever you may be in the world. I've had a very relaxing weekend, after taking yesterday off completely, the Lockdown Mixtape picks up where we left off. Here are another five tracks that stood out in the sea of submissions. Welcome to episode ten. Ishi Vu /... Continue Reading →
I was a bit late drafting up today's mixtape - a mixture of excercise and cooking has pushed me off schedule today. A couple of nights ago, I enlisted the help of a couple of facebook music groups, asking them for submissions - I received over six hundred responses. Hopefully I'll be able to unearth... Continue Reading →
Felix Dreiser is a music producer based in Cologne, Germany. Early releases suggest he has a bright future ahead of him, none more so than his most recent track ‘Retrograde’. Dreiser’s sound is carefully sculpted and arranged, every note inserted with the greatest duty of care. Soft, ambient textures weave in and out which give... Continue Reading →
** (Update 8 December 2021 : I wrote a piece about recent events that have circulated about The Outlaw Ocean Music Project. Read it here.) ** Fouk opened their collaborative EP with the highly engaging and energetic, The Chase. It immediately stood-out as one of the most accomplished composed for The Outlaw Ocean Music Project.... Continue Reading →
** (Update 8 December 2021 : I wrote a piece about recent news that has been circulating re: The Outlaw Ocean Music Project. Read it here.) ** The Outlaw Ocean Music Project | An Interview with David Berman (Just Big Hills) In line with my coverage of The Outlaw Ocean Music Project - I caught... Continue Reading →
** (Update 8 December 2021 : I wrote a piece about recent events that have circulated about The Outlaw Ocean Music Project. Read it here.) ** Fish Go Deep are stalwarts on the electronic scene over in Ireland. The duo (Shane Johnson and Greg Dowling) sprung to prominence in the mid noughties with plenty of... Continue Reading →
** (Update 8 December 2021 : I wrote a piece about recent events that have circulated about The Outlaw Ocean Music Project. Read it here.) ** A couple of weeks ago, I was approached by Ian Urbina, a New York Times journalist with an ambitious plan. He asked me to provide press coverage for his... Continue Reading →
I don't normally do premieres here on The Sound Sniffer - it takes a superbly impressive bank of work to warrant a feature like this. London-based producer Yescene and Downtempo/Soul vocalist Noé Solange are two artists I've come to love in my time in the blogosphere. They have decided to work together on a wonderful... Continue Reading →
** (Update 8 December 2021 : I wrote a piece about recent events that have circulated about The Outlaw Ocean Music Project. Read it here.) ** An Introduction to 'The Outlaw Ocean Music Project' A collection of music collaborations stemming from the field recordings gathered by one of the world's leading investigative journalists. Surfacing just... Continue Reading →
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