Sniffing out the best new music
Beatmaker Kicktracks has been messing around making beats on his Maschine and Roland sp404a for a few years now. Today is the release date for his newest addition to his repertoire, 'Draw My Soul' - which features silky smooth vocals from Medeia. This is a song suitable for any lounge - the husky singing of... Continue Reading →
In ‘SnifferFavs’ over the next while we will write about 10 albums that have influenced us greatly in the last few years. You might recognize this fella from the absolute mega grammy winning (2018 best dance) hit he had with CamelPhat a couple of years ago. 'Cola' was an absolute success and gave this young... Continue Reading →
German Duo I Want Poetry have been making hauntingly good music for the last three or so years. Today they have just released their most polished work in my opinion with the intense single Adrenaline getting it's much anticipated release. From the moment that heavy devilish drum beat came in to accompany the vocals I... Continue Reading →
On this groggy bleak day in London - with torrential rain and Donald Trump making their way into the city - something had to raise my spirits on my journey home. It was then I was introduced to an electro-pop band that are based right on my doorstep here in West London, who have succeeded... Continue Reading →
A-Wa's 'Hana Mash Hu Al Yaman' is the most interesting song I have featured so far on The Sound Sniffer. This act is formed of three sisters Tair, Liron and Tagel who were born in the communal settlement of Shaharut, situated in the secluded Arava Valley in Southern Israel. Their paternal grandparents are orginally from... Continue Reading →
In amongst the flutter of guitar plucks, echoed vocals and soft LoFi drum patters we somehow lose our tendency to overthink and stress - this is one hell of a calming song. The sense of chill was assembled pretty early on here and that was that. Pedro Baapz and Isabel Oliveira hail from the little... Continue Reading →
That One Eyed Kid is the moniker of Josh Friedman, a Boston-based independent songwriter, performer, and producer. Building from a soulful vocal performance, synth-pop production, and delicate layers of acoustic and electronic instruments, T1EK's states that his songs are "about embracing our deepest insecurities and holding them up to the light". The first time I... Continue Reading →
Yet another great LA act here, this time it's duo Soft Streak who are producing the goods and their follow-up to the acclaimed Ride has me swaying around the house. The bouncy mood brought on by the slick guitar riff during the chorus is fairly infectious. Reasonable Lie is a tune you will definitely do... Continue Reading →
After a long day slogging it out, I shifted through a few tunes to find a nice comedown song to release the tension. I came to a swift halt at this one straight away - Astrolemo are ticking all the right chilled-out boxes with this crisp new release 'Dreams in Reverse From the opening's flickering... Continue Reading →
Ah yes, he is back again with another fabulous piece of electronic producing! Istanbul's Aleksandir came to prominence early 2018 with the absolutely terrific 'Yamaha' released to the world via Tessellate, which was voted our number one tune last year! I heard the tune played in the basement in King's Head in Hackney this week... Continue Reading →
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