photo: Coso Blues
We’ve got sent through quite a bit so I’ll get that out in a minute. Firstly congratulations to Speech Debelle for winning the Mercury Music Prize. I heard “The Key” quite a while ago and really liked the track. Infact I think I posted it on here. I’m sure sales of her album will soar now and hopefully she has a successful career ahead of her. More news, Biffy Clyro premièred new song “The Captain” on Zane Lowe last night. I really enjoyed it to be honest, it sounded really good and if the whole album is like it I can’t complain too much. You can preview the song below on Youtube.
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First up today is a remix of The Very Best’s “Warm Heart of Africa” by Alan Wilkis. He actually had his whole first EP remixed but sadly I was on holiday so never got the chance to hear/plug it. Anyway you may remember we posted the original of the song quite a while back, but Alan has certainly added his own style to the song. The 80’s-eque synths he uses come to prominence but they still manage to fit the song well. The bassline is also good throughout with the 808 sound working well. Check it out below.
The Very Best – Warm Heart of Africa (Alan Wilkis Remix)
The next songs were sent to us a while back by EGADZ! and for we forgot to post them up. EGADZ! is the stage name of Erik Nava who’s music spans a variety of genres, most prominently electro and acoustic. The first one is called “Going Home” and is a nice upbeat electro song, kinda reminiscent of something La Roux would use – It’s clean, has a good drum beat and some good synths. I personally prefer “Glock Out” though, which has more of a rock stance and a little rawer. The guitar works well in this and the whole song just sounds more exciting. The two songs do show the diversity of EGADZ! though, with both being completely different. Get some vocals on the tracks and they could be very good mainstream releases. The tracks are well crafted and suggest the future looks bright for EGADZ!.
Egadz Is Dead is out now. Buy Music from EGADZ! here.
The last song is a remix of The Catarac’s “Club Love” by Chubby Fingers. The Catarac’s recently got signed to Universal so things could be big for them. The song reminds me of LMFAO a little bit, a club song with a little bit of “rapping” in it but a good bassline and a good beat. It’s catchy as well which is one of the main requirements of a club song. Also features less autotune than the original so gets bonus points for that (check the original out here)
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