We’re into the jazz-inflected alto vocal of new to B3 artist Isabel on track “Fences”. Working within a minimalist piano-led modern R&B idiom, Isabel’s full-toned vocal reveals a bit of star quality to it in its singular-ness and strong emotive communication. Stream “Fences”, a track we like very very much, below.
On the 11th of this month B3 favorite instrumentals-only electro producer Weird Inside is set to release his debut “As We Know” EP. “Breathing”, the latest wonder to release from it (following B3 covered tunes “No More Heroes” and “Who Knows”), is a highly recommendable melodic slow burn that captivates the imagination with its tone-centric melody-enhancing instrumental perspective and stylish understated dynamic simplicity. We’re catching a great vibe from “Breathing” and hope you like it too! Reviewed by Erin Shay.
We completely recommend (and adore) the cheery vocals-led natural-vibe beats-based atmospheric gem “Summer Sunday” from mysterious new (2015-origin Soundcloud) artist called Pools. Beautiful. On repeat. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Get into “Do We” the deeply immersing, slow burning, synth drenched, sexy ambient vocals-led beat track from B3-recent feature, London-based artist fwdslxsh. Great vibes. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Tune into the austere array of finely-laced percussion and cosmic reverb-y synth accents of B3-fave group Little Dragon on their radient new spin on “Underflow” the tremendously emotive plaintive-poetic vocals-led recent track from talented Aussie songstress Emma Louise. Reviewed by Erin Shay
17 year old Joy Crookes makes a very strong debut on the subtly sublime “New Manhattan”. Based around whirling cinematic strings and a cool twisty melody “New Manhattan” not only feels powerful (by virtue of its engaging production) but melodically and lyrically is magnetic; the narrative of isolation, smallness, world spinning round being very well fit to the track. A must listen.
Whoa. “Lavender & Dandelion”, the debut track online from bi-coastal tandem MUN & SOL, is stunning (yes, stunning is a word that’s gets thrown around blogs a lot but “Lavender & Dandelion” is really stunning. Warm rhodes, low-touch beats and a soul-stirring tenor vocal set a perfect piece of R&B-influenced indie pop. Take a listen.
Welcome SONDAR to B3SCI. The Nashville (ostensibly) girl-girl duo tap into a very strong bit of melodic writing (that “if it’s OK with you darling, if this doesn’t sound alarming” bit is particularly memorable) on debut track “Singlewave”. SONDAR, we are listening.
The talented Trapo previews first track from upcoming “SHE” EP. “Bad Gal” hits a jazzy polyrhythm-driven (bongos!) groove tipped up with piano accents and Trapo’s smooth effervescent and melodic flow. We love.
New-to-B3 artist Artlife are the electronic duo of Casper Jansen & Benjamin Brommer (two close friends who currently live in Amsterdam, Netherlands). We’re jamming out to the duo’s new highly recommendable up-tempo piano-melody-infused remix of Astronomy tune “Something About You” (and totally loving it). According to the Artlife Soundcloud page, after being asked to remix the song by Astronomyy himself the pair set out to create a mix that “keep[s] the deep chords and cool vocal lines while making it more up-tempo and energetic”. Artlife does a beautiful job at highlighting the melody and texturing the remix with their signature multi-dimensional piano-led instrumental touches and phenomenally enhancing guided guitar riff. Our very favorite part of the remix is the euphoric dramatic pause-y portion around 1:25 where there is a perfectly enchanting cohesion of instrumental elements. This is a fantastic remix, we actually like it better than the original. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Get acquainted with Moscow-based groove-maker artist Rare Cuts, who recently released this superb edit of “Concrete Jungle” the funk-centric Little Beaver track off their 1976 album When Was The Last Time. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Greek producers (and friends) MANSTA (Manolis Stavroulakis) and Benet (covered here) team up for a comprehensively brilliant disco-detailed take on saxy chart-topping vocals-led Crusaders gem “Street Life” (which apparently was part of the Crusaders 1979 hit studio album of the same name). Amazing. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
