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Ghost Loft – Daily Demo 2 (2/2/2016)

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B3 favorite Koreatown (Los Angeles) producer Ghost Loft returns from a year long hiatus with a plan to release a daily demo on Soundcloud (we’re not sure for how long). At his 9th tune in the series as of today, Ghost Loft has us totally compelled after hearing just two tunes from it (we are psyched to check out more from the set). At the moment, we’re listening to #2 and #7 from the group of songs. A soulful array of sensationally suave chill beats, crystal clear keyboard melodics and a brilliant, entrancing mesh of vocal harmonies, we think # 2 is outrageously good. Such a beautiful song! The very lovely and atmospheric #7, a totally different animal with its pleasant folk guitar riffing, largely instrumental style and dreamy tone-infused melodics, also warrants a listen. Just based on these two and a quick listen of the rest, we can say this compilation is indeed a work of art; try to to hear it in one sitting to get the full effect (if you tally up the tracks it’s practically 30 minutes in duration so give you some time). Reviewed by Erin Shay.

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02-09-16

Anna Wise – Precious Possession

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Sonnymoon’s Anna Wise, who you’ve likely heard on Kendrick tracks like “These Walls” and “Money Trees” streams a forward thinking bit of R&B with new solo track “Precious Possession”. Occupying a similar space sound-wise as To Pimp a Butterfly’s instrumentally jazzier more cooled out moments, the Sounwave-esque production is neat frame for Anna’s fresh vocal flow. Very good.

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02-08-16

Isabel – Fences

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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.

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Weird Inside – Breathing

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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.

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02-08-16

Pools – Summer Sunday

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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.

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Fwdslxsh – Do We

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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.

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02-08-16

Emma Louise – Underflow (Little Dragon Remix)

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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

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02-08-16

Joy Crookes – New Manhattan

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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.

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02-05-16

MUN & SOL – Lavender & Dandelion

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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.

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SONDAR – Singlewave

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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.

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Trapo – Bad Gal (Prod. Derrick Thomas)

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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.

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02-05-16

Astronomyy – Something About U (Artlife Remix)

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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.

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02-05-16