Tune into the whispery-spritely pause-tempered seductive-sensitive vibrant-haunting female vocals on “Chills” the new excellent tone-drenched melodic beauty from B3-fave Australian brother-sister electro-pop duo Joshua and Amy Dowdle who are also known as Lastlings. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Lastlings (Soundcloud)
Although we’re not entirely sure the meaning of most of the words she sings so sweetly in her native Scandinavian tongue, we adore the very pretty brightly-animated vocals of Stockholm-based artist Hanna Järver on her technicolor synth-struck Euro-pop dance tune “Anekdoter” which is out now via Cosmos Music. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Hanna Jarver (Soundcloud)
TOKiMONSTA will release her Fovere LP through Hardly Art on January 29. “Put It Down” features the current blog fave Anderson Paak on the vocal with Bay Area producer KRNE chipping in a behind the back assist on the instrumental. “Put It Down” is a really cool blend of styles (mainstream hip hop, trap, more esoteric dance music), sort of a one track microcosm of TOKi’s main stylistic lanes. TOKiMONSTA’s on tour right now and those upcoming live dates are available for your perusal below.
11/25 Detroit, MI – Populux
11/27 Toronto, ON – Mod Club
12/01 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
12/02 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
12/03 Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade
12/04 Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
12/05 Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall
12/08 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
The Brinks are new duo composed of New York City producer Matt Friedman and Australian singer Scott Mellis. The twosome are readying their debut EP for a December 4th release on Louder Than Life Records. “Temporary Love”, the six song EP’s title track, is a cool and potent (and very well-constructed) mix of strong soulful melodic writing and spare forward-thinking production. The EP is executive produced by Pusha T(!) and one of our all-time favorite producers Salaam Remi(!) and the band has some very influential advocates including reigning King of Pop Pharrell Williams. We love the track and are very pleased to B3 Premiere it below.
The Brinks (Twitter)
Your Friend, aka Domino Records artist Taryn Miller, will release her debut full-length Gumption in January. The melancholic melodic whirl of “Heathering” is the LP’s beautiful first track. Slow motion reverb, down-in-the-mix percussion and an expansive frame of scintillating (in the twinkling sense) electronics and bobs of circling guitar taps mark “Heathering”s cinematic sound. Spin the top track below.
Your Friend (Facebook)
At the beginning of the month we covered B3 fave artist deep-house style-god JackLNDN for his beautifully-smooth mellow-expansive lush and sunny golden-vibe synth-spun late-night dance floor stunner called “Hit Refresh” (which is one of four tracks off LNDN’s latest eclectics-leaning deep house EP “Summer Never Ends Vol. 2”). If you adore the song as much as we do (we’re very into LNDN’s sound at the moment) prepare to groove into your week with “Streams” the entrancing melody-textured vocals-centered trumpet-y upscale-jazz-club bombshell which is the already-released lead song off the same EP. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
JackLNDN (Soundcloud)
We like the sweetly dynamic progressive soul vocals of St. Louis singer-songwriter Brandyn Burnett (new to B3) on his seductively exquisite vocals-led gem “Down” which is the first track off his recently released “Made of Dreams” EP. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Brandyn Burnette (Soundcloud)
Portland band Rare Monk are back today with their second release for our B3SCI Records in the form of self-titled EP. The EP features the Spotify New Music Friday-featured “Warning Pulse” lauded by Pigeons and Planes for its “instant coolness” and new single “California” which has been praised by Best Fit and The Burning Ear. We’re stoked to announce today EP release which is available both digitally and as a limited edition CD at B3SCI Records.
Rare Monk (Soundcloud)
After enjoying a number of style-setting dance-oriented dynamics-loaded dancehall-heavy bootlegs from Toronto-based producer and Film Noir: Sound founder Krs, we are thrilled to discuss the launch of his long-awaited debut album S.I.W.A.H. (no clue what the name stands for or how to pronounce). The man Krs. sets off his own debut’s momentum like a charm with a potent first single called “Fakin” which is flawlessly produced by Krs. along with his pals SF-bred LA-based vocalist/producer Mars Today and Toronto producer Bnjmn.. New one “Fakin” features an artfully juxtaposed line-up of radiant-sublime odd-match songwriting chemistry and a clever-opposite combo of smash-hit vocals (from Mars Today, Canadian r&b songwriter/vocalist/producer Maurice Moore and Providence-based hip-hop artist Khary). We particularly recommend “Fakin” for its fine-tuned meld of impeccably catchy and hypnotic knockout-seductive (c’est la vie-vibe) catchy-refrain-driven vocals from Mars Today, Maurice Moore’s superbly sexy-sensitive songwriter swoon and Khary’s contrasting on-point quiet calamity of poetic-romantic hip-hop vocals (which have a slightly-gritty love-lamenting perspective that we can appreciate). Great collaboration! Reviewed by Erin Shay.
B3SCI is very pleased to announce today the release of the self-titled debut EP from English duo Over Sands. The twosome recorded much of the EP isolated inside a remote beach house on the English coast, using found sound and outdoor recording in tracking the record’s four tracks. The EP praised by Best Fit, Clash, and WTGR, the EP which includes the excerpted below “Hounds”, is available now both digitally and on limited edition clear vinyl from our B3SCI Records.
Over Sands (Soundcloud)
The Commodores “I Feel Sanctified” is the source material for Irish musician in London Hubie Davison’s feel good disco jam “Sanctified”. A modernization of The Commodores track galvanized with a more muscular rhythm structures and looped up vocals and instrumental bits, “Sanctified” sounds as fresh as the Fresh Step + Fresh and Easy + Fresh Prince of Bel Air (and that’s really really fresh). “Sanctified” is out on November 27th on Midland’s ReGraded label.
Hubie Davison (Soundcloud)
