Rachel Croft Has A Stunning Voice And Is Finally Gaining Recognition With A Slot At BBC 2 TV, London Americana, And Moseley Folk Festival

** Rachel Croft’s music takes inspiration from people like KALEO, Ray LaMontagne, Jeff Buckley, Big Thief, FATM, Ben Howard, Phoebe Bridgers, Bishop Briggs, and Joni Mitchell. Fierce, cinematic, brooding and expressive, Rachel Croft is a strong female force who wants to be a role model to young women and aspiring artists. **

RACHEL CROFT
TIME WAITS FOR NO MAN
GENRE: Indie Rock, Blues, Alternative Rock, Singer Songwriter

INFO:

Rachel Croft’s sound is cinematic, moody and classic; atmospheric backdrops champion her powerful, dramatic vocals, smoothly blending folk, rock, and soul styles.

Her songwriting abilities have landed her in the spotlight of many UK festivals and tours across Europe, catching the attentions of Fresh On The Net, csgm blog, POPMUZIK and Liverpool Sound and Vision.

Rachel’s debut album, Hours Awake (2019) was over 95% funded by followers across the world, having gained YouTube plays of over 130K.

She has supported artists such as Skerryvore and released three singles, which have gained her regular airplay and secured Rachel with spots on Moseley Festival, Warwick Festival and Costa Del Folk Portugal.

Rachel now returns with the Reap What You Sow E.P., and new single ‘Time Waits For No Man’ exploring more potent, cinematic, bluesy styles .

WEB / SOCIAL MEDIA:

https://www.facebook.com/rachelcroftmusic

https://www.instagram.com/rachelcroftmusic/

https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelCroftMusic/

https://twitter.com/RachelCroft27

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1eLrIl3uKE4rEnfML9cLWM?si=ug-38AQpSjiVVc0ZDLAbMw

https://soundcloud.com/rachelcroft

https://rachelcroft.bandcamp.com

rachelcroftmusic.com

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EP: https://ffm.to/rachelcroft-rwys-ep

by Rob

Slikback To Release New EP - Support From Resident Advisor, Pitchfork, Mixmag and many more...

"a rare talent” [Resident Advisor] 

“a rising underground star” [Crack Magazine] 

“the Kenyan producer occupies his own switchbacking lane” [Pitchfork]

Resident Advisor, 2020’s best albums

Bandcamp, best of 2020

 

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Artist: Slikback

Title: Quoios/Klout

Label: Byrd Out

Catalogue No.: BYR032

Format: 12” (Edition of 300) and Digital

Territory: Worldwide

Genres: Techno; Trap; Industrial

 

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http://byrdout.lnk.to/QuoiosKlout

 

New tracks of forward thinking club music from Kenyan producer Slikback, continuing in rule shredding, genre melding form.

 

Two new enigmatic originals, and two remixes - one from Sarmacja, natives of his current home, Poland, who give Quoios a dub workout, the other from Bristolian producer Sunun, spinning out Klout in a less pressured environment.

On the A side, Quoios charts a looming, atmospheric build-up gives way to driving, chain saw wielding industrial beats layered with vocals and samples. Klout meshes dark tones and complex rhythms, with a very slight nod to acid on the sounds. Both tracks are warehouse-ready dancefloor weapons.

On the B side, Sarmacja’s dub pulses from the off, introducing a strand of keening vocals and cosmic flushes. Sunun’s remix offers a slower, exploratory and haunting re-imagining of Klout.

 

12 May - Quoios (digital release)

4 June - full release, 12" and digital

 

A1: Quoios (03:38)

A2: Klout (03:14)

B1: Quoios (Sarmacja Dub) (02:16)

B2: Klout (Sunun Remix) (03:32)

 

by Rob

Drum & Bass Pioneers LOXY & INK Release Awesome Old Skool Hip Hop & Drum & Bass On R&S Records. Support From DJ MAG, WORDPLAY, WONDERLAND, YO RAPS, EDM.COM, DECODED, K MAG and many more

LOXY & INK

MANIFESTED VISIONS

 IMPACT DATE (SINGLE): 21 / 05 / 2021 /// IMPACT DATE E.P. 05/08/2021 /// LABEL: R&S /// CAT NO:RS2103S
 
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Authenticity & Consistency, two key words that immediately come to mind when we’re talking about Loxy and Ink.
As music and creative culture at large hurtles towards an abyss of ‘likes’ as currency and vacuous validity, the job of musicians who stand for authenticity and consistency has become ever more important and it is at this juncture where Loxy and Ink become indispensable.
Two titans in UK breakbeat culture, Loxy & Ink were both present at the inception at the birth of UK dance music culture and continue to be torchbearers. One glance at the CV of both artists will show you everything you need to know. They were both residents & recording artists at three incredibly important clubs & record labels: Metalheadz at Blue Note, Speed at Mars Bar and Renegade Hardware at The End. These three clubs and associated labels are important to mention as they innovated, pushed and later came to define drum & bass culture. Loxy and Ink were, in part, responsible for that.
It’s not an accident that Loxy and Ink were linked to these behemoths. Between the aforementioned camps and our protagonists, there was a mutual understanding for the need to push the envelope and there was a shared love of reinterpreting musical genres- a free form approach to music that changed the landscape of what is possible creatively, Loxy & Ink have always implicitly understood this way of thinking and have exercised this thought process to this day via their own record labels, Cylon (Loxy) and Architecture (Ink).
Throughout their careers, as collaborators and individuals, Loxy & Ink continued to make and play music that connected with them on a deeper level rather than just for the sake of functionality, they both saw success as rappers and individually played and made music that stretched from dub techno to hip hop to house.
The journey outlined above, the understanding of cultural innovation and the pledge to authenticity & consistency as mentioned leads us to the Manifested Visions EP on R&S Records. A five-track release that traverses genres with ease, a release that speaks to Loxy & Ink’s love for collaboration- we’re presented with multiple vocal contributions from Tha Lion, Jody Lulati, Miriam Safo and Loxy & Ink themselves. Finnish producer Resound continues his long-standing production partnership with Loxy on ‘Give Me a Dubplate’. Genre wise we’re given hip hop, dubwise roots reggae and drum & bass.
R&S continues to show that it’s a force to be reckoned with by releasing this EP, a project that crosses countries as well as genres, a project from Loxy and Ink that feels like it was always going to come to pass since the pair found common ground way back when.
After considering all of this, it comes as no surprise that the EP is titled ‘Manifested Visions.’
 
 
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by Rob

New Hip Hop Artist LTtheMonk is 'London Made, East-Coast Trained' ** Support From WORDPLAY MAGAZINE, URBAN VAULT, CERTIFIED & Many More

** ‘DARK ITALIANS’  IS TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM ‘ON THE WALL’ BY LTtheMonk **

LTtheMonk

“Dark Italians"

IMPACT DATE: 16TH APRIL

VIDEO:

INFO:

With a name that announces his meditative dedication to craft, LTtheMonk describes himself as 'London Made, East-Coast Trained', a tribute to both his home city and the New York MCs who inspired him.

Originally from London, UK, LTtheMonk first fell in love with hip-hop at just eight years old, when the music captivated his young ears and ignited what would become a lifelong passion. Blended with constant exposure to reggae (via his Jamaican mother) and rock (via his Irish father), LT’s adventurous love of music and performing onstage would only grow stronger.

LT has since carved a reputation as a vibrant and compelling talent, and his standing is destined to grow with the release of his new album, On The Wall (out August 20, 2021 on Sonic Unyon Records). The next step in his artistic evolution, the full- length honours ancestors even as it points toward alternate futures, and is further evidence of the artist's ambition to push hip-hop forward.

SOCIAL MEDIA:

www.ltthemonk.com

instagram.com/ltthemonk

facebook.com/ltthemonk

twitter.com/ltthemonk

https://genius.com/LTtheMonk

ALBUM PRE-ORDER:

https://orcd.co/ltthemonk

SPOTIFY LINK:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UlfTZe1e03fDoMuYVg08I

APPLE LINK:

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/ltthemonk/970547857

by Rob

DAAY 'First LIght' ** Influenced by the likes of Arcade Fire, Fat White Family, Mellah, Wooden Shjips, MGMT, CAN and Pink Floyd **

DAAY

“FIRST LIGHT"

IMPACT DATE: 8TH FEB

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INFO:

DAAY was formed in London in 2019 by Alex Barty-King and rehearsed in a large smoky basement flat in Kilburn. They bring together a collection of 5 musicians from Lebanon and France and released their first single 'Mama' in March 2020 just at the foot of the pandemic.

DAAY’s new single 'First Light' is an apt song for the time, promoting the power of rejuvenation and rebirth with specific reference to the beginning of a new day, whether or not you've stayed up all night. DAAY use a unique blend of rock/pop songwriting layered with experimental sounds and powerful sax parts that cut through, whilst using a strong lyrical theme reflecting on the simple and transformative beauty of the daytime.

They have played at over 20 venues across London including O2 Academy Islington, The Troubadour, Sebright Arms, The Windmill, New Cross Inn and The Monarch.

 

 

Future
:

DAAY are currently planning their debut EP called RUN for 2021 release.

Social Media
:

Facebook/Instagram/Soundcloud: @daayband

Website:

www.daay.co.uk 

CONTACT FOR PRESS / RADIO ENQUIRIES:

vision(at)visionmusic(dot)co.uk

by Rob

Spotlight Virtual Festival Is All Go For Feb 2021, As Featured In TIMEOUT, LINE OF BEST FIT and many more....

SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL 

DATE: 14/02/2021

Spotlight Festival was created in Guadalajara, Mexico during the COVID-19 Pandemic. It started as a project that showcased up-and-coming artists from all over the world with short interviews uploaded to Instagram TV. The purpose of this project was to give new interesting musicians a platform that would help them reach a bigger audience.

Bands from Germany, Argentina, USA, Mexico and the UK joined Spotlight to talk about their mutual love for music. After a couple months the project started growing, and the ache to reach an even bigger audience grew.  That’s when the project evolved into a festival; a festival that will follow the same motivation: give the up-and-coming their own stage.

On February 14th, the first edition of Spotlight Festival will be online and live streamed through Bandcamp Live! Four British acts will be playing at MOTH Club for the first time in almost a year. This event is focused on revitalizing the music scene after a difficult year.

 

LINEUP:

Bamily, Attawalpa, Malady, and Stella Talpo are ready to hop back onto the stage.

Bamily:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6oMh7pGcBIgfpdKKUHmJAy?si=SfM7yrKeQ4q3COSoxUNjYQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBIsJCGYaYU

Attawalpa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uihPfjxFpeo

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6AJXEIjyYRMwjYNsRL3khD?si=L2ywpi22QsOvLY7YMTF1Kw

Malady: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvuCkcHiuLc

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6RIJbEJAkZ21AAbqrdztvh?si=sIegt0vxRfu3soVYtNGT3g

Stella Talpo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt2gO8_XpQ0

https://open.spotify.com/artist/50CephN65HHaMX5mhL8DYr?si=3A7wEjCQSvisLwB_FcZKZQ

 

TICKETS:

Join us to celebrate our resilience and, of course, our love for music!

Tickets are available through the festival’s Bandcamp website:

https://spotlightfest.bandcamp.com/releases

 

Check out our Instagram and Twitter as @spotlight_fest and Facebook as Spotlight Festival for news.

 

CONTACT FOR PRESS / RADIO ENQUIRIES:

Vision Music Promotion

by Rob

Exclusive Premiere: Hidden Spheres – Tiamo (Oath) * SUPPORT FROM DECODED, MIXMAG, RESIDENT ADVISOR, DJ, CLASH, XLR8R, THUMP, BOILER ROOM, STAMP THE WAX, BBC, WORLDWIDE FM, RANSOM NOTE AND MANY MORE..

PRESS / RADIO ENQUIRIES FOR HIDDEN SPHERES PLEASE CONTACT - vision(at) visionmusic.co.uk

https://www.decodedmagazine.com/exclusive-premiere-hidden-spheres-tiamo-oath/

 

by Rob

New Video From Blackout Balter Receives Classic Rock & Louder Magazine Support

 

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https://blackoutbalter.com/cds/preorder-limited-run-animal-physical-cd-with-digital-download

 

Blackout Balter is an electrifying, 5-piece Alternative Rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Their first EP, Twist And Bend, featured Dave Keuning (The Killers), and received critical acclaim by the famed Consequence of Sound and Paste Magazine media outlets—two of America’s most important music magazines; and the album charted on CMJ’s “Top 200” and was named an FMQB “Top 25 Album” while being spun on some of America’s most important radio stations, to include KROQ.

‘Wild One’ is the second single to be taken from Blackout Balter’s forthcoming debut album ‘Animal’ which explodes with a rush of punk and alternative rock energies, ready to seize the moment and arrest the senses. An unapologetic assertion of love, struggle, and leaving, the band’s aptly-titled Animal speaks to human nature at its most visceral core: When gut instinct supersedes logic, and our inner animal roars. Blackout Balter’s first full-length album, produced by Grammy-winner Jeremy Ferguson (Cage the Elephant engineer and producer), and assisted by Grammy-winner Emily Lazar (David Bowie, Cold Play), provides 14 tracks of pure adrenaline that inspires, excites, and pushes us to attack our dreams.

Quotes:

"We were done recording the entire album—13 tracks; and I remember driving home from the studio with an interesting melody stuck in my head," says Blackout Balter frontman, Phil Cohen. "It usually takes me a long time to write songs, but I finished the body of Wild One in only a few days. When I was back in the studio, I asked Jeremy [Ferguson], our producer, if we could record a quick demo of this new song that I was in the process of writing. When we recorded it initially, the song didn't even have a bridge. It sounded rough and raw, and I loved the way the topline vocal melody danced around the simple chord structure."

"Wild One is a nod to the military 'Jody' song format—a call and response song, sung during military marches. I love the way this format lends itself to somewhat of a haunting aesthetic," says Blackout Balter's Phil Cohen. "It's a passionate song, jam-packed with attitude and raw emotion. When we recorded Wild One, I thought we'd just keep it as a demo for the next album, as I wrote this song after the others had already been recorded. But we all really liked the song's character and grit, and it quickly became one of our favorites." 

by Rob

Alex Banks New E.P. - Airplay On BBC 6 Music / Previous Support From Mixmag/Uncut/Clash/Q Magazine

 

Alex Banks - Beneath the Surface Remixed Pt.1 will be released Thurs 27th Feb on

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PREVIOUS PRESS FOR ALEX BANKS:

Q Magazine: 4/5 “powerful and sometimes overwhelming debut that pushes all the right buttons”

Uncut: 8/10 “Illuminate is a rich alluring debut”

Clash: 8/10 “muscular machinations of a precocious newcomer”

Mixmag: 3/5 “absolutely breathtaking in it’s audacity and intergalactic ambition”

Alex Banks -

‘Beneath The Surface Remix EP'

REMIXES FROM: ITAL TEK / THOMAS RAGSDALE / THOMAS GANDEY / JINJE / L.U.

LABEL: MESH / IMPACT DATE: 27/02/20  / GENRE: TECHNO, BREAKS, LEFTFIELD / FORMAT: DIGITAL / VINYL

 

INFO:

ALEX BANKS released his critically acclaimed second album 'Beneath The Surface’ on Max Cooper's Mesh Label in 2019, and it perfectly showcased Alex ability to blend raw beats, and melodic emotion with genres like Techno, Electronica and Old Skool Rave. Following his debut album on Modeselektor's Monkeytown Records,  'Beneath The Surface’ harnessed elements of live performance, at times free-flowing and unpredictable, seamlessly fused with forward-thinking technical production.

'Beneath The Surface’ has now been remixed and split into 2 x E.P.’s due out in the first half of 2020. E.P. 1 includes mixes by Ital Tek / Thomas Ragsdale / Thomas Gandey/ Jinjé & L.U.

 

REMIXERS:

Ital Tek

Ital Tek is the artist name of producer and composer Alan Myson. Since signing to the renowned Planet Mu label in 2006 with the industrial infused “Blood Line EP” he has gone on to release five albums, numerous EPs and tour live worldwide cementing his reputation as an exciting and unique voice in the world of electronic music.

Over the course of the past decade Ital Tek has carved his own niche in the broad spectrum of bass music by creating evocative melody rich yet dance-floor friendly music with references to classic Electronica and a strong Sci-Fi element blended masterfully to create his own style of hard hitting and melodic bass music. His widely acclaimed 2016 and 2018 albums ‘Hollowed’ and ‘Bodied’ went far beyond his earlier more dance-genre based work, leaving just the footprint and especially the sonic weight and space of dubstep providing a more cinematic, abstract and impressionistic approach.

Jinje

Over the last few years, Jinjé has had a number of singles released via London-based House & Techno label, Messrs Kick & Drum Records. More recently, his huge club smash 'Big Skies' came out on legendary techno label Ostgut Ton >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69QcwrtbAM which gained support from on Jon Hopkins, Gerd Janson, Nemone and nd_baumecker, amongst others.

 

Jinjé (aka Lee Malcolm) is a founding member of experimental Leeds-based band Vessels who have morphed into a maximalist live techno outfit, as evidenced by their last two albums- ‘Dilate’ (released in March 2015) and ‘The Great Distraction’, which came out on Different Recordings in Sep 2017. Lee also had a run of techno releases under his Lee J Malcolm moniker for EPM Records.

Thomas Ragsdale

Yorkshire based composer Thomas Ragsdale melds cinematic electronica with immersive soundscapes and blissful techno workouts.

Spending his formative years composing a varied catalogue of music for TV, film and advertising companies, his gradual shift into the world of performing music is one that's quickly won acclaim from the likes of Resident Advisor and FACT. His music has been featured with great effect in two groundbreaking BBC documentaries by Adam Curtis including the acclaimed 'HyperNormalisation', where his track 'Warning Mass' was featured extensively alongside the likes of Brian Eno, Burial and Aphex Twin. His music has also found its way onto commercials by BMW, Prada and Twitter. Thomas is part of Domino Publishing's exclusive and prestigious composer roster alongside Jon Hopkins, Siouxsie and the Banshees' Steve Severin and Beta Band's Steve Mason.

Lost Unicorns (L.U.)

Lost Unicorns is a new cinematic electronica project from composer & producer Harry Peat.

Blending neo-classical recording with dark electronic beats and sonic wizardry, Lost Unicorns’ first release was a haunting dub house remix of Eric Satie’s Gnossienne No.1 for Decca’s Piano re:works album.

The forthcoming album is a sci-fi journey through contemporary film score and cerebral electronica, due for release in 2020.

Thomas Gandey

Enigmatic and passionate Electronic Producer, DJ, Live Artist, Vocalist and Keyboard player, Thomas Gandey has gained an international cult status having released an abundance of electro futurisms, electronic tales of musical bliss, vintage synth led cosmic voyages and of course his trademark blue eyed electronic soul.

With latest releases on Innervisions, Kompakt & Decca, his output has scored loyal supporters the world over, having all the while enjoyed a triumphant career as an international DJ and Live Artist, holding residencies at Space Ibiza, Razzmatazz and Womb in Tokyo, to mention a few, amassing a seasoned 1200 shows the world over. First discovered under his Cagedbaby guise, his debut album ‘Will See you Now’ was released by ‘Southern Fried Records’ to international critical acclaim.

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ALL SOCIAL MEDIA / WEB LINKS: 

Alex Banks

Website - http://alexbanksmusic.co.uk

FB - https://www.facebook.com/alexbanksmusic/

IG - https://www.instagram.com/alexbanksmusic/

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/alexbanksmusic

Songkick - https://www.songkick.com/artists/7915199-alex-banks

Jinjé Links:

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jinje-music

Bandcamp: https://jinje.bandcamp.com/

Instagram: @jinjemusic

Mesh 

Website - https://meshmeshmesh.net/

Instagram ttps://www.instagram.com/alexbanksmusic/?hl=en

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/meshmeshmeshdotnet/

Max Cooper

Website - www.maxcooper.net

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/maxcoopermax/ (@maxcoopermax)

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/maxcoopermax

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/maxbcooper

Twitter - https://twitter.com/maxcoopermax

Mark Nystrom [Photography Artwork for Falling Down + Album]

https://www.instagram.com/marknystromstudio/?hl=en

by Rob

Andrew Weatherall - Unknown Plunderer / End Times Sound

Andrew Weatherall, the noted DJ and musician passed away on Monday 17 February 2020.
Vision PR had the pleasure of working with Andrew across a number of releases, and he was an absolute gent, as well as a master of his craft. The Byrd Out label is due to release Andrews new single on Friday 21st Feb 2020 , and being right in the middle of the promotion of the release its difficult to know what to do. Having spoken to his management and his label however they have decided that the release should go ahead, and we'll let the music speak for itself. Although of course the context is one of huge sadness, we hope Andrew would have wanted his new music out there, so on Friday the release of 'Unknown Plunderer' will go live. His infectious love for music touched many lives, and he will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his friends and family.
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by Rob