Thursday, April 29, 2021

New Entry: Oh Baby Premiere New Single "Cruel Intention"

London/Manchester electronic/synth duo Oh Baby (Rick Hornby and Jen Devereux) have premiered their new single "Cruel Intention".

The song is taken from their forthcoming debut album 'Hey Genius', which will be available on July 23 through Burning Witches Records. 

Recorded primarily at Hornby’s home studio in Manchester, the band explained the process behind the creation of Hey Genius, saying: “The writing process always follows the same pattern, we will hole up separately for weeks that become months, stockpiling ideas and venturing down rabbit holes of sounds, words, effects and riffs, then getting together to plug-in, switch on and start building the tracks. We set up an outside home studio during last year’s Summer lockdown, which ended up looking just how we wanted but being about as soundproof as a shower curtain so there are a few neighbours that got to know the basslines a bit too well.

Neither of us are particularly technically minded at all so working with synths there tends to be a lot of ‘see what this button does’ moments, discovering sounds as we write and a lot of trial and error which can be either rewarding or torturous depending on which day or night you catch us on. A lot of the 80s type sounds on this record come from an old Juno that’s been here forever and a Korg MS20 as a midi keyboard that we also use live. The drum machine parts are always first worked out on an old Boss DR55. We tend to try and wiring as much as we can out of what we have, and try to use those limitations well, partly for obvious financial reasons but also to try and not be overwhelmed by choice, which seems to be an easy trap to fall into in a home studio with wi-fi.”

Take a listen below.



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New Entry: Second Skin Unveil "Colder" (Kontravoid Remix)

Los Angeles new wave/post punk/synth pop duo Second Skin (aka Brian Tarney and Brian DaMert) have unveiled the Kontravoid Remix of their latest single "Colder".

The remix comes out tomorrow, get it here. The original version of the song came out last month (March 19).

Take a listen below.



New Entry: Rush Midnight Premieres New Single "Wine & Summertime"

Los Angeles-based musician/producer Rush Midnight has premiered his catchy new single "Wine & Summertime".

The song is out now, get it here and stream it below.

Watch: Moodoïd & Melody's Echo Chamber Share "Only One Man" Video

French psych rock/electronic outfit Moodoïd & Paris-based psych-pop artist Melody's Echo Chamber have shared the video for their collaborative single "Only One Man".

The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from Moodoïd's new EP 'Primadonna Vol.1', out tomorrow (April 30) through Because Music. Get your copy here.

Watch the video below.