Posts tagged "Avant-Pop"

NAVA reveals avant-pop EP for the ages

It’s difficult to not get excited when you hear about an Italian-Persian who’s fully embracing both sides of her heritage. Take NAVA for instance, who has just released her fourth EP, NAFAS which translates into “Breath”. The avant-pop songstress was born in Terhan and is currently based in Milan but

Shygirl – Firefly

Last year, London avant-pop / hip-hop artist Shygirl released Cleo, a single many assumed to be the first taste of her upcoming debut album. As it turns out, Cleo was a bit of a bait and switch, joining the ranks of BDE as a Shygirl standalone. Firefly, our actual first

MARIA Die RUHE is ‘Superrare’ in her latest music video

For a moment, let’s consider the pressures that the music industry can place on a rising artist: the push to create (and be) something totally new and unique that still somehow appeals to the mass public. Anyone who falls flat can disappear into the void: the experimental artists who focus

Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Tropical Dancer

Belgian-Caribbean musician Charlotte Adigéry has often been referred to as the future of dance music. This isn’t an unfounded observation; there’s certainly no one quite like her active in the sphere of electronic and left-field pop right now. Central to Adigéry’s artistry, and part of her progressive allure, is her

Q+A: 5 Minutes with MARIA Die RUHE

Within the historical city of Leipzig, Germany, you’ll find MARIA Die RUHE defying conventions and expectations at each turn. Her latest single, ‘Skin’ was released yesterday and aims to stand against stereotypes, turning scars into art and establishes her as an individual rather than a product. The single follows the

Avant-pop songstress Fifi Rong releases highly anticipated crowd-funded album

Chinese-British Avant-pop artist Fifi Rong has released her long-awaited solo album There Is A Funeral In My Heart, For Every Man I Loved. The album is self-produced and crowd-funded, and the singer has embarked on a whirlwind journey to get here. Album Stream/ download The album has been 5 years

Interview: Five minutes with Josephine Philip

Avant-pop songstress Josephine Philip recently released her track ‘The Clue’ on 8th October via Midnight Confessions.  As one half of the duo Darkness Falls, Philip’s first solo release is a contemporary love song centred around the acceptance of impossible love. The track pays tribute to the Nina Simone version of

Avant-pop songstress Fifi Rong set to release the next episode of her Live Performance Series

Elegant Chinese-British songstress Fifi Rong has been on a cross-media journey, as she shares the Yi Jing 意境 Live Performance Series with the world. The series aims to build a community of loyal aesthetes and avid music/art lovers as the singer blends online concerts, short films, and performance/sonic/visual art into

Interview: Five minutes with KID BE KID

Berlin born and raised KID BE KID has released her groundbreaking debut single, ‘Blood’ on 14 February 2020 via SPRINGSTOFF. This track is featured in her EP, Lovely Genders which is due on March 20th. Little can prepare you for what will come within this EP as the avant-pop and

SOPHIE’s birth of venus in ‘Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides’

SOPHIE | Oil of Every Pearls Un-Insides | Future Classic / MSMSMSM Release date: 15 June 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock Drenched syrup-swirl; a hallucinatory richness screams The Birth of Venus, the reveal and a shimmering pearl curling in picturesque shine in a nude pop-layered, mermaid-sweetened melody. A dreamlike playfulness in dance

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