Song of the Day: Real Friends (Remix) – Adilson Evora

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Hailing all the way from Rotterdam, City of Netherlands, ADILSON EVORA jumps back into the spotlight and dropped his four-track EP Student of Life (The Prelude) just before the new year.

Featuring tracks Puppet Master and Rotterdam Legend (A Committee Gunmen Tribute), featured on NEW LEASE MUSIC earlier last year, latest release Real Friends (Remix), is a continuation of the upriser golden hip-hop-style trademark, displaying his journey of becoming a better artist.

Go check out Real Friends (Remix)…and if you’re feeling this track, the EP serves up of what’s to come from this conscious emcee in the new year.

New Track: Meditations – Mr. Metronomo

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Coming straight out of Los Angeles, experimental band MR METRONOMO released their latest single Meditations, available on all major music digital platforms, including Bandcamp.

Judging from the newest offering, their music can’t be pigeonholed under one genre. Led by lead vocalist John Perea, this almighty band typically provides a steady/laid back flow of electronic beats, horns and low-key vocals, with Rory Mahtews offering up the smoothest guitars riffs.

The rest of the members include: Tenor Sax, Sarah Rosenkrantz on vocals,  Isaac Lopez on bari sax, Gabe Martin on trumpet, Nick Kennerly/Bonnie Brooksbank on violins, Mathew Witmer on viola and Evgeny Tonkha on the cello. That’s a pretty big band, which can fuse a variety of new sounds together; a completely different sound that’s very fitting for that lazy Sunday morning.

Meditations is the latest release from their 13-track album, The La Metro Experience, released in August…take time out and have a listen.

New Lease Music’s Top Ten Songs of 2016

 

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10. New Drug – Tre’lb

 

9. A Place Far Away – Goldsands

 

8. In The Morning –  Sophie Longshaw

 

7. Razor – 1000WAYSWASTED

 

6. Expensive (from The Intent Soundtrack) – Big Tobz

 

5. Stay Up, Stay Blessed – Meru Maud’ Dib

 

4. Ready & Waiting (ft. MceBisi) –  Becca B

 

3. Thinking About It (Let It Go) – Nathan Goshen (KVR Remix)

 

2. See You In The Stars – The Optical Illusion

 

1. Kick  – 3KNGZ

New Track: Burn Up – District 11

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Producer Isaac Reid and singer/songwriter Melinda Burns (Mel B) – aka DISTRICT 11 – are back with a brand new single Burn Up, making a complete u-turn from their previous lazing-in-the-summer offering, Sunshine.

The almost three-minute uplifting treat boasts a borderline electropop/dance bassline where Burns injects some gutsy conviction to her angelically-light vocals, adding a real club-ish, Ibizan vibe.  Perhaps reminiscent of Emeli Sande’s hit, Heaven…have a listen and see what you think.

New Track: Rambo – Denzel Washington

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Hailing from Ohio, NEW LEASE MUSIC new favourite, DENZEL WASHINGTON has dropped this spanking new single, entitled Rambo.

The singer/songwriter puts a seamlessly smooth R&B spin on Bryson Tiller’s banger of the name, taken from the first album Trap Soul.

The R&B/Soul newcomer released his debut soul-tugging/melodic EP entitled Symphonic Revelations Pt.1 last year. The first release from the 8-track production, Grind, showcases his very fresh fusion of hip-hop and R&B..it’s definitely worth a trial, so if you have the time, go check it out…but for now, kick back out enjoy Denzel’s version of Rambo.