It seems that NEW LEASE MUSIC regular J.KAS has been lying low of late…but this is far from the case.
He’s been cooking up a trail of serious HEAT by collaborating and developing projects with a string of Portuguese artists over the past year.
Check out his video for track, ‘Light Work’, featuring the velvety soulful vocals of singer Catarina Lima.
Both an artist project and a prolific Toronto based-producer collective, LOCALS ONLY SOUND was conceived by classmates Gray Hawken and Curtis Smith. Hawken and Smith write, record and release their own music as LOCALS ONLY SOUND in addition to producing and developing new talent and bringing a fresh perspective and unique sound to established artists.
Their new single ‘Billions’ showcases their appreciation for alt-electronic music combined with R&B vocals and modern beats.
Check out the fittingly dark, lo-fi visual below:
East Londoner NICKI KNIGHTZ has dropped some gripping visuals for latest track, ‘Spring Haze’, taken from her EP, ‘H.A.T.E’ out now.
The one-and-a-half minute production flips between two lives of the dark side that goes on in the inner city area of Hackney – the side of Nicki the ‘misfit’ that she is now and how she lives her life and a young boy getting involved in dealing, stealing and eventually being killed. This was the harsh reality growing up for Nicki.
Over some smooth, almost neo-soul bars – a complete change to previous boisterous tracks, ‘Hate’ and ‘Mindwalk’ – the young rapper describes the struggles faced in a low funded area, where majority of the people who live here are poor, and gives an insight into why drug dealing and violence commonly occurs in a brutal finalé.
This is some hard-hitting stuff…see for yourself…check out the video for ‘Spring Haze’ below:
After snapping up the blog’s Song of the Week title on Instagram, with single ‘Ride’, SARA DIAMOND unveiled the music video for the euphoric R&B single.
Check it out below:
NATTY BOI ZOE returns with a brand new video for this thought-provoking track, ‘Street Poet 2 (Poetry In The Streets)’, taken from his project, ‘My Body My Soul Vol.1’
Check it out below:
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