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Where are you currently based?
I recently lived in Nanjing, China. My studio is also here.
How did you first start DJing?
When I was 16 years old, I heard DISCO and Techno music on the radio. I was fascinated by electro at that time, and I also liked this career very much. By chance, I met a DJ from Shanghai in the club when I was 17 years old.
You recently did a Livestream for DJ mag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s094lskRTgM
how did this come about?
I am honored to receive the invitation of DJMAG to participate in this live broadcast. I recorded this program on a beautiful hill in Xi ‘an city. This set mainly focuses on House and Tech House, and also includes many of my works and mashups.
How did you prepare for the DJ Mag stream?
We have done a lot of preparatory work, including music, MV, publicity and so on, all around the positioning of reflecting my Chinese elements to plan everything.
What or who influences your music?
There are many factors that may influence my music, because I have been a DJ since 1997, and the experience and taste accumulated over the years are the source of my creation.
What programs/equipment do you like to work with?
I use FL STUDIO software, and the hardware is getting simpler now, mainly RME sound cards and Genelec speakers.
Please tell us about your recent release on Smash the House
I released two songs on Smash the House, both Tech, House style.
Although I do many different styles of music, I still have a special liking for house music. I will be releasing more House games on Smash the House in the future.
You have new music coming out soon on Ge, what can we expect?
In September, I will release my new work “DISRUPTION” on my own label ECHO STAGE RECORDS, which is a combination of thick Chinese style and Glich Hop. I also shot the Music Video of this Music in Xi ‘an, which a city ancient capital with traditional Chinese characteristics.
The new single “About You”, which I collaborated with Lost Capital, is our first transnational collaboration. It has a returning House rhythm and a futuristic Vocal. I believe fans will definitely like it.
I collaborated with Fatman Scoop on a new single.I can not spoil much about this new ID, but I can tell you that it is a music with strong Chinese style, it will be released in October. I am confident that this single has a chance to become popular on dance hit lists.
Who are you listening to at the moment?
Recently, I like to listen to ALOK. His music is very comfortable and can also bring me some inspiration.
What do you like to do away from music?
I like to travel and play table tennis in my spare time.
11.What’s planned for the remainder of 2021 going into 2022?
My biggest goal this year is to hit the DJMAG TOP100 DJs list. No matter what the result is, I’m still going to focus on my music career.In 2022, I will shoot more MV’s, so that the world will be more impressed with China’s achievements and the development of Chinese electronic music.
12.Favourite food and place to hangout?
My favorite food is Sichuan food. I also like to visit Chengdu. Everything in Chengdu is like heaven.
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Shout Into The Noise, Ash’s eleventh studio album, sees him challenge himself and push into new territory, crafting the finest album of his career. The album was produced by Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Lachlan Bostock (Mansionair).
“I embarked on a mission to write with younger writers and producers,” Ash says. “I’ve spent much of my career tipping my hat to those who have gone before, maybe it was time to learn from the younger generation and find a new sound that blends the two worlds. An irony that I only realised after the fact is that this is actually my most personal songwriting I’ve ever done. These amazing songwriters unlocked something for me.”
Ash Grunwald is now one of Australia’s most successful blues musicians ever, with six top 50 albums and two APRA Awards. In addition, he’s been nominated for five ARIA Awards and four AIR Awards, and he was named Best International Act at the LA Music Critic Awards in 2014. 2019 saw Ash release the acclaimed album Mojo, and publish his first book, Surf By Day, Jam By Night. Most recently, Ash collaborated with Josh Teskey on the top-10 album Push The Blues Away.
Shout Into The Noise is the start of a new chapter for Ash Grunwald. “This album is my resolution to myself that I am releasing any constraints on who I am or what I’m capable of.”
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‘Silk Chiffon’ feat. Phoebe Bridgers by MUNA
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out now on Saddest Factory Records via Dead Oceans
Listen: https://muna.
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Cap Carter has dropped his third single ‘Guns’, a gut-wrenching song of tragedy and hope. While his singles ‘Relapse’ and ‘Gold’ have dealt directly with Cap’s own personal experience with addiction, rehabilitation and family, ‘Guns’ reflects on the loss of a childhood friend from Carter’s days growing up in Western Sydney.
Laying bare a brutally frank dialogue between a man who ultimately loses his battle with addiction and his girlfriend, ‘Guns’’ is not simply a dive into the darkness of tragedy. It is a reflection on how we must not allow this seemingly insurmountable darkness to prevent us from searching for light.
“This is definitely turning a corner, where the perspective is not ‘woe is me’. No matter what you have gone through in the behaviors of the past, you can change your story and the direction of your life.” This is the message that brings a new revelation in Carter’s journey. It is a hopeful third act within the three songs he has released. “It’s no longer an internal look. Now I’m looking past all the stuff that I’ve gone through, and I’m thinking about the people I’ve lost. I’m thinking about how to move forward through that.”
The gravity of Cap Carter’s words is served directly from his reality, from his soul and delivered through his achingly powerful voice. The vocal has purpose, the sparse production on ‘Guns’ demands the listener confront it. “It makes sense to have my vocal and my songs front and center supported by hip hop elements, because that’s my background. All of the extra stuff is just complimentary. I want to be able to play that on acoustic guitar and still move people”
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ABOUT CAP CARTER Born in Manila, the western Sydney raised Cap Carter released his major label debut single, ‘Relapse’, at the start of 2021. Building a global and dedicated fan base with his original music and honest storytelling, Cap stands out for his and distinctive and authentic vocals. Writing through his own personal and lived experiences, Cap works a fusion of r&b soul with an edge and grit that is unique and refreshing. |
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Sydney-based alt-pop producer and singer-songwriter CYRUS today shares his new single ‘Love Online’ and announces the release of his forthcoming debut EP had, lost, out Oct 5. Listen HERE, watch HERE.
Written almost immediately in the still-painful aftermath of the dissolution of a long-term relationship, CYRUS’ forthcoming debut condenses and chronologically charts the entire course of a relationship and its explosive breakdown, from initial infatuation to the moment of ruination and the ensuing process of closure. In this trajectory, ‘Love Online’, the closing track, represents the tentative first steps of moving on, the confusion felt at navigating new, unfamiliar terrain. With his lithe falsetto, thunderous electronic percussion, playful, shape-shifting production that encompasses iPhone keyboard clacking and message notifications, and a climactic, soaring guitar solo, CYRUS’ plea for a purer form of human connection that is unmediated by technology turns insecurities into something anthemic.
Of the new single, CYRUS shares: “‘Love Online’ is about my desire to prioritise communicating and sharing love, experiencing other people in real life as opposed to through a screen. It came about in the period of time between my breakup and the relationship that I’m in currently. I was on Instagram and dating apps trying to meet new people, just be single. And it would just be the same stuff over and over again. [I was] hoping for some sort of magical connection [but was] always falling flat.”
Following lead single ‘Facts’, ‘Love Online’ is the second track lifted from CYRUS’ forthcoming debut EP. had, lost arrives following a three-year hiatus from releasing music, the first project to be released under Cyrus Villaneuva’s latest moniker. During that interval, Villeneuva established himself as a highly-touted, much sought-after producer and co-writer, working alongside a slew of like-minded Australian alt-pop acts including Client Liaison, CXLOE, Glades, and more. Being thrown headfirst and wide-eyed into the spotlight as a teenager, CYRUS’ subsequent struggles with the lack of creative freedom and integrity has inculcated his latest music with a sense of deliberate self-reliance, imbued with matured self-awareness and a refined clarity of artistic vision.
‘Love Online‘ is out now, buy/stream it here.
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King Krule –
You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down
1. Out Getting Ribs
2. Emergency Blimp
3. A Slide In (New Drugs)
4. The Ooz
5. Cellular
6. Stoned Again
7. Slush Puppy
8. Rock Bottom
9. Comet Face
10. Perfecto Miserable
11. Alone, Omen 3
12. Baby Blue
13. Half Man Half Shark
14. Underclass
15. Energy Fleets
16. Please Complete Thee
17. Easy Easy
King Krule – You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down is out now via XL Recordings / Remote Control
Three Parties
Three Genres
Three Decades of Dance
NEWCOMER JASPER TYGNER COLLABORATES WITH AWARD-WINNING MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR TO RECAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF ‘90S RAVING
Director Charlie Robins has worked with household names Rudimental, Dusky, Jeshi, Emeli Sandé, Rag ‘n’ Bone Man and Jessie Ware.
“The film is essentially a homage to those bleary-eyed, majestic nights out – particularly those old raves off the M25 from the early ‘90s,” Charlie enthuses. “Jasper’s music spoke to my soul and reminded me of the best times back in the day. The magic of a shared experience on the dance floor is something we have all been pining for, for way too long. This video was a chance to jog the memory and stir the spirits. We put a call for everyone to send in personal footage of them partying. We got some class bits from friends, family, as well my own personal phone stash (don’t judge) and specifically shot moments with Jasper and pals having an actual party. Add to that some archive reels from yesteryear and it became this crazy dreamlike madness.”
Stock footage of ravers embracing freedom and togetherness is interwoven with hazy shots of Jasper partying with his mates, and we’re left gripped by this shared need for escapism in both the past and the present. With clubs closed nationwide, footage of Britain’s storied rave movement fed Jasper Tygner’s creative drive during lockdown, with the result being an EP dipped in ‘90s euphoria.
Jasper explains: “That’s Too Slow was written mid-lockdown while inspiration was sparse so I turned to old ‘90s footage and photographs of the UK’s early raves. Searching for material from in and out of the club, the hazy walks back home, the groups of people chilling post rave and the ravers wandering around eager to keep going. After Charlie contacted me, I sent over the footage and photos I had cited for the track. The video really shows a journey through a night from start to end.”
Taken from Jasper’s post-rave-influenced ‘Eyes Open’ EP on London label Silver Bear Recordings, it follows singles ‘Kashmer’ and ‘Never Leave’, his first label signings, which bagged the emerging producer and multi-instrumentalist from North London high praise from Radio 1, 1Xtra and Radio 6 Music, while his Bedroom Rave studio sessions on Instagram went viral and captured the attention of dance heavyweights Bicep, DJ Seinfeld, KiNK and Tom Misch.
Jasper Tygner ‘Eyes Open’ EP out now on Silver Bear Recordings
Maya Rose, R&B singer-songwriter from Castlemaine (Melbourne), says ‘Enough is enough’ in her new gender inequality single ‘Mind the Gap’ to be released on 17 September.
‘Mind the Gap’ is a powerful anthem supporting current global women’s movements.
22-year-old Maya Rose delivers the story of her experience as a female musician with a mature depth in her smooth soulful voice and strong lyrics, combining her signature 90s R&B inspired tone with Sade influenced pop/jazz, and a reggae groove you’ll want to get up and dance to.
Nominated for “Best Regional/Outer Suburban Act” Music Victoria Awards in 2019, Maya Rose has continued to build on her experiences as a writer and performer with regular gigs and live-stream events in Melbourne and regional Victoria. She has also been busy in the studio with producer Julian Steel (JAYDEAN, HANNAH, Blush’ko, JANEVA) unleashing ‘Mind the Gap’ as the first taste of her forthcoming second EP of introspective songs written in the 2020 lockdowns. Her debut single ‘See You Again’ and EP Time, released in 2019 in collaboration with Melbourne producers Jerome Farah (Baker Boy, KIAN) and Aman Bayatly (Adrian Eagle) received strong reviews, support from triple j unearthed and new audiences. “Lovely voice from Maya Rose on this moving record. Throwing back to some classic 90s R&B here!” Tommy Faith
This compelling new social/political side to Maya Rose grew from a place of feeling fed up with how women are treated, and wanting to speak about personal experiences. The opening of the song is set with the voices of female protestors chanting ‘my body, my choice’, creating a timely feeling of change. Maya Rose has created a song that will connect with women around the world.
“The song is about the gender gap, and female empowerment. It’s also about my experience of being a woman in the music industry. Many times I’ve felt I wasn’t being listened to or taken seriously as a woman, and couldn’t speak my mind. I’ve been excluded and unsupported in the industry by ‘boys’ clubs’. It’s time that we not only talk about the disadvantages women face every day in our community; it is important to express the issues creatively. I want to hear more messages of female empowerment in the music we consume. I’m releasing ‘Mind the Gap’, because ‘we’re still not equal yet.’” Maya Rose
Working with Melbourne-based producer Julian Steel, who brought to the sessions years of experience as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer, provided an element of musicianship Maya Rose connected with profoundly. The track leans into live instrumentation with
laid back guitar, smooth tones of the saxophone, reggae nuisances in the organs and rhythm, and groovy bass.
“‘Mind the Gap’ has been a few years in the making. I’d been waiting for the right producer to work with and I’m so glad I had the opportunity to bring this to Julian. He really heard the song and connected to the meaning and musicality, developing the exact kind of sound I wanted. His production compliments the song beautifully.”
September will see Maya Rose launch her new single with a show in Melbourne and an online livestream event. Maya Rose is making a strong return with ‘Mind the Gap’ as her new single.
‘Mind the Gap’ is available on all streaming services. mayaofficial.com
MAYA ROSE ‘MIND THE GAP’ SHOW DATES
Friday 17th September 7.30pm Facebook Livestream
Sunday 26th September 4pm Charles Western Melbourne
Free Entry
‘Mind the Gap’ is released on 17 September 2021
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